Bringing Hybrid
Vision Services
Where They Are Needed
Most In Alabama
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Who Is Virtual TVI?
Virtual TVI was founded in 2021 to meet the growing need for vision services, even as students returned to in-person learning. Across Alabama, from Birmingham to Mobile, Huntsville, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa, schools face the same challenge: a shortage of certified Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVIs). As more children with visual impairments enter the education system, in part due to medical advances that improve early survival, demand for qualified support continues to rise.
We believe every child with a visual impairment in Alabama deserves access to a Certified TVI. Whether the student lives in a large district or a rural county, we help IEP teams get the expert input they need to serve these students well. Our experienced TVIs offer direct services and guidance in all areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum, customized to each student’s needs.
Here’s how we support schools across Alabama:
Full-time virtual TVI coverage for your district
Part-time support to reduce the load on in-person staff
Short-term help for medical leave, staff turnover, or special cases
Remote evaluations for charter or private school students
Summer Braille tutoring, compensatory services, or ESY
Whether you are based in Jefferson County, Madison, or Baldwin, we are here to help. Virtual TVI pairs Alabama certified teachers with districts, schools, and families that need expert support, flexibly and reliably.
Who Is A TVI?
A TVI is a Teacher of the Visually Impaired, also called a TSBVI Teacher of Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired. They teach the Expanded Core Curriculum for the Visually Impaired, which consists of 9 areas that students with low vision or blindness often need direct instruction to learn. Research says that up to 90% of the information we take in is visual. So, a student who has limited or no vision is going to miss out on a lot of incidental learning, which is the information most children pick up just by observing others.
Vision affects all areas of life, which is why it is so important that a Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired conducts a Functional Vision and Learning Media Assessment on any student ages 0-22 who is suspected of having visual difficulties that cannot be corrected by glasses, etc. The 9 areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum that a Teacher of the Visually Impaired will assess and instruct in include: Sensory Efficiency, Compensatory Skills, Independent Living Skills, Assistive Technology, Social Skills, Orientation and Mobility, Self-Advocacy Skills, Recreation and Leisure Skills, and Career Education.
Our Hybrid Services & Competencies
Evaluations
Ongoing Services
Our Competencies
Unified English Braille code
Nemeth (math) Braille code
Music Braille code
Spanish Braille code
Computer Braille code
Visual Efficiency Skills development
Magnifiers
such as Matt Connect, Jupiter, Juno, Explore, and Ruby
Screen readers
such as JAWS, Voice Over, Talk Back, and NVDA
Braille note takers
such as Braille Note Touch Plus, Mantis 40, Monarch, and Chameleon