Class Highlights

• Taught by YouTube’s Most Watched ASL Teacher
• 6 Comprehensive Parts
• 36 Video Lessons
• 17 Quizzes
• 6 Tests
• Gain more confidence in your conversational ASL skills
• Learn Nearly 500 Signs
• Build on fingerspelling & receptive skills
• Learn grammar including: Describing People/Things, Using Classifiers and more!
• Culture lessons from a Deaf instructor
• Many voice-off segments and activities
• 5 Homework Assignments (signing with others)
• Certificate of completion

About Your Teachers

Meredith Rathbone
ASL Teacher/Interpreter

Meredith has over 20 years of ASL second language experience. She holds a M.Ed. in Special Education with an emphasis in Deaf and Hard of Hearing and B.A. in ASL to English Interpretation. She is a nationally certified education interpreter and state certified ASL Teacher.

Meredith began her career as a full time educational interpreter while taking on community interpreting assignments (doctors appointments, job interviews, etc) after school and on weekends. She continues her interpreting practice by serving at her church. Her current full time employment is as a secondary ASL teacher and adjunct professor.

Meredith and her husband, Brian, rebranded their family YouTube channel in October of 2020 to Learn How to Sign. Within the past year and a half they have grown to a community of over 250K subscribers of ASL learners and are excited about what the future holds for Learn How to Sign.

Sarah Martindale
ASL Teacher

Sarah became Deaf at the age of 4 after contracting spinal meningitis. In 1994, she graduated from Texas Christian University with a BA in Deaf Education and then in 1998 received her master’s in school counseling. She spent 5 years in the classroom as a middle school Deaf Education Teacher and 3 years as a School Counselor for the Deaf K-12. She left education to be a stay-at-home mom but returned in 2015 to teach American Sign Language at the secondary level. Sarah has a passion for teaching ASL and sharing her experience as a Deaf person.

She would like her students to be open to ask her anything about ASL and being Deaf. No question is unusual. Part of learning about ASL is learning what it is like to be Deaf so don’t hesitate to ask her anything.

Darla Lane
ASL Interpreter

Darla is the perfect representation of “it’s never too late to learn something new”. She went back to college in her late 30s to take a step of faith in learning a new language and profession. After her first community class she was hooked and knew this was where she was meant to be and what she was meant to do.

Darla has been a sign language interpreter for 22 years holding her state’s highest interpreting certification and national certification in educational interpreting. She has interpreted in a variety of settings including community, video relay, educational and religious. Darla brings a unique perspective with her years of expertise and variety of settings she has worked in.

Personally, Darla has been married for 39 years and LOVES to travel. She would like to share, she has two beautiful daughters, Meredith and Hilary, and three amazing grandchildren. (Editor’s note: And yes, that Meredith is me. She blessed me with one of the greatest gifts, ASL.)