Description
Meet Jon Harding Ed.S. Superintendent of the Kansas State School for the Blind
Jon has extensive experience working with students who have multiple disabilities, students with visual impairments, including Deaf-Blind, and the systems that are meant to serve these low-incidence populations. After four years serving as a special education teacher in Kansas schools, Jon worked for five years as an Assistive Technology Specialist at the Missouri Technology Center for Special Education, located at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Jon also worked as a Technical Assistance Specialist for the National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB) for 14 years. NCDB is a national technical assistance agency funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to provide leadership and support to all 50 state Deaf-Blind projects across the United States.
In 2013, Jon was hired as the Director of Instruction at KSSB. He was named Interim Superintendent in the summer of 2017, and is presently serving as the Superintendent.
Topic: Overview of the program that continues to meet the needs of students who are blind/visually impaired in Kansas. Their network of services includes both a robust Field Services (outreach) team to serve students across the state as well as a campus that offers intensive, short-term services for students.
Location: Hilton Garden Inn 520 Minnesota Ave Kansas City, KS 66101
Event Sponsor: Reardon Pallet
