[Ohio-talk] Fw: OSU O&M Advisory Board - Please Respond!

[Deborah Kendrick]

JW,
Wow!  Yes, please count me in on this one!  In the early 1890s, I taught in 
a master's program for VI teachers here ath the University of Cincinnati, 
and loved it.  Sadly, the grant money ran out, and thus so did my job, and 
the not-quite-finished teachers had to go elsewhere to finish their 
certification.
At any rate, this is thrilling news, and something I would truly love to be 
involved in.  I think my patchwork career background -- the UC teaching, 
developing and working in programs for college-bound blind kids, the current 
mentoring program, and a passion for finding alternate ways of communicating 
environments to blind kids and adults -- fits right in with this.
This is such fabulous news! And I am going to cross my fingers and toes that 
you want me to be involved with it!

Deborah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Smith" <jwsmithnfb at verizon.net>
To: "NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 5:30 PM
Subject: [Ohio-talk] Fw: OSU O&M Advisory Board - Please Respond!


Read this one carefully and tell me if you are interested in this 
opportunity because I don't think I will have the time to do it.

jw

Dr. J. Webster Smith
President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458
Phone Number - 740-592-6326
"Changing What it Means to be Blind"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kay Clarke
To: jwsmithnfb at verizon.net
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 1:21 PM
Subject: OSU O&M Advisory Board - Please Respond!


Hi Mr. Smith,

I am an O&M specialist (presently serving as the Infant/Preschool Outreach 
Specialist at OSSB) and a part-time instructor at the Ohio State University. 
I am writing to you with good news and with a request.  The good news is 
that the Ohio State University has recently received state funding to start 
an Orientation and Mobility Training Program to increase Ohio's pool of 
qualified O&M specialists!  We are presently in an organizational phase, 
preparing to start the first group of university students in the Summer 
quarter of 2010.  As the O&M Program Director, my job is to develop the 
program, get it up and running and teach some of the courses.  Other COMSs 
will teach courses as well.  This is an exciting opportunity that we want to 
be sure is done right.  This is where the request comes in.



Our first task is to pull together a core group of O&M consumers and 
practicing O&M specialists from around the state to serve on an Advisory 
Board for the planning phase of the program (now until June 2010).  We would 
be very interested in having a representative from NFB (such as you) on the 
Advisory Board to offer feedback as courses are developed and the 
organization of the program takes shape.  The time and travel commitments 
will entail:



1)  attending 3 or 4 meetings in Columbus (scheduled in evenings or on 
weekends;

     possibly one or two daytime meetings); and



2)  reviewing program materials for comment prior to the meetings.



A stipend will be paid to each participating Advisory Board Member to help 
to defray some of the costs for time spent on Board duties and for travel to 
meetings between now and June 2010.  Please let me know if you are 
interested and able to participate on the O&M Advisory Board.  If you are 
unable to be a part of this Board, I would appreciate it if you could 
suggest another member of your organization who may fill this role.  Firm 
meeting dates will be set as soon as our Board has been formed.



If you have any questions, please let me know and I would be happy to talk 
with you about them.  Please respond to me no later than Thursday, October 
29th  about your participation.   Thank you for your consideration of this 
request and I look forward to hearing from you soon, Mr. Smith.



Sincerely,

Kay Clarke, Ph.D.

Program Director

OSU O&M Training Program

(614) 216-5007






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