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Visual Impairment and Blindness (January-February, 2015).
Ms. Schles communicates high expectations to each of her
students, particularly in the area of self-determination. Over the past
several years, she has developed a project-based learning model to
structure a comprehensive IEP goal related to the Expanded Core
Curriculum. Students are responsible for the completion of 12 or
more items ranging from a class presentation about their visual
impairment to a written analysis of the pros and cons of various
accommodations. Each item is evaluated using a rubric, and the
student's work becomes part of a portfolio, which is used for
documentation. Ms. Schles has created training materials and
shared her process with other vision specialists. She also presented
on this topic at the 2015 Virginia AER conference and will speak
about it again next month at the Getting in Touch with Literacy
Conference in Albuquerque.
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