Learn American Sign Language for the outdoors and more!

ASL Courses and Trainings

CorpsTHAT offers virtual ASL courses for for individuals and organizations to communicate with Deaf people while working, recreating or volunteering in the outdoor field. Courses meet on zoom, with a maximum of 8 students and are taught by native Deaf ASL signers who has extensive experience in the outdoors. Along with basic vocabulary and grammar, students will learn an introduction to Deaf culture and etiquette tailored to outdoor settings. We offer two types of course set ups: Public and Group Courses.

Public Courses: Public Courses are for individuals interested in taking one of our pre-scheduled ASL courses. Courses offered during fall, winter and spring seasons

Group Courses: Private Courses set up for agencies, organizations or community groups interested in learning ASL together.

ASL Courses for the Outdoors

ASL Level 1

For students who have little to no previous knowledge of ASL. Students will learn basic conversational skills and vocabulary. In this class, you’ll learn how to communicate with Deaf people while working, recreating, or volunteering in the outdoor field.

For students who have little to no previous knowledge of ASL. Students will learn basic conversational skills and vocabulary. In this class, you’ll learn how to communicate with Deaf people while working, recreating, or volunteering in the outdoor field.

ASL Level 2

ASL Level 3

For students who have little to no previous knowledge of ASL. Students will learn basic conversational skills and vocabulary. In this class, you’ll learn how to communicate with Deaf people while working, recreating, or volunteering in the outdoor field.

How our courses work

  • Virtual Courses on Zoom

    Our courses have formal instruction via zoom for 1 hour twice a week.

  • Google Classroom

    Assignments are assigned outside of class and discussions and feed back is provided by instructors through our google classroom platform.

  • Virtual ASL Meetups

    Current and past students are invited join our bi-weekly ASL meetups to practice their skills with other students and different instructors or CorpsTHAT staff.

Course Schedule

Meet Your Instructors

Shirley Ann Shannon

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ASL Coordinator

Shirley Ann was raised and resides in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. She has been teaching ASL classes with CorpsTHAT since 2020. Graduated at Gallaudet University in 2017 with a major in Communication Studies, she enjoys traveling, being outside with nature and teaching classes to be more inclusive in the environment!

We are always looking to add more instructors to our team. Are you passionate about the outdoors and teaching ASL? Apply to join us today!