[Mdpobc] Maryland Common Core State Curriculum Frameworks for Braille

[Trudy Pickrel]

Good Afternoon Parents,
 
Please see the Letter  below announcing the common core MD State curriculum Frameworks for Braille.  I know that is a mouth full.  In my laymens terms that is the Standard to be used to help our Blind/VI Students be held to the same standards as their peers.  Also a guide for teachers and administrators to use to write goals and assess our students.  The Team that worked on this did an amazing job and it is being use in other States now to help them set an appropriate expectation for our Students that are Blind and VI.  
 
Parents this is a great guide as we go into the IEP season to know how to help the team set goal for our Children.  
 
We will also have our up and coming MD Parents of Blind/VI Childrens Workshop that will help you understand the process and the out come of this 2 yr committee to come up with this Standard.  And how we can use it to help our students reach their goal in life.  Please see enclosed attachment for Registration to this workshop and Many others on IPad, Laptop, Jaws, IEP/IPE, etc.



Trudy L. Pickrel
Maryland Parents of Blind Children 
www.mdparentsofblindchildren.org
 

 










 









Lillian M. Lowery
State Superintendent of Schools


200 West Baltimore Street • Baltimore, MD 21201 • 410-767-0100 • 410-333-6442 TTY/TDD • MarylandPublicSchools.org
 
MARYLAND STATE BOARD ACCEPTS MARYLAND COMMON CORE STATE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS FOR BRAILLE
 
 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (September 25, 2012) – The Maryland State Board of Education approved implementation of the Maryland Common Core State Curriculum Frameworks for Braille: Mathematics and the Maryland Common Core State Curriculum Frameworks for Braille: English/Language Arts.
 
In response to House Bill 413 and Senate Bill 230, the Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services established a Task Force in September 2010 comprised of stakeholders with representatives from the Maryland State Department of Education, the Maryland School for the Blind, local school systems, parents, and advocacy groups.  The Task Force developed the Maryland Common Core State Curriculum Frameworks for Braille: Mathematics and the Maryland Common Core State Curriculum Frameworks for Braille: English/Language Arts.   The braille frameworks are based on the same Maryland Common Core Curriculum Frameworks that were adopted by the State Board and include the identified braille skills and expectations at each grade level (Prekindergarten through grade twelve) for students who read braille.  The standards provide a clear roadmap of braille instruction for teachers and parents to improve literacy skills for students who read braille. They provide higher, grade-level expectations that are aligned to the Common Core.  
 
Marcella E. Franczkowski, Assistant State Superintendent of the Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services said, “The Maryland Common Core State Frameworks for Braille will establish grade-level standards and promote rigorous expectations for Maryland students who read braille.  Maryland is the first State in the nation to develop and implement braille standards based upon the Common Core Standards.  We anticipate that these braille frameworks will provide support to teachers and families of students with visual impairments throughout the nation.”
 
Dr. Michael J. Bina, President, The Maryland School for the Blind said, “Maryland’s development of braille standards in Mathematics and English/Language Arts is a phenomenal, giant step forward toward full literacy for students who are blind and visually impaired. This will ensure that students are able to access the curriculum competing with their classmates in these two critical academic areas.”
 
The Maryland Common Core State Curriculum Frameworks for Braille are available now on the Web at http://mdk12.org/instruction/commoncore/braille/index.html
 
For more information, contact Lisa Wright, Statewide Blind/Visually Impaired/Low Incidence Specialist at  410-767-0812 or lwright at msde.state.md.us
 
Maryland Public Schools: #1 in the Nation Four Years in a Row
www.MarylandPublicSchools.org
 
 
Lisa Wright
Statewide Blind and Visually Impaired and Low Incidence Disability Specialist, AIM Coordinator
Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services
Maryland State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD  21201
PHONE:  410-767-0812
FAX:  410-333-8165
EMAIL:  lwright at msde.state.md.us
 
and
 
The Maryland School for the Blind
 
Maryland Public Schools: #1 in the Nation Four Years in a Row
 
 
 
 
 
 		 	   		  
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