[nobe-l] NOBE-L Digest, Vol 142, Issue 12

[Kayla James]

Maybe I should become a journalist. Sorry for wasting anyone's time.
If there are any Christians on here, will you all pray for me? Please?

On 3/19/16, Kayla James <christgirl813 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you totally blind? Are your children sighted or blind? If they are
> sighted, do you need a lot of modifications?
> Yes, I know it will be hard work, but that will be all right, I hope.
> I am uncertain of being an itinerant teacher for the blind, but I know
> I'll probably have no choice.
> As an etiquette teacher, I am still thinking on it. I'm not sure.
> I found a school called Concordia University Chicago that offers a
> special education degree that includes visual impairment. All of the
> other colleges that I've found besides Northern and Illinois State on
> deal with learning disabilities.
> I want to be as one-on-one with my students as possible, whatever I teach.
>
> On 3/18/16, Catherine Mendez via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Kayla,
>>
>> I know of several blinds teachers, including myself, who teach in the
>> primary grades. You asked a lot of questions, but let me see if I can
>> answer
>> a few of them. Teaching in the primary grades is a lot of fun, but it is
>> also a lot of work, just like any teaching job. The pay will be dependent
>> on
>> the kind of setting where you were working, either in a public or private
>> school. Some teachers assistance have the opportunity to become full
>> classroom teachers, but the different processes by which this happens
>> very
>> by state and school district. You will probably need to take extra
>> classes.
>>
>> As far as being an etiquette instructor, you might want to do some
>> Internet
>> research about programs that work contractually with school districts.
>> The
>> way it works in the district where I teach is that the teacher is
>> itinerant,
>> and comes in to do programs at various schools at various points
>> throughout
>> the year.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Cayte
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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