[nobe-l] teaching questions

Tue Feb 16 17:57:49 UTC 2010

That sounds great.  Thanks.  What did you get your undergraduate degree in, 
and, if you have a Master's degree, what was your major?  I want to do 
exactly what you are doing?  Of course, I still want to write, but I can 
still accomplish that goal.  Again, thanks a lot for the info.  Anita

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Shaw" <timandvickie at hotmail.com>
To: <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [nobe-l] teaching questions

Working for the state as a rehabilitation teacher, the state pays for my 
driver. $9 an hour + $.50 a mile. Its not even disability related its in the 
state travel regs that anyone that cannot drive, or does not have a 
satisfactory driving record, is provided a driver for work related travel. 
So that is one of the perks of working for government perhaps?

> From: mdenning at cinci.rr.com
> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:32:56 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] teaching questions
>
> 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.
> >>>>>
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