Professional Preparation General Overview

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 Teacher in Texas
• VIP Home Page – SFA – Visually Impaired Program Information from Stephen F. Austin State University
• Reach Across Texas Home Page – TTU  – Visually Impaired Program Information from Texas Tech University.
• Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Sensory Disabilities – The Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Sensory Disabilities
  is an opportunity to continue the work in visual impairment begun by Dr. Virginia Sowell
  at Texas Tech University. The Sowell Center promotes quality research 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.

Becoming a Texas Fellow is easy:

• Texas Fellows Application (Word)
• Texas Fellows Application (PDF)
• Get additional information about Texas Fellows

Professional Preparation Advisory Group (PPAG)

• PPAG is 15! (PDF 617k)
• Collaborative Professional Preparation in Visual Impairments (white paper) (DOC)
  • TVI Brochure (PDF)
    • TVI Brochure (DOC)
  • O&M Brochure (PDF)
    • O&M Brochure (DOC)
  • Sources for VI Professionals (DOC)

Statement of Need

2022

• 2022 Summary of Need for VI Professionals in Texas (PDF)

2020

• 2020 Summary of Need for VI Professionals in Texas (DOCX)
• 2020 Summary of Need for VI Professionals in Texas (PDF)

2019

• 2019 Summary of Need for VI Professionals in Texas (DOCX)
• 2019 Summary of Need for VI Professionals in Texas (PDF)

2018

• 2018 Summary of Need for VI Professionals in Texas (DOCX)
• 2018 Summary of Need for VI Professionals in Texas (PDF)

2017

• 2017 Summary of Need for VI Professionals in Texas (DOCX)
• 2017 Summary of Need for VI Professionals in Texas (PDF)

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