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

[cconley at fuse.net]

Wow, you must really be old if you were teaching in the 1890's!
---- Deborah Kendrick <dkkendrick at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> 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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