Georgia Kitchen

2809 Lapeer Road

Flint, Michigan 48503

(810) 767-0870

Vocational Goal:  To work in a career best suited to my abilities and skills as a   

                                teacher.

Education:             Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

                                January 1993-May 1995

                                Master of Arts: Special Education, teaching blind and 

                                visually impaired children.

                                Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

                                April 1977-April 1979

                                Master of Arts:  Blind Rehabilitation

                                Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

                                January 1976-December 1976

                                Graduate coursework- Speech Pathology

                                Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

                                September 1971-December 1975

                                Bachelor of Science: Teaching Children with Speech

                                Disorders.  Hold State of Michigan Teaching Certificate-

                                Elementary, Grades K-8.

Employment:           Teacher

 Michigan School for the Blind, Flint, Michigan

                                  September 1997- Present

*  Instruct blind and multi-disabled children in Daily Living,

Personal Management, Braille, computer etc.

Site Coordinator

Disability Network Community Technology Center, Flint, Michigan.

March 2001-September 2001

*Coordinated activities of technology center, recruited and trained volunteeers, taught use of computer with various applications and assistive technology.

Job Coach

Goodwill Industries of Mid-Michigan, Flint, Michigan.

May 1995- July 1997

*  Taught jobs to multi-handicapped blind persons at work    

*  Developed work skills curriculum sites.

*  Taught work skills and enrichment classes.

*  Write Narrative Reports.

Graduate Assistant

Michigan State University Programs for

Handicapped Students

January 1993-May 1994

*  Taught Braille reading and writing

*  Provided training for students on the Braille ‘n Speak

    electronic notetaker.

*  Trained volunteer readers.

*  Wrote an equipment grant which was founded in June 

     1994.

                                  Homemaker, 1989-1993

                                  Braille Transcriptionist

   Flint Community Schools, Flint, Michigan

                                  September 1987- October 1989

*  Transcribed print materials into braille.

Private Consultant

Veterans Administration, Hines, Illinois

September 1986- October 1986

*  Instructed visually impaired clients on the use of the Apple 

    II computer including word processing.

                                  Blind Rehabilitation Specialist

   Hines Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois

                                   March 1984- April 1985

*  Taught legally blind veterans in the following areas:

    Communications, (typing, handwriting, etc.) Adapted 

    Skills, Activities of Daily Living, and Braille.

*  Conducted multi-disciplinary team meetings, in-services, 

    family programs, and served as team coordinator.

*  Maintained records and prepared formal reports.

*  Served on a departmental committee organized to develop

    a leisure time class for blinded veterans.  

Rehabilitation Teacher

Visually Impaired Center, Flint, Michigan.

July 1978- February 1984

*  Sixty percent of the time was spent teaching in the 

    community and forty percent in the center.

*  Taught in all areas including low vision.

*  Participated in curriculum development and in-service  

    training for nursing home staff.

*  Evaluated blind/mentally impaired clients of Community 

    Mental Health.

Personal Management Instructor

Northeastern Association of the Blind, Albany, New York.

May 1978- June 1978

*  Taught skills of daily living.

Honors and

Affiliations:             * Recipient of the Jack and Helen Shingleton Scholarship,                        

                                      1993. 

                                                *  Recipient of the Academic Achievement Award, College                          

    of Education, Michigan State University, 1995.

*  Recipient of the Roy Johnson Scholarship, 1977. 

Skills/Interests:            Volunteer State Coordinator for Newsline For The Blind of Michigan   

*Manage statewide newspaper service providing local and national newspapers over the telephone to persons who are blind and visually imparied.

Grant writing, computers, theater, and cooking.