14/07/2025
You are invited to register for a Zoom webinar!
When: Jul 16, 2025 17:30 Johannesburg
Topic: Comparing Education for Students with Visual Impairments in South Africa and the United States
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Webinar Speakers
Ellen Hoke
Ellen Hoke is a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments teaching throughout multiple districts in Northern and Central California. Ellen is an itinerant teacher for students who are low vision, deaf blind, have multiple disabilities, and are academic Braille readers. Ellen has previously presented at the International AER Conference, and at the CTEBVI Conference in California. Ellen serves as a Board Member-at-Large of AERBVI Northern California, and serves as a Board Member of Volunteers of Vacaville, a Braille Transcription and Brailler Repair non-profit organization. Ellen has served as a Consultant to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) awarded study, The Career Exploration Lab: 3D Printing and STEM Engagement for High School Students with Visual Impairments and their Educators. Through the NSF grant’s award, Ellen traveled to schools for the Blind throughout the United States teaching students with visual impairments.
Ellen is dedicated to facilitating success within special education and general education settings for students who have visual impairments. Ellen has traveled to Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa and visited adult centers there, as well as primary and secondary residential schools, to explore the differences in educational systems in South Africa versus in the United States.
Ellen is committed to exploring new methodologies and opportunities when teaching students with visual impairments to better prepare young people to achieve in higher education and pursue vocations. Ellen has worked throughout her career in securing employment opportunities for people with visual impairments, and supporting socioeconomic mobility and growth for people with visual impairments.
