TEACHERS of CHILDREN who are PARTIALLY SEEING A Report Based on Findings From the Study "Qualification and Preparation of Teachers of Exceptional Children" Prepared by: ROMAINE P. MACKIE, Chief, Exceptional Children and Youth . EDITH COнOE, Supervisor, Braille and Sight-Saving Classes, Detroit in collaboration with: GWEN RETHER FORD, Director, Division Education Exceptional Children, Kentucky State MRS. AMIE L. DENNISON, Teacher of the Partially Seeing, Nashville City Schools FRANKLIN M. FOOTE, M. D., Executive Director, National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, New York City JOSEPHINE TAYLOR, Director of Educational Services, New Jersey Commission for the Blind, Newark U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE MARION B. FOLSOM, Secretary Office of Education SAMUEL MILLER BROWNELL, Commissioner This publication is a part of the broader study Qualification and Preparation of Teachers of Exceptional Children Conducted by the Office of Education, and made possible by the cooperation of many agencies and individuals, and with the special help of the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children, New York City ROMAINE P. MACKIE. LLOYD M. DUNN.. FRANCES P. CONNOR. Director of the Study. Research Associate of the Study, COMMITTEES AND CONSULTANTS FOR THE STUDY National Advisory Committee GWEN RETHERFORD (Chairman), Director, Division Education of Exceptional Children, Kentucky State Department of Education, Frankfort WILLIAM M. CRUICKSHANK, Director, Education for Exceptional Children, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. FRANCIS W. DOYLE, Chief, Bureau of Special Education, California State Department of Education, Sacramento. SAMUEL A. KIRK, Director, Institute of Research for Exceptional Children, University of Illinois, Urbana Mrs. HAZEL C. MCINTIRE, Director, Division of Special Education, Ohio State Department of Education, Columbus HERSCHEL W. NISONGER (alternate), Director, Bureau of Special and Adult Education, Ohio State University, Columbus JOHN W. TENNY, General Adviser, Department of Special Education and Vocational Rehabilitation, Wayne University, Detroit HARLEY Z. WOODEN (ex officio), Executive Secretary, International Council for Exceptional Children, Washington, D. C. Policy Committee* GALEN JONES (Chairman), Director, Council for the Advancement of Secondary Education, Washington, D. C. W. EARL ARMSTRONG, Director, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, Washington, D. C. FRED F. BEACH, Chief, State School Systems, Office of Education HERBERT F. CONRAD, Director, Research and Statistical Services, Office of Education BESS GOODYKOONTZ, Director, International Education Relations Branch, Office of Education ARTHUR S. HILL, Educational Director, United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., New York City Consultants LEO F. CAIN, Dean, Educational Services, San Francisco State College ANNA M. ENGEL, Former Director of Special Education, Detroit Public Schools RALPH R. FIELDS, Director, Division of Instruction, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City JOHN J. LEE, Chairman, Department of Special Education and Vocational Rehabilitation, Wayne University, Detroit MARY FRANCES MARTIN, Supervisor of Special Education, Los Angeles Public Schools ROBERT H. MORRISON, Assistant Commissioner for Higher Education, State of New Jersey, Trenton FRANK J. O'BRIEN, Former Associate Superintendent, New York City Public Schools Special Consultants LEONARD W. MAYO, Director, Association for the Aid of Crippled Children, New York City Mrs. ALICE FITZ GERALD, Associate Director, Association for the Aid of Crippled Children, New York City *At the time the study was started, all were staff members of the Office of Education. III Who Are Partially Seeing Mrs. DOROTHY BRYAN (Chairman), Assistant Director of Education of Exceptional Children, Blind and Partially Seeing, Illinois State Department of Public Instruction, Springfield Mrs. FREDERICKA BERTRAM, Teacher of Partially Seeing Children, Oakland Public Schools, California EDITH COHOE, Supervisor, Braille and Sight-saving Classes, Detroit Public Schools Mrs. AMIE L. DENNISON, Teacher of the Partially Seeing, Nashville City Schools FLORENCE DONERMEYER, Teacher of Partially Seeing Children, Hawthrone School, Oak Park, Ill. LORRAINE GALISDORFER, Teacher of Partially Seeing Children, Charles A. Lindbergh School, Kenmore, N. Y. MARGUERITE KASTRUP, Supervisor, Partially Seeing and Blind Classes, Northern Ohio, State Department of Education, Cleveland MARJORIE A. C. YOUNG, Former Educational Consultant, National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, New York City IV |