From michelle.creedy at gmail.com  Fri Jun  6 00:57:48 2014
From: michelle.creedy at gmail.com (Michelle Creedy )
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 17:57:48 -0700
Subject: [nobe-l] Question about Braille Out Tests
Message-ID: <056001cf8122$56121310$02363930$@gmail.com>

Hello List 

 

The students I am working with are blind and they have to do a word
recognition test. When I was learning Braille, it was still when they only
taught contractions at a particular point in schooling. These children all
know their contractions. Maybe this is a silly question, but are there
instances when doing spelling tests or other kinds of word recognition when
one might choose contracted or uncontracted Braille? Just wondering what is
done nowadays.

 

Michelle

 



From bookwormahb at earthlink.net  Mon Jun 23 04:10:18 2014
From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net (Ashley Bramlett)
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 00:10:18 -0400
Subject: [nobe-l] techniques of supply organization
Message-ID: <8DBE0EDCC4564BEFABE6432015C65AEE@OwnerPC>

Hi all,

As some of you may remember from my intro a few months back, I?m a young adult who finished her undergrad degree. My BA was completed where I sort of made up my own program to finish; I was an elementary ed major but for various reasons such as a bad teacher relationship where I observed kids, I switched to general liberal studies.
Anyway, I?m contemplating going back to grad school to get an education degree for special ed or visual impairments. I?m considering being a TVI.

So, I have a job this summer as a sub for a camp with kids with disabilities. I did not want to commit full time because I am  not experienced and did not feel I could handle all that responsibility; also, I did not know if I would be available every day with vacations coming up.

So, my next few emails relate to working with kids and teens and organizing your classroom.

First questions here.

I?ve been asked to work with  mobility impaired kids, usually in wheelchairs, once a week.
We?ll often have supplies for them to use. I?ll have to get them and pass them out.
I have some vision but may not be able to distinguish similar colors.

How do you organize supplies so you know what they are? Are your bins labeled in braille?
If you have arts and craft supplies, do you place labels on those items individually? I mean rather than labeling a box as paint, do you label individual bottles?
Of course as a sub, I may not be able to rearrange things, but just wondering, if I could ...
Do you put your supplies on separate shelves?

Since I may not wish to have the permanent labels on them after camp, is there a nonsticky way to label? I usually do dimo tape but this leaves sticky residue. I mean it would be nice to have something like a postit  note where I just grab it off leaving no marks.
When I collect supplies, how will I ensure I get all of them? I?d grab items off their desks one by one, but it may be easy to miss something because it fell or the participant placed it somewhere else or something like that  or simply not getting every little item by mistake before I go to the next desk.
Look forward to your ideas.

Ashley

From bookwormahb at earthlink.net  Mon Jun 23 04:27:36 2014
From: bookwormahb at earthlink.net (Ashley Bramlett)
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 00:27:36 -0400
Subject: [nobe-l] learning about your students/participants
Message-ID: <5FEFC258FE7D4B0EB1A1FA5B44FDA78F@OwnerPC>

Hi all,

A challenge I?ve had working with groups of people is names. I?ve volunteered for a senior center to discuss stories and read; its challenging to remember names with voices and about them. 

This will be harder as a sub. still, I?d like to try and know them, at least their names, so next time I?m not asking constantly for them to identify themselves.

How do  you remember a group  of student?s names? How do you remember a bit about them? In my case, I?d want to remember about their disability like its extent and how much they can do themselves.
In my experience, I get to know voices, but with young people, voices are more likely to sound similar. 

I?m sure they?ll be a list of participants but I won?t be able to read that. I might write that down, time permitting, using another staff member as a reader. 
There?s other staff in each room since they need a small participant/staff ratio.
I?ve thought of tape recording them since repetetion helps, but not sure we?ll be allowed to record.

Thanks for ideas.

