[nfbwatlk] FW: [tovi] Braille Refresher Courses OFFERED!
Doug Trimble
Doug.Trimble at wssb.wa.gov
Wed Mar 26 12:31:23 CDT 2008
Fyi, Braille courses
Doug Trimble
Orientation & Mobility Instructor
Off Campus Work Advisor
Washington State School for the Blind
2214 E. 13th Street Vancouver, WA 98661
office ph. 360-696-6321 #118
cell:360-909-0833
________________________________
From: Terri Thurston [mailto:territ at ncesd.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:04 AM
To: TOVI: Administrative Question
Cc: Mary Louise Colwell
Subject: [tovi] Braille Refresher Courses OFFERED!
Importance: High
Literary Braille Refresher Course
The purpose of this course is to obtain the necessary clock
hours for recertification in Braille as required by Washington law. This
is a refresher course for teachers, paraeducators, and transcribers who
have already passed the Braille Literacy Usage Exam or Library of
Congress certification and need to take 10 clock hours every five years
to recertify.
The course will be taught in two days, covering the five
units in the text, Literary Braille Refresher Course for Teachers and
Transcribers. Each unit completed will earn the participant 2 clock
hours, with a total of 10 being offered. The instructor/facilitator will
teach and review the topics in each unit of the text for approximately
one hour. The following hour will be allotted for the participants to
complete that session's assignment. Assignments will be completed in
class. Braille portions of the assignment must be done on Perkins
Brailler. Assignments will be reviewed and graded. Upon completion of
all assigned work, the participant will receive the earned clock hours
for the sessions completed.
This course will be offered twice!
Instructors: Gloria Messer, Rehab Teacher, Dept. of Services for the
Blind
Lynnda Biek, Teacher of the Visually Impaired, University Place School
District
1. Eastern Washington class:
Saturday, May 31st and Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 10AM to 4PM
Class held at Lilac Services for the Blind Office, N. 1212 Howard,
Spokane 99201. The office is located on NE corner of Boone and Howard.
(Arena is on SW corner). 1-800-422-7893, 509 328-9116.
Gloria Messer is the instructor for Spokane classes.
2. Western Washington class:
Saturday, June 21 and Saturday, June 28 from 10 AM to 4PM
Class held in the Library at Curtis Junior High School, 8901 40th St.
W., University Place, WA 98455. Lynnda Biek is the instructor for these
classes.
Clock Hours: 10 Clock Hours are available for $20.00, payable on the
first day of class through ESD 112.
Cost for the class: There is no registration fee for this class. The
participant is responsible for the cost of the text and paper for the
Perkins Brailler.
Sponsors: Washington State School for the Blind (WSSB) and Washington
Sensory Disabilities Services (WSDS)
Requirements for class:
1. Participants must order the textbook (see below) and have it
prior to the first day of class! Order early!
2. Bring Perkins Brailler and paper.
3. BRING A SACK LUNCH.
Ordering Information:
Text: Literary Braille Refresher Course for Teachers and Transcribers by
Constance Risjord. National Braille Association, Revised Edition, 2002
National Braille Association
3 Townline Circle, Rochester, NY 14623-2513
Phone: 585-427-8260; Fax 585-427-0263
E-mail NBAoffice at nationalbraille.org
Cost of the Text is: Print version: $50.00
Braille version: $158.40
The National Braille Association will accept credit cards (NOT Discover
cards), P.O.'s, check, and money orders.
