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2011-2012 FIMC-VI Webinar Series
Introduction to FIMC-VI for New Teachers and New Program Supervisors
Session 3 of 3
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AGENDA – Session Three
1:00 Welcome
1:10 FIMC-VI Updates
Annual Census Report
Book Ordering for 2012-2013
Returning Books and Materials to FIMC-VI
Braille Challenge Update
2:10 Tentative Workshops, trainings, webinars and dates for 2012-2013
2:20 Follow-up and questions
2:30 Adjourn
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Objectives of Webinar Series
To provide new teachers of the visually impaired and new program supervisors:
Timely information in a cost-effective manner
Overview of FIMC-VI, APH, FCAT, and upcoming events
National and State Initiatives related to students with visual impairments
Statewide and local resources
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FIMC-VI 2011-12 Services
Procurement or productions and distribution of accessible instructional materials
Professional Learning
Working with the Experts
Quality Programs for Students with Visual Impairments (QPVI)
QPVI- Building Local Capacity
Braille FCAT development
Volunteer services for braille and audio
Professional Loan Library
NIMAS Florida
Braille Challenge
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FIMC-VI and APH Annual Census
Those using the QPVI Master List will find this much easier…
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Annual Census
Student registration closed Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
All the data has been submitted to American Printing House for the Blind (APH).
Census shows that we currently have 3,101 students registered with FIMC-VI:
2,033 legally blind students
1,068 low vision
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New Legal Ruling on Braille Instruction
Oceanport, New Jersey (May 7, 2012): After a three-year administrative and legal battle against their local school board, the Oceanport Board of Education, Jeffrey and Holly Miller obtained a ruling (docket number: 2011 17218) from an administrative law judge that their eleven-year-old son Henry “Hank” Miller was improperly denied instruction in Braille….
blind
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Ruling continued…
Administrative Law Judge Lisa James-Beavers found that the school board and the commission displayed a clear “bias against Braille.”
… had failed to assess Hank’s “sustained reading ability” with print, relying instead on reading assessments involving only brief passages, and citing Hank’s alleged failure to complain about struggling to read print.
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Ruling continued:
The judge was unconvinced by the board and CBVI’s contention that Hank could rely on audio technology as reading demands increased through his school years, noting that “as pointed out by all of petitioners’ well-qualified experts, listening does not equate to reading. One does not enhance the active skill of comprehending text by passively listening, even if one is following along with the reading.”
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Ruling Continued…
Judge James-Beavers ordered that Hank Miller be provided with Braille instruction for forty-five minutes, five days a week, and that the school board provide compensatory instruction because of the three years that Hank was not provided with Braille instruction, in the form of intensive Braille summer programs or tutoring.
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Remember …
Braille is the DEFAULT learning media for all students staffed into a program for the visually impaired!
Current and FUTURE NEEDS must be considered
A thorough Learning Media Assessment is used to establish that the student has EQUAL access to all learning materials. If not, intensive instruction in the reading and writing of braille must begin
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Book Orders for
2012-2013
Should be submitted to Kathee Cagle at FIMC-VI by now … and I’m serious!
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2011 FIMC-VI Braille “Timely Delivery” for Complete Books Shipped by August 31, 2011
Braille books ordered in April 2011 - 96%
Braille books ordered in May 2011 – 87%
Braille books ordered in June 2011 – 75%
Braille books ordered in July 2011 – 70%
Braille books ordered in AUGUST – 49%
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2011 FIMC-VI Large Print “Timely Delivery” Status of Books Shipped by August 31, 2011
Large print books ordered in April, May, or June – 100% shipped complete
Large print books ordered in July - 95% shipped complete
Large print books ordered in August - 72% shipped complete
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Tips for ordering braille books and materials
Submit orders for the titles on which you have information. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE ALL THE BOOKS FOR ONE STUDENT. Order as soon as you know a title!
Double check the ISBN – that is the most valuable piece of information.
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Tips for ordering and handling braille books and materials
Have the books shipped to a location where there will be people working all summer. Work with the custodians to designate a room or closet (ok…a shelf) for storage for braille books and special materials. Clearly mark the area.
Save the boxes to return the books back in the same boxes.
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Ink Print Requests
If FIMC-VI has asked you to send an “ink print” or a copy of the book to use as a master for a braille transcription or large print production, it is best if you DO NOT pack this with other text books.
Put this (or these) textbook(s) in a separate box or envelope.
Clearly mark the box or envelope as containing INK PRINT(S).
You should ship this package first class to ensure its timely delivery. We have no way to track shipments that are marked Free Matter for the Blind.
If you do include it with other books, clearly mark it as an ink print.
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Book Shipments
Between now and August 31, Denise Battle (shipping clerk) will ship approximately 2,500 shipments.
This is approximately 25,000 volumes that will be packed, labeled, and shipped
Boxes are marked with bright stickers to indicate braille and large print books are enclosed to prevent unauthorized return of the materials
When materials are returned, they are either shelved or shipped to the next order
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Returning Books to the Center
What to do when you are finished with a braille or large print book.