Ashley

From lizngraves at yahoo.com  Tue Jun 24 00:04:30 2014
From: lizngraves at yahoo.com (Liz Graves)
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:04:30 -0500
Subject: [nobe-l] techniques of supply organization
In-Reply-To: <8DBE0EDCC4564BEFABE6432015C65AEE@OwnerPC>
References: <8DBE0EDCC4564BEFABE6432015C65AEE@OwnerPC>
Message-ID: <9967D38A-9715-4F07-B819-509D690FA636@yahoo.com>

Hi,

You could always place the colorful paper in braille labeled folders, or use dividers with braille color labels between each section of color, so they are together and the label is not on the paper itself. Same thing for other items, you may be able to put them in a box that has a label. I also like using rubber bands with labels on them. Rubber bands can be an easy way to label or at least distinguish between bottles without labeling the bottle directly.

Good luck with your camp!

Liz

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 22, 2014, at 11:10 PM, Ashley Bramlett via nobe-l <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> As some of you may remember from my intro a few months back, I?m a young adult who finished her undergrad degree. My BA was completed where I sort of made up my own program to finish; I was an elementary ed major but for various reasons such as a bad teacher relationship where I observed kids, I switched to general liberal studies.
> Anyway, I?m contemplating going back to grad school to get an education degree for special ed or visual impairments. I?m considering being a TVI.
> 
> So, I have a job this summer as a sub for a camp with kids with disabilities. I did not want to commit full time because I am  not experienced and did not feel I could handle all that responsibility; also, I did not know if I would be available every day with vacations coming up.
> 
> So, my next few emails relate to working with kids and teens and organizing your classroom.
> 
> First questions here.
> 
> I?ve been asked to work with  mobility impaired kids, usually in wheelchairs, once a week.
> We?ll often have supplies for them to use. I?ll have to get them and pass them out.
> I have some vision but may not be able to distinguish similar colors.
> 
> How do you organize supplies so you know what they are? Are your bins labeled in braille?
> If you have arts and craft supplies, do you place labels on those items individually? I mean rather than labeling a box as paint, do you label individual bottles?
> Of course as a sub, I may not be able to rearrange things, but just wondering, if I could ...
> Do you put your supplies on separate shelves?
> 
> Since I may not wish to have the permanent labels on them after camp, is there a nonsticky way to label? I usually do dimo tape but this leaves sticky residue. I mean it would be nice to have something like a postit  note where I just grab it off leaving no marks.
> When I collect supplies, how will I ensure I get all of them? I?d grab items off their desks one by one, but it may be easy to miss something because it fell or the participant placed it somewhere else or something like that  or simply not getting every little item by mistake before I go to the next desk.
> Look forward to your ideas.
> 
> Ashley
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From NShaheen at nfb.org  Tue Jun 24 20:21:53 2014
From: NShaheen at nfb.org (Shaheen, Natalie)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 20:21:53 +0000
Subject: [nobe-l] The National Federation of the Blind is Looking for
	Educators
Message-ID: <dbb412d7c2954c6c8db021cd67bf4351@CO1PR07MB330.namprd07.prod.outlook.com>

Educators:
I wanted to bring to your attention that the National Federation of the Blind is looking to hire passionate, energetic, dedicated, and experienced educators. To learn more about the current openings, please visit https://nfb.org/jobs-ncb. Also, the NFB Jernigan Institute will be at the Job Fair at the NFB National Convention<https://nfb.org/convention-streaming-schedule.> in Orlando. Stop by our table to learn more about our current openings. The job fair will be on Tuesday, July 1 from 2:00-4:00p in Grand Ballroom A (level 1). If you have questions, please contact Bridgid M Burke, Director of Fiscal Services, National Federation of the Blind; telephone 410-659-9314, ext. 2271; e-mail bburke at nfb.org<mailto:bburke at nfb.org>.

Please feel free to forward this information on to other educators in your network.

Thank you,
Natalie L. Shaheen, MEd
Director of Education
Jernigan Institute
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND





