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Interested in educational reform, disability rights, and special education.

Kansas City
Joined March 2009
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Happy to be invited to represent @KansasBlind here at the @KansasNFB state convention. We appreciate the partnership and will look to expand in 2025.
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@JonCHarding KSSB Mobile STEM Lab in district today!! @ChamWildcats – at Kansas, USA
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Cheers to @KCKPDHQ for learning about #whitecanesafety from @KansasBlind students. Active learning and guide technique included! – at Kansas, USA
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Thank you to Heather Martens aka the "Blind Barista" from Topeka who took time to visit @KansasBlind students' "Brailled Bean" Coffee Operation this part week. Inspiring and motivational! – at Kansas, USA
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Replying to @ksdehq @KansasBlind
Harding said some challenges the school is seeing are: -Better inform parents of skills & services/programs. -Vision teacher shortages. -Indirect/consult services vs. direct services. -Better coordination for statewide vision services. -Accessibility of state assessments.
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Harding talked about the Make48 competition, a collaborative inventor challenge. KSDE attended a Make48 competition that @KansasBlind hosted in June of this year. Click here to read more: ksde.org/Home/Quick-Links/Ne…
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.@JonCHarding, superintendent of @KansasBlind, is providing updates to the State Board. The Kansas State School for the Blind (KSSB) serves more than 800 children and youth and has 50 students enrolled on campus. KSSB also provides services to 100 school districts.
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#Goalball practice @KansasBlind. Getting ready for competition in St. Louis. – at Kansas, USA
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Huge thank you to Jacob McGowan @Musselman_Hall for shepherding @KansasBlind track renewal project from start to finish. Students will begin using this next week. One of the prettiest properties in all of @ksgovernment just got better.
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@KansasBlind is ready to serve children who are blind or low vision across Kansas for the 2023-2024 year. We are grateful for the opportunity!
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Thank you to Hisae Miyauchi, Associate professor @UofTsukuba and Erika Matsuda, PhD candidate @UofTsukuba for visiting @KansasBlind this week and sharing perspectives on #inclusion and Schools for the Blind in the U.S., Japan, and other countries.
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Thank you to @BrailleInst for hosting the Council of Schools and Services for the Blind board this week! We loved meeting your staff and learning about your programs and people!
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The @ksdehq recently spoke with students and superintendent @JonCHarding from @KansasBlind about their experience competing in @gomake48. We can't wait to see how it all unfolds! Check out the story: ksde.org/Home/Quick-Links/Ne… #ExpandingPathways #AgilityAdvantage #CareerLiteracy
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We say goodbye to #ExtendedSchoolYear @Kansasblind for summer of 2023. Thank you to all staff for providing instruction in the #ExpandedCoreCurriculum for the last three weeks!
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A great end to our #ExtendedSchoolYear program @KansasBlind. Thank you to parents and USDs across KS for sharing your students. #RightHelpRightTimeRightLocation
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Thank you @gomake48 for an encore inventor competition @KansasBlind this weekend. Amazing sponsors, tool techs, team leads, and volunteers! #STEM #Makers #Blind_leadership
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Kansas State School for the Blind senior to major in biomedical engineering at WSU ksde.org/Home/Quick-Links/Ne…
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