JOAN
KERSHAW PUBLICATION AWARD
Guidelines:
1. The Canadian Council for Exceptional Children
Joan Kershaw Publication Award shall be presented
to a person or group of persons who have published
an article, report or book in Canada concerned
with exceptional children. This publication should
have national implications for improving the education
of exceptional children and youth.
2. a) Nominations shall be restricted to publications
completed in the previous two
years.
b)
The submissions must include one copy of the publication
and three copies of a
brief summary of the publication.
c) The submission must include a statement outlining
perceived national
implications.
3. One or more nominees may be selected to receive
the Award.
4. In the absence of the nominations that meet
the specific criteria, the Award may not be presented.
5. The Award shall be a Certificate.
6. Three copies of the nomination form and all
supporting documentation must be received no later
than the last day of January.
7. Nominations must be sent to: The Past President
The Canadian Council for Exceptional Children
BIOGRAPHY
OF MISS JOAN KERSHAW
It is important to record Joan's influence and
impact on special education in Canada during the
1950s, 60s and 70s in the archives of The Canadian
Council for Exceptional Children. Until her untimely
death in 1975, Joan was a loyal CEC member, a
woman who spent her life helping special children,
bringing new ideas and skills to their teachers,
and understanding to their parents.
Joan was admired as a leader and as a lecturer
with the Special Education Teacher's courses.
She set high standards of work and insisted on
a demanding learning pace for herself and for
all who worked for her. Teachers across the Province
of Ontario and beyond showed their appreciation
by seeking out workshops and conferences where
she was speaking, to meet and be challenged by
the dynamics of her commitment to the education
of special children.
Joan was born and received her training in England
where she taught in residential schools for the
educable mentally retarded, the orthopedically
handicapped, and the cerebral palsied.
In September 1953, she began her employment with
the Toronto Board of Education, which continued
until her death in 1975. Joan's contract with
Toronto began with the teaching of a girls' academic-vocational
class, followed by an aphasic class. Positions
of responsibility followed, including Special
Education Consultant and Coordinating Consultant
in the areas of slow learners, orthopedically
handicapped, aphasic, limited vision, health impaired
and perceptual handicapped at the elementary and
secondary school levels.
In September 1972, Joan enrolled in the Ph.D.
program at the University of Michigan. Her dissertation
THE EFFECTS OF LANGUAGE BACKGROUND AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC
STATUS SCREENING PROCEDURES FOR THE EARLY IDENTIFICATION
OF THE LEARNING PROBLEMS was completed and printed
by the Toronto Board of Education.
Joan was an enthusiastic, committed out-spoken
member of Chapter 56, The Canadian Council for
Exceptional Children. She held positions of responsibly
at the local chapter level, the Ontario, Canadian
and International levels. She is well remembered
as the editor of Special Education in Canada (later
renamed The Canadian Journal for Exceptional Children)
and for her controversial column in the same magazine.
Joan Kershaw, a master teacher, a humane administrator,
and an exceptional human being was a planning
coordinator of the 1975 Provincial Conference
at the time of her death. The title of this conference
was "The Teacher Is The Key".
JOAN
KERSHAW PUBLICATION AWARD
NOMINATION FORM
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Name of Nominee ________________________________________________
Address of Nominee ________________________________________________
Nominee's Phone Number Home: ( ) ____________
Business: ( ) ____________
Nominee's
E-mail Address _______________________
Name
of Nominator ________________________________________________
Address of Nominator _______________________________________________
Nominator's Phone Number Home: ( ) ____________
Business: ( ) ____________
Nominator's
E-mail Address _____________________
Brief summary of publication's content:
________________________________________________________________________
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Statement indicating perceived national implications
of this publication:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
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Include a copy of publication.
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