[nobe-l] Where do grades come from

[taranabella0 at gmail.com]

Kayla,

I just wanted to say that teaching elementary when you are completely blind is possible. I graduated a month ago and student taught in first grade. I'm going to be honest though, getting a job is going to be probably the most difficult part. In my experience, principals ask a lot of questions and make a lot of assumptions that even the best education from you Will not influence. You have to land in the Right office with the right person and sometimes, that can take a lot of time, especially since most teaching interviews are now in front of a panel. Also, I wanted to point out that teaching sighted children is not any more noble or not settling for sticking with your own kind. Children all need great teachers sighted or not. Sighted teachers are not settling by sticking with their own kind if they choose to work with sighted students. If you have any specific questions during your teaching experiences, let me know.

Tara 

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> On Jun 9, 2017, at 10:21 PM, Kayla James via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I think it is interesting. I looked it up because a favorite author of
> mine taught in the primary grades in the 1800's, even though they
> didn't have grades back then.
> Then, I got confused, because Illinois (my state) lets you be licensed
> from first through sixth grade and K through 9th. I want to know if it
> were possible to teach primary grades plus fourth grade.
> Oh, well. Thank you for telling me. I start volunteer teaching next
> week. Very excited, but nervous.
> I have this fear that as soon as I tell people I want to teach,
> they'll say, "Oh. Well, how nice. Blind children, of course, dear?"
> I tried to look up any articles on totally blind teachers who taught
> elementary. Not a lot out there and I felt discouraged.
> I wouldn't mind teaching blind children, but there are only two
> colleges in my state with that degree and I don't want to feel limited
> to teaching "my own kind."
> 
> 
>> On 6/9/17, Judy Jones via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> It used to be that young girls wanting to become teachers, if the went to
>> school until their 16th year, they could apply to a Normal school, which is
>> another phrase for a teachers' college, and after a couple years, could
>> come
>> back and be a school teacher.  Even the college I got my teaching degree
>> from, University Of Northern Colorado, back in the day used to be the
>> Colorado Normal School.
>> 
>> Judy
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NOBE-L [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Karl Martin
>> Adam via NOBE-L
>> Sent: Friday, June 9, 2017 3:23 PM
>> To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List
>> Cc: Karl Martin Adam
>> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Where do grades come from
>> 
>> Because in the 1800s, that's all the schooling most people got (if they
>> went
>> to school at all).  Even my grandparents only had 7 years of school.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Kayla James via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org
>> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 14:27:42 -0500
>> Subject: [nobe-l] Where do grades come from
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I found out that primary grades were one through fourth grade in the 1800s.
>> Why is it different now?
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