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Carolyn Malcolm

Carolyn, while volunteering at her children's school, saw a notice recruiting Support Staff for a braille transcription course taught by two of CBE's Vision Teachers. Six months after completing the course, one of the teachers called Carolyn to ask if she would be interested in working as a Braille Assistant. When that same Vision Teacher retired from teaching the braille course, Carolyn was asked to take her place; eventually becoming the sole instructor when the course went online with Chinook Learning.

Carolyn worked as a Braille Assistant for CBE from January 1999 until she retired in the spring of 2021. During that time, she became a CNIB Certified Braille Transcriber for three Braille Codes: Literary (EBAE or English Braille American Edition), Nemeth Code for Math and Science, and Unified English Braille (UEB). As part of her work with CBE, Carolyn presented many workshops on using the Duxbury Braille Transcription Software and using CorelDraw for tactile diagrams. Carolyn is also a Certified Perkins Brailler (classic) Repair Technician, having trained at the Perkins School for the Blind.

Carolyn has been teaching how to transcribe braille using the Unified English Braille Code since 2014 when it was adopted by Alberta Education. She provides a lot of support and works hard to help her students be successful with this very demanding course.

Program Area

• School-Based Training