[Nfbofnc] FW: NCLB Braille Certification at Washington Seminar

[Tim Jones]

Keeping US INFORMED .

 

Tim Jones

VP, National Federation of the Blind of N.C.

Phone: 704-491-1486

Email:  <mailto:tjnc2 at carolina.rr.com> tjnc2 at carolina.rr.com

 

About the National Federation of the Blind

 

With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the
largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in the
United States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy,
education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and
self-confidence.  It is the leading force in the blindness field today and
the voice of the nation's blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the
National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and
training center in the United States for the blind led by the blind.

 



 

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From: Braille Certification [mailto:braille at nbpcb.org] 
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 4:00 PM
To: Louise Walch
Subject: NCLB Braille Certification at Washington Seminar

 

NFB Affiliates,

 

Thank you once again for your help thus far in letting people know about the
National Certification in Literary Braille. Testing will be held on Feb 7,
the Saturday right before Washington Seminar. Please find the flyer
attached.

 

Best regards,

 

Louise

 

Louise G. Walch
NBPCB Coordinator

210-464-6144
Braille at nbpcb.org
www.nbpcb.org <http://www.nbpcb.org/> 

 

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Braille Test in Washington, DC, Feb 7, 2009

 

THE NATIONAL CERTIFICATION IN

LITERARY BRAILLE (NCLB)

 

As you may be aware, the National Literary Braille Competency Test (NLBCT)
of the National Library Service (NLS) has been transferred to the
administration of the National Blindness Professional Certification Board
(NBPCB). With the NLBCT as its cornerstone, the NBPCB has established the
National Certification in Literary Braille (NCLB), which is a complete
professional credential that requires recertification on a five year cycle.
Individuals who were certified with the NLBCT prior to 2006 will need to
retest through the NBPCB; however, the initial fee may be waived if the
applicant can show proof of original NLBCT credential.

 

The NCLB is currently the only nationally recognized certification in
literary Braille. The examination has not been substantially changed from
its earlier version once administered by the NLS, however a five year
recertification requirement has been instituted in the interest of
maintaining high standards. The exam is not aimed at transcribers. Rather,
it is a valid test of a person's ability to competently read, write, and
understand contracted, literary Braille, and is being targeted to all
individuals who teach Braille professionally, and/or those seeking to be
credentialed in this area.

 

The next scheduled exam open for certification and recertification in 2009
is:

 

Date:                Saturday, February 7, 2009

Time:                8:00am-5:00pm (Doors close 8:30am)

Location:          Holiday Inn Capitol (Columbia II)

550 C Street SW

Washington, DC 20024

Cost:                $250 combined application/testing fee

Deadline:          Sunday, January 4, 2009

                        (or $275 late registration January 5-25)

 

Subsequent NCLB examinations will be convened wherever an appropriate venue
can be procured, and sufficient applicant numbers make it possible. Please
contact the NBPCB for more details.

 

To apply online go to:

 <http://www.nbpcb.org/nclb/application/>
http://www.nbpcb.org/nclb/application/

 

 

or to download the NCLB Candidate Guidelines please visit:

 <http://www.nbpcb.org/nclb/> http://www.nbpcb.org/nclb/

 

 

For additional information please visit the NBPCB website at:
<http://www.nbpcb.org/> www.nbpcb.org, call the NBPCB office at (318)
257-4554, or contact Louise Walch, NBPCB Coordinator, at:
<http://mail.nbpcb.org/src/compose.php?send_to=braille%40nbpcb.org>
braille at nbpcb.org.

 

 

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