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Books being returned to the center
Between now and August 31, Curtis Nelson (receiving clerk) will receive approximately 3,000 books into the center
As many as 23,000 volumes – an average of 6,000 volumes a MONTH
Each volume is scanned and either shipped out again or shelved.
FIMC-VI receives as many as 15 mail crates a day
This is all done with one full time and one temp employee.
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Returning braille books
If a braille volume is missing or damaged, please put a piece of paper in the box with that information
Try to keep the volumes of one book together in the box. If packing more than one book in a box, please put a piece of paper separating the two books.
If you need more than one box for a book – and you will for many braille books – put a piece of paper in the box saying which volumes are present.
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Returning large print books
If a large print volume is missing, written in, or damaged, please put a piece of paper in the box with that information.
Try to keep volumes of one book together in the same box. If packing more than one book in a box, please put a piece of paper separating the two books.
If you separate the volumes from one book into more than one box, put a piece of paper in the box saying which volumes are present.
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Returning workbooks
If you have received permission to write in a workbook, you do not need to return that book. Please notify Kathee Cagle that the book has been consumed so we can remove it from our database.
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Returning APH tangible items
Criteria for returning: If you would be unhappy to receive these items for your use … don’t send them back to us, throw them away.
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Returning tangible items
Only return APH kits and teaching supplies when the kit has all its materials and it is ready for another teacher to use.
Contact us for information on how to return CCTVs and electronics – Never send them Free Matter for the Blind
If braille writers are broken, please put a note in the braille writer as to the problem
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APH Tangible Items
Please check with other teachers in your district to see if they can use the materials.
If the kit or materials are incomplete, dirty, or used extensively, please throw them away.
REMEMBER – IF THE CONDITION IS SUCH THAT YOU WON’T USE IT – NOBODY ELSE WANTS IT EITHER!
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Questions????
Use the chat box or I can open the microphone one at a time.
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Florida Braille Challenge
Affiliated with the National Braille Challenge sponsored by Braille Institute of America
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Braille Challenge
FIMC-VI contracts with Sue Glaser to manage all aspects of the Florida Braille Challenge
Grown from one event with 19 students in 2008 to three events with over 80 students participating in 2011
2012 offered four events
Tallahassee – January 20
Orlando – February 2
Ft. Lauderdale – February 24
Tampa – March 2
Data analysis shows improvement in braille reading fluency and comprehension for students participating for more than two consecutive years
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Braille Challenge Winners!
“California here I come!”
Michelle Younge – Pinellas County
Kate Antolak – Sarasota / FSDB
Annette Lamas – Broward County
CONGRATULATIONS!
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FCAT – 10 Years of Data…
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Average % of students passing FCAT Math since 2002
Math Scores
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3rd Grade Reading: All Students/ VI / ESE
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6th Grade Reading: All Students/ VI / ESE
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10th Grade Reading: All Students / VI / ESE
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Tentative topics and workshops for next year
We want your ideas!
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FIMC-VI 2012 -2013 Tentative Workshops
August 14 and 15 – Sensory Learning Kit in Highlands County
Training for the TEAM working with students with significant intellectual disabilities
October 4 and 5 – QPVI Building Local Capacity follow-up in Lake Placid
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FIMC-VI 2012 - 2013 Tentative Workshops
November 1 and 2 – Working with the Experts
School Psychologists and TVI on Assessment in Ft. Lauderdale
December 6 and 7 - Working with the Experts
Technology “Wonderland” in Tampa
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Tentative Webinar Topics and Dates
New Teacher and New Program Supervisor Webinars:
September 10 – Session 1
December 10 - Session 2
May 10 - Session 3
Microsoft Word Overview
October 15 – Session 1
November 15 – Session 2
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Tentative Webinars Topics and Dates
Introduction to Apple Products and the Student with a Visual Impairment … iCan Webinar
January 11, 2013
Introduction to Downloading Digital Books and Using BookShare
March 8, 2013, Session 1
May 8, 2013, Session 2
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Braille Challenge Tentative Dates
January 25 – Tallahassee
February 8 – Orlando
February 22 – Ft. Lauderdale
March 1 - Tampa
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FIMC-VI Full-Time Staff
Suzanne Dalton – Supervisor
Kay Ratzlaff – Coordinator
Donna Ross – District Resource Teacher
Cynthia Cookson – Secretary and NIMAS Florida
Kathee Cagle – Order Processing and APH Census
Cathy Babbitt – Clerk/ Professional Library and DeWitt Curriculum Materials
Diana Moyer- Large Print Production
Vernon Underwood – Braille Production
Siew Ng – Braillist
Denise Battle – Shipping
Curtis Nelson - Receiving
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Other Florida Projects and Resources
Florida Low Vision Initiative (Kim Roberts and Alysa Crooke: )
Florida Outreach Project for Children and Young Adults with Deaf-Blindness (Emily Taylor-Snell: )
Florida Outreach Services for Blind/Visually Impaired and Deaf/Hard of Hearing (Diana Deacon: )
FSU Teacher Prep Programs – Undergraduate and Graduate
Tallahassee (Dr. Sandra Lewis )
St. Petersburg/Tampa (Sue Glaser)
Miami-Dade/ Broward (Jennifer Breitinger)
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QUESTIONS?