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</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style='font-family: Baveuse; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">A teacher’s Oath<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">I swear to
teach to the best of my ability. I swear to do everything I can to develop my
students’ intellects; to teach them some of the best of that which has been
thought and known. I want my students to partake in the full fruits of their civilization
and will not willingly leave anybody ignorant or convinced of a falsehood.<o:p></o:p></span></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">I promise never
to waste my students’ time with activities that serve no educational purpose. I
promise never to seek to entertain rather than to educate. I will choose my
teaching methods on the basis of how they will aid learning. I will be blind to
educational fashions, uninfluenced by incoherent ideologies and skeptical of
unproven theories. I will strive to improve my knowledge and my teaching. I
will make decisions in the interests of my students and their learning, not on
the basis of what they want, what I believe they should want or what I would
enjoy. I will not seek comfort rather than challenge, consensus rather than
truth, or socialization rather than learning. I will be unashamed to teach.<o:p></o:p></span></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">I will also be
unashamed to be a teacher. In my lessons I will not be a friend, priest or
substitute parent to my students. I will not be a motivational speaker,
entertainer or agony aunt. I will seek to be a teacher that you would choose to
be taught by only if you wanted to learn. I will not seek personal validation,
praise or gifts from my students. I will not sacrifice their interests to the
pursuit of my career, a need for attention or for personal amusement. I will
consider myself to be there for the benefit of my students, not the other way
around.<o:p></o:p></span></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">I will carry
out my professional duties, but will never let managers obstruct learning where
this can be avoided. The learning of my students will always be a priority over
approval from managers or inspectors. I will seek to maintain my autonomy and
respect the autonomy of my colleagues. I will seek advice from those who teach
well and avoid advice from those who don’t. I will make decisions in my
students’ interests even when those with power, including the power of
patronage, would disagree with me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">I will maintain
order in my classroom so that my students can learn safely and without
obstruction. I will treat them with consideration and encourage them to treat
each other the same way. I will not hesitate to challenge any threat to
learning. I will defend my authority and that of my colleagues. I will not
hesitate to express support for the value of learning and the virtues of the
intellect. I will never write off a student, nor seek to inhibit ambition. I
will never pretend the mediocre is excellent, or that the unacceptable is
acceptable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><BR><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;" class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN;' lang="EN">I promise that
should I find myself unable to keep to this oath, then I will leave the
teaching profession.</span><o:p></o:p></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><br> <BR><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:53:14 -0500<br>From: kguillory@opsb.net<br>To: pibe-division@nfbnet.org<br>Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Pibe-division Digest, Vol 46, Issue 8<br><br>
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Hi Martha,<br><br>By all means, the blind child should have posters and photos during a classroom presentation. Depending on the topic, pictures can be located on the Internet or via magazines. Pictures can be described in braille on the posters. Some items might be both visually and tactually representated. You can also go a high-tech route (e.g., powerpoint, wikkis, etc.), but keep the student's abilities and what other classmates will be doing in mind.<br><br>You can email me off list if more detail is needed. But essentially, keep in mind that our goal is to make our students competent and competitive in the real world, and most of the world relies on visual cues for learning. This is a great time for this student to learn how to do presentations that meet all of the audience's learning styles and interests. <br><br><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font></font><br><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">Krystal Guillory, NCLB </font><br><font size="2"></font><br><font size="2"><p style="line-height: normal;" class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Braille; font-size: 12pt;">,Kry/al ,guillory</span><span style="font-family: ;"></span><br><br> <br></p></font><p style="line-height: normal;" class="ecxMsoNormal"><font size="2">Teacher of Blind Students</font><br><font size="2">Ouachita Parish School System</font><br><font size="2">Phone: 318-432-5481</font><br><font size="2">Fax: 318-432-5599</font><br><font size="2">Cell: 318-245-8955</font><br><font size="2">Email: </font><a href="mailto:kguillory@opsb.net"><font size="2">kguillory@opsb.net</font></a><br> <br> <br><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Arial"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"></span></font><br></p></font><p class="ecxMsoNormal"></p></font><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><br><blockquote style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(81, 103, 198); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;"><div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228); font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-color: black;"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:pibe-division-request@nfbnet.org"><pibe-division-request@nfbnet.org></a></div><div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pibe-division@nfbnet.org"><pibe-division@nfbnet.org></a></div><div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Cc:</b> </div><div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Date:</b> Friday, March 16 2012 12:07 PM</div><div style="font: 10pt/normal arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Pibe-division Digest, Vol 46, Issue 8</div>Send Pibe-division mailing list submissions to<br> pibe-division@nfbnet.org<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br> pibe-division-request@nfbnet.org<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br> pibe-division-owner@nfbnet.org<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Pibe-division digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br>1. pictures, posters, ETC (Martha Harris)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:56:04 -0500<br>From: Martha Harris <latinanewschic@gmail.com><br>To: Pibe-division@nfbnet.org<br>Subject: [Pibe-division] pictures, posters, ETC<br>Message-ID: <4F6370A4.2030308@gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>Hi Everyone,<br>A teacher asked me whether a blind child should have posters or photos <br>in a classroom presentation, and I told her if the sighted children were <br>expected to do something, the blind child should be as well. He is in <br>7th grade I think. Do you have any suggestions of how he should do this? <br>I said that if it were a group presentation, that he was already working <br>with people, so they would all have suggestions for photos and someone <br>could describe them. If he's working alone, a powerpoint is a good <br>alternative, except I don't think he has the skills to do one. Is 7th <br>grade to young to suggest a reader?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Martha<br><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Pibe-division mailing list<br>Pibe-division@nfbnet.org<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pibe-division_nfbnet.org<br><br><br>End of Pibe-division Digest, Vol 46, Issue 8<br>********************************************<br></blockquote>
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