[Nfbwv-talk] SEVEN WEST VIRGINIANS CERTIFIED IN LITERARY BRAILLE

[charlene smyth]

Ed,

This is great news for West Virginia!!!  I am going to share it with others.

Charlene

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed McDonald" <ed at eioproductions.com>
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Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 4:49 PM
Subject: [Nfbwv-talk] SEVEN WEST VIRGINIANS CERTIFIED IN LITERARY BRAILLE


> Our colleague Sheila Amato assures me that it is OK to share with you the 
> information below.
>
> As many of you know, Sheila is a Member at Large of NFBWV. She moved to 
> West Virginia after retiring as a teacher of blind and visually impaired 
> children in the state of New York, and she continues to teach a number of 
> online university level courses in Braille.
>
> Last spring she coordinated the Braille Challenge in the state, and she 
> recently conducted the National Certification in Literary Braille exam at 
> the School for the Blind. Below are the results of the exam which she 
> shared with me. We congratulate these individuals, and perhaps we need to 
> encourage more of our VI teachers to seek certification.
>
> Ed
>
>
> Hi, Ed - just thought you would smile to hear this news. Seven candidates 
> tested on the National Certification in Literary Braille test on October 
> 10 at the school for the blind, and all of them passed the test. According 
> to Dr. Eddie Bell of the National Professional Blindness Certification 
> Board, this is the first time in his 5 years involvement with this 
> certification process that there was 100% passing rate at a test 
> administration.
>
> So the state of West Virginia now boasts a 5th place ranking in the nation 
> with folks certified in literary braille.
>
> LA = 34 (this is the home for the NPBCB; they offer this test once a 
> month)
> CA = 26 (home for California Transcribers and Educators of the Visually 
> Impaired)
> MD = 9 (national headquarters for the National Federation of the Blind)
> TX and VA = 8
> NM and WV 7
>
> Sheila
>
>
>
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