The 2008 Blind Educator of the Year Award

The 2008 Blind Educator of the Year Award

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Monitor
December 2007
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The 2008 Blind Educator of the
Year Award
by David Ticchi
From
the Editor: Dr. David Ticchi is president of the NFB of Massachusetts and
an experienced educator in his own right. He was named Blind Educator of the
Year in 1998. He chairs the 2008 Blind Educator of the Year Award Selection
Committee. This is what he says:
A number of years ago
the Blind Educator of the Year Award was established by the National Organization
of Blind Educators (the educators' division of the National Federation of
the Blind) to pay tribute to a blind teacher whose exceptional classroom performance,
notable community service, and uncommon commitment to the NFB merit national
recognition. Beginning with the 1991 presentation, this award became an honor
bestowed by our entire movement. The change reflects our recognition of the
importance of good teaching and the impact an outstanding blind teacher has
on students, faculty, community, and all blind Americans.
This award is presented
in the spirit of the outstanding educators who founded and have continued
to nurture the National Federation of the Blind and who, by example, have
imparted knowledge of our strengths to us and raised our expectations. We
have learned from Dr. Jacobus tenBroek, Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, and President
Marc Maurer that a teacher not only provides a student with information but
also provides guidance and advocacy. The recipient of the Blind Educator of
the Year Award must exhibit all of these traits and must advance the cause
of blind people in the spirit and philosophy of the National Federation of
the Blind.
The Blind Educator of
the Year Award is presented at the annual convention of the National Federation
of the Blind. Honorees must be present to receive an appropriately inscribed
plaque and a check for $1,000. Nominations should be sent to Dr. David A.
Ticchi, Newton North High School, Adams House, 360 Lowell Avenue, Newtonville,
Massachusetts 02460. Letters of nomination must be accompanied by a copy of
the nominee's current résumé and supporting documentation of
community and Federation activity. All nomination materials must be in the
hands of the committee chairman by May 1, 2008, to be considered for this
year's award. For further information contact David Ticchi, (617) 559-6253.

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