[nobe-l] Teaching

Tue May 23 23:02:20 UTC 2017

Dear all,

Silver is not a spammer.  I know him because we studied together at
the University of Pittsburgh a couple of years ago.  So if you have
any ideas of helping his project please let him know.

My best wishes,

Irina

On 5/23/17, Irina Anisimova <ilanisimova at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Silver,
>
> I agree with Albert, there are foundations that should be interested
> in helping the school, especially since you already have students, and
> you need to contact them.  You should not be discouraged if it did not
> work the first time around.
>
> Also I think you need to get your school certified and go through
> government accreditation process.  This way, you might get some
> government support and your application to foundations would have more
> credibility.
>
> Also maybe change the name of the school, you should not name it after
> yourself, some people might get suspicious about the whole project.
>
> I will write off-list.
>
> Regards,
>
> Irina
>
>
> On 5/23/17, Albert Rizzi via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Silver,
>>
>> Have you tried reaching out to Foundations like the Bloomberg Foundation
>> or
>> UNICEF? I know they both fund projects like these throughout Africa.
>>
>> Peace and to be continued....
>>
>> Albert
>>
>>
>> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
>> Founder and CEO
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NOBE-L [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Silver Oonyu
>> via NOBE-L
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 5:39 AM
>> To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List
>> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Silver Oonyu <oonyusilver at gmail.com>; Kathy
>> <goldendolphin17 at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Teaching
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>>
>> Again, my name is Silver Francis Oonyu, M.Ed.  I got a chance to study at
>> the University of Pittsburgh, PA using a scholarship from Ford Foundation
>> and yet I am a Ugandan.  I decided to return to my country to help
>> children
>> with low vision and those with blindness.  The ministry of education and
>> sports sent me to work at St. Francis Secondary School for the Blind,
>> Madera
>> in 2012 to teach Access Technology.  But, I did not feel comfortable
>> because
>> many children could not attend this facility because of lack of money.
>> In
>> 2014 I started a little school what the Board of Directors preferred to
>> call
>> Silver Francis Oonyu Memorial Inclusive Community
>> Education and Learning Center, SMILE P.O. Box 75, Soroti - Uganda.
>> Anyone
>> can do a Google Search on the same and will find out more information on
>> it.
>>  It is in the rural settings on Soroti District, Eastern Uganda.
>>
>>
>> However, I now have about 300 students but there are a number challenges
>> that I am getting discouraged.  There is famine which resulted from the
>> bad
>> changes in weather.  Feeding the students is a very big problem.  I have
>> also failed to pay the few teacher that I have.  There are no braille
>> equipment, among other things.  That is why I am appealing to anyone on
>> this
>> list who might want to help in any way possible.  You can can back to me
>> privately on opucetinclusivevillage at gmail.com.  Also, on cell phone
>> number
>> 0779334895.  One can dial o11 to get out of the US.  The Uganda Code is
>> +256.  So, I can be reached on 011256779334895.
>>
>>
>> Together we can make a difference!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 9:07 PM, Kayla James via NOBE-L
>> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> God will guide me and tell me where to go.
>>>
>>> On 3/20/16, Kayla James <christgirl813 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Has anyone on the Nobe-L list done the Teach for Tomorrow program
>>> > through NFB?
>>> >
>>> > On 3/20/16, Kathy via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> >> Adrijana,
>>> >>   Thank you for this honesty. Indeed, it seems that issues that
>>> >> complicate the beauty of teaching are rising up in all parts of the
>>> >> world, not just the little corners that we each inhabit. When the
>>> >> best and most hard-working teachers feel this burdened by the
>>> >> paperwork and regulations and assessments and evaluations, you know
>>> >> there is a problem. We all know every profession has people who
>>> >> will complain about something all the time, but when the most
>>> >> committed feel that stress and discouragement, it is truly alarming.
>>> >> Thankfully, we have safe places like this list where we can be
>>> >> honest, and hopefully, the sharing lightens the load at least
>>> >> enough to remind you that you are not alone and why you came to the
>>> >> profession.
>>> >> Kathy and Nacho
>>> >>
>>> >>> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:49:18 +0100
>>> >>> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org; pibe-division at nfbnet.org
>>> >>> Subject: [nobe-l] Teaching
>>> >>> From: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
>>> >>> CC: adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com
>>> >>>
>>> >>>  Hi all,
>>> >>>
>>> >>>  I am a teacher of English in Macedonia and I think I am getting
>>> >>> to feel that I am constantly caught up in paperwork, so much so
>>> >>> that I no longer feel as a teacher any more. Every year the
>>> >>> ministry of education comes up with all kinds of projects, so that
>>> >>> we have more paperwork to do and besides the annual programs,
>>> >>> daily lesson plans, students individual plans, a portfolio for
>>> >>> each one, daily notices of how each one is doing, weekly reports
>>> >>> and grades sent out to class teachers and parents, we now have
>>> >>> something like ecology planning and information technology
>>> >>> planning no matter what subject we teach. We need to incorporate
>>> >>> this into our lesson plans as well and on top of all, we need to
>>> >>> do reports that headmasters and psychologists were helping out
>>> >>> with, that have to do with counting lessons and putting more and
>>> >>> more of all this online, which is another trouble because their
>>> >>> system and website are not working well for sighted people, let
>>> >>> alone for blind people. Since this is a state school, we are not
>>> >>> allowed too much flexibility and can't participate in choosing
>>> >>> what and when we teach. The textbooks are constantly changing, so
>>> >>> I keep brailling each again and again as it comes out and feel
>>> >>> that each one is less suitable for my students.  In addition to
>>> >>> this, we get more and more students with other learning
>>> >>> difficulties and facce with shortages of braillers, so I often
>>> >>> find myself brailling for each students all that I need to let
>>> >>> them have for each class twice, so that they have a copy and home
>>> >>> and not lose it or misplace it and a copy they need to use in
>>> >>> class. All this is draining me too much, because I am getting to
>>> >>> feel that I also do other peoples work and I am getting to feel
>>> >>> less joy when teaching, because now besides teachers, we need to
>>> >>> do other things, which is not bad, but when considering that
>>> >>> teachers are no longer being protected by schools or through the
>>> >>> government, it is just very easy for totally blind teachers to get
>>> >>> into all kinds of trouble that they never dreamed of.
>>> >>> Many students bring their cel phones and other devices to school,
>>> >>> not letting them go during the lessons as well and it makes the
>>> >>> whole thing very disruptive and teaching is becoming impossible to
>>> >>> do while all this is going on and when teachers feel they can no
>>> >>> longer manage things much in a way they think they know how. Our
>>> >>> school's policy is:
>>> >>> "Just teach and get away with it" because we got less and less
>>> >>> students and we may be closed one day" and parents and students
>>> >>> know this, so some just relax and keep giving more trouble. I was
>>> >>> never a quitter, but am getting to wonder if others experience the
>>> >>> same and if there are other similar jobs to this that are as
>>> >>> fulfilling, but not so stressful to manage and not so much grade
>>> >>> related? I love working with children, but am getting to feel that
>>> >>> all this is now for nothing and it is a terrible feeling.
>>> >>>
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