Board meetings, strategic plans, and buyer signals from Hillary Joy-Sims’s organization
Aug 1, 2025·StrategicPlan
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Kansas State School For The Blind Strategic Plan Goals 2025-2026
The strategic plan for the Kansas State School for the Blind (KSSB) focuses on empowering and connecting Kansas families of children with visual impairments to promote informed decision-making. It aims to ensure that all children in Kansas have access to licensed and/or certified Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TSVIs), Orientation and Mobility Specialists (COMS), or braillists in their primary learning media. The plan includes providing innovative solutions to increase statewide coordination of vision services and expanding community partnerships to maximize student success and opportunities, with the ultimate goal of enabling learners with visual impairments to assume responsible roles in society and lead fulfilling lives.
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Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Coffee Chat Meeting
The discussion focused on strategies for supporting families during the pandemic, emphasizing the need to assess the home situation, acknowledge family stress, and provide manageable instruction without causing information overload. Key topics included maintaining routines through play-based activities, balancing school service requirements with family capacity, and utilizing collaborative partnerships to access resources for students with visual and deafblind impairments. Participants shared successful practical applications, such as incorporating audio descriptions for home activities, and reviewed procedures for documenting services while maintaining supportive relationships with parents.
Jan 1, 2019·StrategicPlan
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KSSB Strategic Plan 2019
The KSSB Strategic Plan 2019 aims to be a leader in vision services in Kansas, building local capacity through strategic partnerships. The plan focuses on expanding outreach strategies (field services, statewide support, data collection), visibility (communications, website, partnerships), professional development (community meetings, videos, symposiums, mentorship), and improving student transitions (transition portfolios, job experiences, parent empowerment). The overall goal is to ensure students with visual impairments can assume responsible roles in society and lead fulfilling lives.
Jan 1, 2019·StrategicPlan
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Kansas State School For The Blind Strategic Plan 2019
The Kansas State School for the Blind (KSSB) Strategic Plan for 2019 aims to develop exemplary vision service programs and practices in Kansas. It focuses on building local capacity through strategic partnerships to ensure learners with visual impairments can assume responsible roles in society. Key goals include expanding outreach and visibility strategies, enhancing professional development, and improving student transitions through comprehensive support and access to opportunities.
Extracted from official board minutes, strategic plans, and video transcripts.
