[nobe-l] teaching questions
Marianne
mdenning at cinci.rr.com
Tue Feb 16 13:32:56 UTC 2010
I had a job as a rehabilitation teacher for an agency in Cincinnati and I
had volunteer drivers. The driver would, of course, get the mileage
reimbursement you would get for driving. It might be worth examining. Two
of my students are in the same building and the other one is out of
district. I use public transportation to work with him 3 afternoons a week.
It is pretty time consuming but I take advantage of the time to do other
work.
Where do you plan to take your courses? Have you thought of special
education along with TVI? I am looking into that now.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anita Adkins" <aadkins7 at verizon.net>
To: "National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List"
<nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [nobe-l] teaching questions
> Thanks. That is very helpful. I am beginning to think that I can find it
> challenging (in a positive way) to teach, especially after Kathy's email.
> I appreciate your email because I am considering becoming a TVI. My main
> concern is traveling from school to school. I am a West Virginian at
> heart, and WV has a lot of back roads. Hiring a driver might get
> expensive for me. If you are managing, so can I. Thanks for the
> encouragement. Anita
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marianne" <mdenning at cinci.rr.com>
> To: "National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List"
> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 7:06 PM
> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shop online and support the NFB of RI at no additional cost to you.
>>>>> http://www.givebackamerica.com/charity.php?b=169
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