_______________________________________________________________
Registration Information
Name:_______________________________________________________
Address:______________________________________________________
Street
City State Zip
Phone number: _____________________Email: _____________________
Which class will you be attending? (Check one)
________ Spokane class, May 31 and June 7, 2008
________ University Place class, June 21 and 28, 2008
Please return by May 16, 2008 to:
Jackie Messer, North Central ESD, PO Box 1847,
Wenatchee, WA 98807-1847
509.665.2630, FAX 509.662.9027
jackiem at ncesd.org
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Fyi, Braille courses
Doug Trimble
Orientation & Mobility Instructor
Off Campus Work Advisor
Washington
State
School
for the Blind
2214 E. 13th Street
Vancouver
,
WA
98661
office ph. 360-696-6321 #118
cell:360-909-0833
From:
Terri Thurston [mailto:territ at ncesd.org]
Sent:
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:04 AM
To:
TOVI: Administrative Question
Cc:
Mary Louise Colwell
Subject:
[tovi] Braille Refresher Courses OFFERED!
Importance:
High
Literary Braille Refresher Course
The purpose of this course is to obtain the necessary clock hours for recertification in Braille as required by
Washington
law.
This is a refresher course for teachers, paraeducators, and transcribers who have already passed the Braille Literacy Usage Exam or Library of Congress certification and need to take 10 clock hours every five years to recertify.
The course will be taught in two days, covering the five units in the text,
Literary Braille Refresher Course for Teachers and Transcribers
.
Each unit completed will earn the participant 2 clock hours, with a total of 10 being offered. The instructor/facilitator will teach and review the topics in each unit of the text for approximately one hour. The following hour will be allotted for the participants to complete that session’s assignment. Assignments will be completed in class. Braille portions of the assignment must be done on Perkins Brailler. Assignments will be reviewed and graded. Upon completion of all assigned work, the participant will receive the earned clock hours for the sessions completed.
This course will be offered twice!
Instructors:
Gloria Messer, Rehab Teacher, Dept. of Services for the Blind
Lynnda Biek, Teacher of the Visually Impaired,
University
Place
School District
1. Eastern
Washington
class:
Saturday, May 31
st
and Saturday, June 7, 2008 from 10AM to 4PM
Class held at Lilac Services for the Blind Office
,
N. 1212 Howard,
Spokane
99201. The office is located on NE corner of Boone and Howard. (Arena is on SW corner).
1-800-422-7893, 509 328-9116.
Gloria Messer is the instructor for
Spokane
classes.
2. Western
Washington
class:
Saturday, June 21 and Saturday, June 28 from 10 AM to 4PM
Class held in the Library at Curtis Junior High School, 8901 40
th
St. W.,
University
Place,
WA
98455
.
Lynnda
Biek is the instructor for these classes.
Clock Hours:
10 Clock Hours are available for $20.00, payable on the first day of class through ESD 112.
Cost for the class:
There is no registration fee for this class. The participant is responsible for the cost of the text and paper for the Perkins Brailler.
Sponsors:
Washington
State
School
for the Blind (WSSB) and
Washington
Sensory Disabilities Services (WSDS)
Requirements for class:
Participants must order the textbook (see below) and have it prior to the first day of class! Order early!
Bring Perkins Brailler and paper.
BRING A SACK LUNCH.
Ordering Information:
Text:
Literary Braille Refresher Course for
Teachers
and Transcribers
by Constance Risjord. National Braille Association,
Revised Edition
, 2002
National Braille Association
3 Townline Circle
,
Rochester
,
NY
14623-2513
Phone: 585-427-8260; Fax 585-427-0263
E-mail NBAoffice at nationalbraille.org
Cost of the Text is: Print version: $50.00
Braille version: $158.40
The National Braille Association will accept credit cards (NOT Discover cards), P.O.’s, check, and money orders.
_______________________________________________________________
Registration Information
Name:_______________________________________________________
Address:______________________________________________________
Street City State Zip
Phone number: _____________________Email: _____________________
Which class will you be attending? (Check
one
)
________ Spokane class, May 31 and June 7, 2008
________ University Place class, June 21 and 28, 2008
Please return by May 16, 2008 to:
Jackie Messer
, North
Central ESD
,
PO Box
1847
,
Wenatchee
,
WA
98807-1847
509.665.2630, FAX 509.662.9027
mailto:jackiem at ncesd.org jackiem at ncesd.org
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