CHRISTINE CLARK BISCHKE portrait
  • Director, Multi-University Consortium Teacher Preparation Program Sensory Impairments, Special Education
  • Program Coordinator - Visual Impairments Program, Special Education
  • Professor (Clinical), Special Education
  • University Supervisor for Student Teachers, Special Education
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Professional Service

  • Unified English Braille Coalition. Role: Chair. Chair. 01/04/2021 - present
  • Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DSBVI). Role: Committee member, IHE representative. Board Member. 12/01/2018 - present
  • Office of Special Education Programs. RFP Review. 08/01/2018 - present
  • American Foundation for the Blind. Peer reviewer. 02/01/2016 - present
  • Utah Association for Education and the Rehabilitation for the Blind and Visual Impaired. Role: Member at large. Board member. 07/01/2015 - present
  • Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Role: Chair. Professional/Collaboration. 06/01/2015 - 06/30/2018
  • Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Role: Vice Chair. Advisory Council. 07/01/2014 - 06/01/2015
  • Council for Exceptional Children Division on Visual Impairments. Executive Board Member. 11/2013 - 11/2018
  • Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Advisory Council Member. 04/2013 - present
  • Utah State Office of Education - Unified English Braille Transition Committee. Role: Committee member, IHE representative. Prepare TVIs and other related professionals for the transition from English Braille American Edition to Unified English Braille. 08/01/2012 - present
  • Braille Literacy Advisory Council. Role: Member. Reviews braille literacy requriements (Utah Braille Code) and reviews braille literacy grant submissions. 07/2011 - present
  • Multi-University Consortium Teacher Preparation Program Sensory Impairments Advisory Council. Role: Coordinator. Organize meetings to discuss the programs, cohorts, and partnerships. 07/01/2011 - present
  • Utah Foundation for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Role: Board Member. Assist with meetings and activities. 06/2011 - present
  • Insight: Research & Practice in Visual Impairment & Blindness. Role: Peer reviewer. Reviewed several manuscript submissions during the year. 01/2010 - present
  • Illinois Association for the Education and Rehabilitation for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Role: President-Elect. February 2011 Conference Chair . 07/2008 - 06/2011
  • Illinois School for the Visually Impaired. Consultant, Early Intervention Provider (Developmental Therapist/Vision). 02/2008 - 06/2011
  • Illinois Vision Leadership Council. Role: Board member. Leadership council for teachers of students with visual impairments. 09/2007 - 06/2011
  • Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness. Role: Peer Reviewer. Reviewed several manuscript submissions during the year. 09/2006 - present

Internal Service

  • College of Education AdHoc Workload Committee. Member, 10/02/2023 - present. College service.
  • Master's Comprehensive Portfolio committee. Committee Member, 10/03/2022 - present. Department service.
  • PPAT Preparation. Team Member, 05/01/2020 - present. Department service.
  • Program Coordinators Meetings/Departmental Collaboration. Program Coordinator, Visual Impairments Program , 09/01/2016 - present. Department service.
  • COE IT Manager Search. Committee member, 10/14/2014 - 12/09/2014. College service.
  • College Curriculum Committee. Chair, 10/01/2014 - 08/19/2019. College service.
  • College Curriculum Committee Member. 08/2013 - 03/02/2020. College service.
  • Departmental Admissions Committee. Committee member, 11/01/2011 - present. Department service.
  • Department of Special Education Faculty Meetings. Faculty member, 07/01/2011 - present. Department service.
  • Departmental Search Committee - Illinois State University. Member , 09/2010 - 02/2011. Department service.
  • College Council - Illinois State University. Member, 07/2010 - 06/2011. College service.
  • Teaching and Learning Committee - Illinois State University. Member, 09/2009 - 06/2011. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Utah State Office of Education Contact: Education Specialist for Sensory Impairments. 06/01/2012 - present
  • Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. 07/2011 - present

Outreach

  • Recruitment presentation to SLCC students 11/2014. 11/06/2014 - 11/06/2014
  • Recruitment presentation to SLCC students. 02/2014 - present
  • Recruitment presentation to USDB paraprofessionals. 12/2013 - present
  • Activities to recruit students to one of the Sensory Impairment Programs at the U of U. 08/15/2011 - present
  • Field-based Placement Coordinator and Supervisor. 08/2006 - 06/2011
  • Practicum Placement Coordinator and Supervisor. 08/2006 - 06/2011

Honors & Awards

  • The greatest reward I could receive is knowing that, through the efforts of me and the Visual Impairments Adjunct faculty, the Visual Impairments program is preparing highly qualified teachers of students who are blind or visually impaired. Knowing that they are prepared to help their students succeed. I may never receive an honor or award ... and that is ok. Seeing my students and their future students succeed is more important. University of Utah - Visual Impairments Program, 12/31/2021
  • World Report #15 ranking of the online Licensure/Degree program with an emphasis in Severe Disabilities. Ranking aplauded Interactive Video Conferencing component - something the Severe and Sensory Impairment programs have been implementing for several years. US News World Report, 01/2018

Affiliations

  • Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER), President Elect (Illinois Chapter), 07/01/2010 - 06/30/2011
  • Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER), Member, 01/2000 - present

In the Media

  • "First cohort to complete unique interdisciplinary special education program" article in @theU. 10/01/2021. https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/first-cohort-...
  • Participated in a recruitment video for the Multi-University Consortium Teacher Preparation Program in Sensory Impairments. The video included other faculty members, former students (currently teachers) and their students. 02/12/2018.
  • Participated in a recruitment video for the Multi-University Consortium Teacher Preparation Program in Sensory Impairments. The video included other faculty members, former students (currently teachers) and their students. 11/17/2017.