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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Topical Discussion via Zoom<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We will be hosting several Zoom conference meetings specifically for instructors and administrators using Structured Discovery methods and principles. The purpose of these calls is for individuals to brainstorm, problem-solve, commiserate, and to come together as a community. We may host a large group meeting; however, we want to host several specific ones related to your instructional area or job. In order to keep these zoom meetings private and appropriate for participants, I am asking that you click the following link and list your name, email address, general job title, and any comments you may have for specific zoom topics. Using this information, I will schedule those zoom calls for only those participants who fit that topic area. For example, be sure to put director/coordinator, cane travel, braille/communications, technology, or similar titles. The zoom link will only be provided to you for the session corresponding to your work area.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nbpcb.org/zoominvite.php"><b>Register Here for Zoom Meeting</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Following is the schedule for each instructional area: <b>(Note: These will be scheduled for two-hour blocks to accommodate work and time zone preferences—You need not attend the entire session)<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Center Directors/Administrators: Monday, April 13 at 4:00—6:00 p.m. Central time.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Cane Travel Instructors: Tuesday, April 14 at 4:00—6:00 p.m. CDT<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Braille/technology/communication Instructors: Wednesday, April 15 at 4:00—6:00 p.m. CDT<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Home Management/ADL/ILS/Shop Instructors: Thursday, April 16 at 4:00—6:00 p.m. CDT<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Rehab counselors/teachers/TBS/TVI: Friday, April 17 at 4:00—6:00 p.m. CDT<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b> <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC, Director, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>600 Mayfield Ave / 210 Woodard Hall<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PO Box 3158<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ruston LA 71272<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:ebell@latech.edu"><span style='color:#0563C1'>ebell@latech.edu</span></a> www.pdrib.com<o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;border-right:none;padding:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'>*************<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> -- Stephen Jay Gould<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>