Blane  Trautwein, Ed.D., CED

Dr. Blane Trautwein is the Program Director of the Deaf Education and Hearing Science (DEHS) Program at the UT Health San Antonio. He was formerly a teacher and later principal at Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children. Dr. Trautwein has an undergraduate degree in deaf education and graduate/doctoral degrees in educational leadership.

Dr. Trautwein is recognized as a national leader in the field of deaf education with an emphasis on listening and spoken language. He has co-presented and co-authored about the topic of reciprocal peer coaching/mentoring in the professional preparation and continuing education of deaf education educational faculty. The DEHS Program was awarded a Department of Education/Office Special Education and Rehabilitative Services personnel preparation grant recognizing research in this area in 2010 and 2013. Dr. Trautwein has served as a national reviewer for the Department of Education and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. In 2012, Dr. Trautwein was awarded a UT Health San Antonio Presidential Teaching Excellence Award.

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 2006 - EdD - Educational Leadership - University of Texas San Antonio
  • 1993 - MA - Educational Leadership - University of Texas San Antonio
  • 1987 - BA - Deaf Education/Elementary Education - Fontbonne College

  Appointments

  • 1/2016 - Associate Professor and Program Director - University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
  • 1/2008-12/2015 - Assistant Professor and Program Director - University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

• Instruction & Training

  • 8/2008 - Present, Lang Development/Hearing Ability, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 8/2008 - Present, Teach/Manage Apprenticeship II, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 5/2008 - Present, Foundations of Education of the Hearing Impaired, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 5/2008 - Present, Factors in Child Language Acquisition, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 1/2008 - Present, Teach/Manage Apprenticeship I, The University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 1/2003 - Present, Curriculum Modifications for Children with Hearing Loss, The University of Texas Health Science Center

• Research & Grants

  Grants

  Federal

  2010: From Pedagogy to Practice: Mentoring and Peer Coaching for Preparing and Maintaining Certified Personnel to Provide Instruction for Children Who Are D/HH in Texas; $806,544.00

  2013: From Pedagogy to Practice: Mentoring and Peer Coaching for Preparing and Maintaining Certified Personnel to Provide Instruction for Children Who Are D/HH in Texas; $953,408.00

  2017: D.E.E.P. (Deaf Education and Educational Psychology) Learning in Texas; $915,707.00

• Publications

  Book Chapter

  Jackson, Rebecca W., Ammerman SB, Trautwein B. Infants and Toddlers who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Developmentally Delayed or At Risk for Developmental Delays. In: Caroline Guardino & Joanna Cannon. Deafness and Diversity Volume I. Washington, D.C: In Press; 2019.

  Journal Article

  Jackson, Rebecca L.W., Ammerman, Sarah B., Trautwein, Blane A. Deafness and Diversity : Early Intervention American Annals of the Deaf 2015 Oct;160(4):356-367.

  Ammerman, SB, Trautwein, B. From Pedagogy to Practice: Mentoring and Reciprocal Peer Coaching for Preservice Teachers. Volta Review 2010; 110(2): 191-206.