Why Choose WeeHands for Baby Sign Language Instructor Certification?

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You’re looking to become an instructor who will support new parents and their babies or toddlers. You may also be looking to become an instructor to support families with children with communication disorders. Your support should come from a baby sign language instructor program that continues to help you grow even after you’ve earned your certification.

Discover the WeeHands Difference —it’s what makes WeeHands the right choice.

How much does teaching with WeeHands cost?

WeeHands Instructors purchase their teaching license currently in two ways: $40 USD/month $440 USD/year. This fee includes the following and more:

  • Access to our private discussion group with all WeeHands Instructors;

  • Our Signing Babies I 8-week curriculum;

  • Ongoing support from Sara Bingham, WeeHands founder and author of The Baby Signing Book, including a one on one private coaching session monthly;

  • Your own webpage on the WeeHands website;

  • Your own WeeHands email addressyourname@weehands.co;

    The WeeHands Instructor certification program;

  • Access to marketing materials and templates to customize and use for your WeeHands business.

Benefits of teaching with WeeHands

Some of the benefits of working as an independent WeeHands instructor include:

  • - Your own name@weehands.co email address

  • - The WeeHands e-newsletter to current and potential class participants

  • - Interaction with other WeeHands Instructors online

  • - An online presence for your classes through our website www.weehands.co and social media channels

  • - The ability to set your own hours and schedule around the needs of your family

  • - Your yearly teaching license and access to our exclusive WeeHands Instructors community.

  • - Opportunities to purchase your class curricula and digital downloads for your class participants. WeeHands curricula use American Sign Language vocabulary, evidenced-based language development strategies and have been enthusiastically received by families since 2001.

  • - Opportunities to grow and learn professionally while doing something you love!

  • - Advice and support regarding getting started, marketing, and running your own WeeHands classes.

What is required to become a Licensed WeeHands Instructor?

The WeeHands Instructors team is made up of individuals who are Deaf, teachers of the Deaf, ASL interpreters, individuals with a background in education or communicative disorders, and those who have worked with children with special needs. Many of our Instructors have also signed with their own children.

If you are interested in working as an independent WeeHands instructor in your community and meet the following requirements, working with WeeHands may be for you if you:

  • - Have a strong background in American Sign Language

  • - Have knowledge and respect of Deaf Culture.

  • - Have experience teaching and presenting to adult audiences.

  • - Have experience working with young children

  • - Are familiar with the language development of children ages 0-5 years.

Preference will be given to those who meet the above qualifications and who have signed with their own children.

Other Requirements

Must be 18 years of age or older.

Maintain a valid email address and internet access - so that you can fully benefit from the support, personal communication and teaching tools the WeeHands community provides.Adhere to your WeeHands License Agreement.Require that every family enrolled in WeeHands purchase from you a WeeHands Family Guide.Use the WeeHands materials exclusively for WeeHands classes. WeeHands specially designed lesson plans are not to be used in other instructional settings.

More about teaching with WeeHands

All certified and licensed WeeHands Instructors have access to:

  • - Our certification, including training and testing, 1-Star, 2-Star and 3-Star Instructor programs (to be updated 2021)

  • - Access to purchase our baby, toddler, preschool, and educator teaching educational children's sign language curriculums

  • - Support from both our founder, Sara Bingham, and our other WeeHands Instructors

  • - Our specially designed WeeHands Instructors online group that is only open to WeeHands Instructors where you'll have access to all other WeeHands Instructors read great tips on subjects such as marketing, workshops, setting, and running classes. etc.

  • - WeeHands marketing materials, including brochures, flyers, business cards, and certificates.

  • - Leads that come in from your community as well as social media shout-outs on our Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook profiles.

In September 2007, the first edition of The Baby Signing Book by Sara Bingham, WeeHands founder, was published. The Baby Signing Book teaches parents 350 developmentally appropriate American Sign Language signs. Language milestones are charted throughout the book so progress can be charted. Just as The Baby Signing Book emphasizes ASL and language development as do WeeHands classes and workshops.

If you are interested in setting your own schedule, running your own business (full or part-time), sharing your knowledge and experience with others, and making a positive impact in the lives of families in your community, then the WeeHands Instructors team is for you!

American Sign Language Requirements

WeeHands classes and products teach American Sign Language (ASL) vocabulary. The more training you have in American Sign Language the better your classes will be. We require all licensed and certified WeeHands Instructors to have formal ASL training through accredited institutions (listed below) or through an approved online resource, e.g., www.signingonline.com

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Although live ASL courses, taught by Deaf Individuals are preferred, we understand that geographic circumstances may not make that possible. An additional way to meet our ASL requirement, if you have not done so already, is to complete courses at www.signingonline.com

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Each www.signingonline.com course is priced at $49.99 US and can USUALLY be completed in 10 days or less. We recommend you submit your Instructor Application and then complete your online course.

WeeHands has become well recognized as a leader in programs of its kind. WeeHands has been featured on Fox News, in the

Toronto Star, in the Toronto Sun, in the Globe and Mail, on Global National News, in the Montreal Gazette, in the Hudson Sun, in Glow magazine, on Fairchild TV (in Canada and Hong Kong), in

ParentsCanada magazine, in Peel Living Television, York Living Television, Durham Lifetime Television, CHEX TV Peterborough and in the Milton Champion, Whitby This Week, the Richmond Hill Liberal, the Oakville Beaver, the Mississauga News and in the Vaughan Citizen. WeeHands was also featured on the Life Network's "Yummy Mummy" show, "The Mom Show" and "Birth Stories".

Every new family deserves WeeHands. More qualified WeeHands instructors are the key to making that happen!

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