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Teachers' Ideas Welcome!

Help Us Write a Book!

The American Foundation for the Blind, Dr. Carol Allman, and Dr. Sandra Lewis would appreciate your comments and help.

Dr. Allman, previously Program Director of Exceptional Student Support in the Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services at the Florida Department of Education, and Dr. Lewis, Coordinator, Program in Visual Impairment, Florida State University in Tallahassee, are working with AFB Press to develop materials on the expanded core curriculum for teachers of students who are blind or visually impaired. Activities, strategies, and information on assessment and program planning for all areas of the curriculum, spanning all age groups, will be compiled in a user-friendly, practical resource targeted to help busy teachers work effectively with their students.

The authors want to include information about instructional activities that have worked for you and that your students have enjoyed. Are you cooking in your classroom? Having students use magnifiers to explore interesting objects around the school? Running a games table at recess? Do your students operate a mini-business? Think about what special lessons you have planned that focus on the expanded core curriculum and share them with us.

Specific credit and attribution of contributions will be included in any published resource. Anyone wishing to share information may complete the form below online or you may print the form, complete it, and mail to Dr. Carol Allman, 236 Aerie Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32312.

If you have questions, please contact Dr. Allman at allmanc@prodigy.net or Dr. Lewis at lewis@coe.fsu.edu. Thank you for your time and interest.

Project Activity

Please tell us a little about yourself:

Your name
Your employer
Your address
Your telephone number
Your cell phone number
Your e-mail address
Your certifications
Total years as TVI
Total years teaching

Tell us about the targeted activity:

Please describe the activity in detail.

What skills of the Expanded Core Curriculum do you purposefully embed in this activity? (Check all that apply)

Compensatory Skills
Daily Living Skills
Social Skills
Self-Determination Skills
Recreation and Leisure Skills
Visual Efficiency skills
Orientation and Mobility Skills
Career/Vocational Skills
Technology Skills

Tell us a little about the student(s) for whom this activity was designed. Please feel free to tell us about more than one student.

Student 1's Gender
Age
Grade
Placement
Visual Diagnosis
Acuity
Reading Medium
Other disabilities

Student 1's IEP goals targeted by this activity, and any strengths or weaknesses that might affect the student's achievement of the goals:

Student 2's Gender
Age
Grade
Placement
Visual Diagnosis
Acuity
Reading Medium
Other disabilities

Student 2's IEP goals targeted by this activity, and any strengths or weaknesses that might affect the student's achievement of the goals:

Student 3's Gender
Age
Grade
Placement
Visual Diagnosis
Acuity
Reading Medium
Other disabilities

Student 3's IEP goals targeted by this activity, and any strengths or weaknesses that might affect the student's achievement of the goals:

Tell us a little more about your activity:

How often do you see the student(s)?

For how many minutes?

Where do you provide services?

How much time do you spend on this activity? (How many days per week/month, how many minutes each day, how many weeks)

What special resources do you utilize to make this activity successful?

How did you collaborate with other teachers, therapists, and the O&M specialist in designing, teaching, and evaluating this activity?

How do you measure your student(s)' progress on this activity?

How do you know when it is time to move on to another activity?

How did you involve the parents in what you were teaching or report the child(ren)'s progress to the parents?

Do you have plans for a related activity to expand upon this one? If so, please describe it.

Please attach any lesson plans, unit plans, assessment tools, or rubrics that you have prepared for this activity. If possible, please attach the relevant portion of the student's IEP related to the targeted activity (or the entire IEP, if that is more convenient). Information will be kept strictly confidential.

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