[nobe-l] teaching questions

Tim Shaw timandvickie at hotmail.com
Tue Feb 16 01:04:47 UTC 2010 

I don't know about teaching in a classroom because I never managed to find a job doing it, but I work as a vocational rehabilitation teacher and I seldom get bored.
  
> From: mdenning at cinci.rr.com
> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:06:23 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] teaching questions
> 
> Anita, I have worked as a TVI but I worked as a rehabilitation teacher in 
> the past. In both of these jobs I have worked with people one-on-one. I 
> am a teacher of children who are visually impaired and his is my first year. 
> This year I have three totally blind students who attend a local high 
> school. Each of these students is in a classroom and I provide the needed 
> support services. One of my students is in "regular education" classes and 
> plans to attend college. She will graduate at age 18 and all services are 
> related to her visual impairment. I help her work on organization skills, 
> test taking skills, notetaking skills and support the teachers as needed. 
> The other two students have additional disabilities. They are probably 
> autistic even though it is not listed in any evaluations. About 60 to 70 
> per cent of visually impaired students have additional disabilities. 
> Motivating them from day to day is definitely a challenge. Some days I feel 
> like we have gone backwards and other days I think I must be the greatest 
> teacher on earth because of their progress. My job changes from day to day 
> and from hour to hour.
> 
> As a rehabilitation teacher I worked with primarily older people who were 
> losing their vision. I visited them in their homes and helped them learn 
> skills to live independently. I didn't teach braille too much but I did 
> some. I, again, did not get bored because my job was constantly changing. 
> I loved it when someone learned to do something they thought they could no 
> longer do.
> 
> I think any job can get boring but the requirements of teachers is 
> constantly changing so the expectations change. I also believe each class 
> has their own personality and characteristics and that keeps teaching 
> exciting.
> 
> Marianne
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anita Adkins" <aadkins7 at verizon.net>
> To: "National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List" 
> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] teaching questions
> 
> 
> > Hello Kathy,
> >
> > I do appreciate your willingness to answer questions. I do have a few for 
> > you.
> >
> > First, do you have a secret pneumonic device for memorizing the voices of 
> > your students. I know this is a silly thing to worry about, but I am in 
> > college classes with all different students. Many of them know me on site 
> > from class to class, but I sure do not know them, unless I have worked 
> > with them more closely within the class.
> >
> > Second, I am interested in working in the field of blindness. I want to 
> > actually teach at a school for the blind or in another position that would 
> > allow me to work specificly in the field of blindness. I am going into 
> > Elementary Education with a specialization in Language Arts because, first 
> > of all, I love to write, and, second of all, this school does not have a 
> > degree in vision or even Special Ed. My concern is with teaching 
> > students, whether they are blind or sighted, I am terribly afraid I will 
> > get bored. I have taught before, and I am excellent at motivating 
> > students. But, I found that if I taught computer technology or Braille 
> > all day, I became bored. This was in a position where I had maybe five 
> > students, all in various stages of accepting their disability. 
> > Fortunately, in that particular position, my boredom was not a major 
> > concern because I could switch my subjects and move around, such as from 
> > the Computer lab to the Braille classroom or inside or outside the 
> > building when working with students during Travel class. So, my question 
> > is: do you have ways to keep yourself from getting bored while teaching. 
> > If you teach Shakespeare every year, for instance, it seems you would know 
> > it so well that it would become monotonous. I am active and like to 
> > switch from task to task. I am terrified that if I teach, I will 
> > eventually, after a few years, become bored with the same routine. Maybe, 
> > what I am really asking is do you have any ideas on various careers in 
> > blindness that I could explore? I would love to teach and lecture and to 
> > show blind students that they can be active and independent, but I also 
> > want to do more than that, such as research or work with Braille, etc.
> >
> > Thanks. Anita
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Kathy Nimmer" <goldendolphin17 at hotmail.com>
> > To: "blind teachers" <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 3:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Quietly I introduce myself
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Hello everyone,
> >>
> >> Well, I've sure enjoyed seeing the discussions from so many to-be 
> >> teachers. It is hopeful to me that people are entering the training 
> >> process with an eye on this field, even though the odds are against them 
> >> for hiring in a normal public school classroom. I am someone who was 
> >> fortunate to go against those odds. I am in my eighteenth year of 
> >> teaching English and creative writing in a normal high school classroom 
> >> in a large public school in Indiana. Never would I claim to have all the 
> >> answers to what must be many questions, but I am willing to give some of 
> >> them a shot. I know I might be in a position to help those of you in 
> >> college and looking toward a teaching job, so I invite you to ask away. 
> >> I even had one list member come out to my neck of the woods to observe 
> >> for three days this past August, a wonderful experience for both of us. 
> >> She is student teaching right now. Again, nothing I do is the ideal or 
> >> perfect answer for everyone else, but I do do it and have for several
> >> years, not with success early on but with success far more often than not 
> >> now. Should we change the subject line if we're going to do an open back 
> >> and forth q/a? In between scanning and grading fifty historical short 
> >> stories his weekend, I'll gladly offer my limited wisdom and will 
> >> probably end up learning more from you than you do from me! Hear from 
> >> you soon.
> >>
> >> Kathy Nimmer: Teacher, Author, Motivational Speaker
> >> http://www.servicedogstories.com
> >> http://guidedogjourney.livejournal.com
> >> Even if the shadows of the valley hide your view,
> >> You still must believe in the mountains.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: iamantonio at cox.net
> >>> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
> >>> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:07:49 -0500
> >>> Subject: [nobe-l] Quietly I introduce myself
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I hope we are all busy at teaching, or learning how to teach, since I 
> >>> have gotten no mail from this list in the past couple of weeks since 
> >>> subscribing.
> >>>
> >>> I am a member of the National Federation of the Blind of Rhode Island, 
> >>> and subscribed here because I am at school to become a social studies 
> >>> teacher.
> >>>
> >>> Some of you may know me from the NABS list, or the NFB of Florida, or 
> >>> the NFB of Massachusetts, and some of you will come to know me as a 
> >>> student at Western Governors University.
> >>>
> >>> This online university is where I currently attend, and it is where I 
> >>> will obtain a bachelors in social studies teaching 5/12.
> >>>
> >>> I am optimistic about getting a job after graduation, and I expect my 
> >>> hopes of employment to become realized. In other words, I want to, and 
> >>> expect to land a job.
> >>>
> >>> Right now all I can do is to work hard at school, and hope for a bright, 
> >>> if hectic teaching career.
> >>>
> >>> I have no specific questions at the moment, but hope to see some list 
> >>> traffic.
> >>>
> >>> Are there blind teachers here? what do you teach, and are you listed in 
> >>> Where the Blind Work?
> >>>
> >>> Sincerely,
> >>>
> >>> Antonio Guimaraes
> >>>
> >>> If an infinite number of rednecks riding in an infinite number of pickup 
> >>> trucks fire an infinite number of shotgun rounds at an infinite number 
> >>> of highway signs, they will eventually produce all the world's great 
> >>> literary works in Braille.
> >>>
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