Professional Preparation: How Do I Become a VI Professional
Why Become a VI Professional: Fact Sheets
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Professional Preparation
- VI and O&M Preparation in Texas
- Typical Roles and Responsibilities of VI Professionals
- Process for Obtaining the Emergency Permit for Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (Word) (PDF)
Quick Links
- Becoming a Classroom Teacher in Texas
- VIP Home Page – SFA – Visual impairment and orientation & mobility program information from Stephen F. Austin State University
- Reach Across Texas Home Page – TTU – Application process, scholarship program, visual impairment, and orientation & mobility program information from Texas Tech University
- Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Sensory Disabilities – The Sowell Center promotes quality research to address the academic and social needs of school-age students with sensory disabilities and provides public service to assist local, national and international constituencies.
Texas Fellows
Texas Fellows are recruiters! Texas Fellows and their candidates will receive a TSBVI publication or free registration to a TSBVI-sponsored training event.
Become a Texas Fellow
For more information, click Texas Fellows
Personnel Preparation Advisory Group
In 1991, the Personnel Preparation Advisory Group (PPAG) adopted goals to facilitate personnel preparation in Texas. For more information, click PPAG goals.
Statement of Need
A review of education professionals who work with Texas students with visual impairments, including a description of selected characteristics, projections of attrition, and projected future needs.
For more information about professional preparation, contact:
Cecilia Robinson, TSBVI Outreach Programs
Coordinator for Statewide Professional Development and Personnel Preparation
1100 W. 45th Street
Austin, Texas 78756