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New Mexico School for the Blind
As a leader and unifying entity in the field of educating students birth-high school who are blind or visually impaired, NMSBVI is a statewide network of services that ensures all students who are blind or visually impaired will become independent productive members of their communities by identifying and providing quality education and collaborating with students, families and partners to provide outstanding training, resources and support services.
Purpose
The New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (NMSBVI) was constitutionally created in 1903 by the Territorial Legislature of New Mexico. The purpose was to provide educational services to New Mexico students who are blind/visually impaired. Initially, all services occurred on a residential campus located in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Students traveled to the campus in August and remained until Christmas. After the holidays, they returned until summer. Through the years, services have expanded an
Vision
75% of the eligible workforce of individuals who are blind/visually impaired are not employed. This statistic has not changed appreciably in the past twenty-five years. The vision of the NMSBVI is to see that percentage change for the better. As a school of highly trained professionals, the NMSBVI is engaged in supporting employers to learn more about blindness and to envision an individual who is blind on their work-staff. These same educators are deeply involved with each student and family to help prep
Mission
NMSBVI, an innovative leader and unifying entity in the field of educating students birth-high school who are blind or visually impaired, will identify and ensure quality education through collaborative relationships with students, families, and local/ state/national partners to provide outstanding advocacy, training, resources, and support services, thus ensuring that all students who are blind or visually impaired will become independent, productive members of their communities.
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Our Belief Statements
• All children can learn and we value their individual talents.
• Independence is the right and ultimate goal of every student who is blind or visually impaired.
• NMSBVI is the leader in the field of educating students who are blind or visually impaired.
• NMSBVI supports the education of all students with blindness and visual impairment in the state.
• Parents and students who are blind or visually impaired need to be provided current information about all aspects of the education of their children.
• Education begins with families and continues throughout the lives of individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
• Education of individuals who are blind or visually impaired encompasses not only academic skills, but also specialized skills of blindness and visual impairment including compensatory or functional academic skills, including communication modes, orientation and mobility, social interaction skills, independent living skills, recreation and leisure skills, career education, use of assistive technology, sensory efficiency skills, self-determination
• Children who are blind or visually impaired should have the ability and the choice to be integrated into their communities.
• We believe that all children learn best when provided with the appropriate level of specialized instruction and the appropriate educational environment.
• The most effective way to teach is through collaboration with one another and other partners.
• We hold ourselves accountable for excellence in preparing students to lead independent lives.
Our Strategies
• We will foster an atmosphere of creativity that results in innovative practices and programs.
• We will create a training system that results in sufficient numbers of specialized staff in the field of blindness and visual impairment for the state of New Mexico.
• We will create a system to convey and receive information about blindness and visual impairment educational services, trends, research, etc. to all those involved or interested in serving students who are blind or visually impaired.
• We will build a system of data-driven decision making that will be used collaboratively to determine goals, services and settings for educating New Mexico students with blindness or visual impairments.
• We will develop a system that supports the successful transition of students with blindness or visual impairment and their programming across settings.
• We will acquire community support and the resources essential to advance the success
• All children can learn and we value their individual talents.
• Independence is the right and ultimate goal of every student who is blind or visually impaired.
• NMSBVI is the leader in the field of educating students who are blind or visually impaired.
• NMSBVI supports the education of all students with blindness and visual impairment in the state.
• Parents and students who are blind or visually impaired need to be provided current information about all aspects of the education of their children.
• Education begins with families and continues throughout the lives of individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
• Education of individuals who are blind or visually impaired encompasses not only academic skills, but also specialized skills of blindness and visual impairment including compensatory or functional academic skills, including communication modes, orientation and mobility, social interaction skills, independent living skills, recreation and leisure skills, career education, use of assistive technology, sensory efficiency skills, self-determination
• Children who are blind or visually impaired should have the ability and the choice to be integrated into their communities.
• We believe that all children learn best when provided with the appropriate level of specialized instruction and the appropriate educational environment.
• The most effective way to teach is through collaboration with one another and other partners.
• We hold ourselves accountable for excellence in preparing students to lead independent lives.
Our Strategies
• We will foster an atmosphere of creativity that results in innovative practices and programs.
• We will create a training system that results in sufficient numbers of specialized staff in the field of blindness and visual impairment for the state of New Mexico.
• We will create a system to convey and receive information about blindness and visual impairment educational services, trends, research, etc. to all those involved or interested in serving students who are blind or visually impaired.
• We will build a system of data-driven decision making that will be used collaboratively to determine goals, services and settings for educating New Mexico students with blindness or visual impairments.
• We will develop a system that supports the successful transition of students with blindness or visual impairment and their programming across settings.
• We will acquire community support and the resources essential to advance the success
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