Shelley Marks

-Wife and mother of 2 boys, 13 and 19

-OCT teacher with Additional Qualification Specialists in Teaching Students Who are Blind or Have Low Vision and Special Education and Teaching Students Who are Deafblind, Part 2

-MEd-Mount Saint Vincent University-graduation expected April 2020

-1996 Graduate of George Brown College’s Intervenor for Deafblind Persons Program

-VIEWS SEAC Representative with Upper Grand District School Board

-Volunteer with CNIB in various capacities since 1994

-Currently employed as a Vision Itinerant Teacher with the Peel District School Board (PDSB).

-Presented on tools and strategies for supporting students with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) at the 2015 and 2019 Ontario Council for Exceptional Children

-Previous work experience includes: Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments with APSEA (Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority), Education Assistant supporting students who are blind or partially sighted with UGDSB, CNIB-Deafblind Services Literacy Instructor, Freelance Intervenor and Intervenor for the Canadian Deafblind Association

-Previous Board member of the Intervenor Organization of Ontario

-Fluent in American Sign Language and proficiency with UEB (Unified English Braille Code) and the 2-Hand Manual

-Currently testing for Perkins-Roman CVI Range Endorsement