Bringing Hybrid
Vision Services
Where They Are Needed
Most In California
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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 California, in cities like Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, and Oakland, schools face a critical shortage of certified Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVIs). Medical advances are helping more children survive early-life complications, and many of these students enter the education system needing vision-related support.
We believe every child with a visual impairment in California deserves access to a Certified TVI. Whether in a large urban district or a small rural school, students benefit from expert input on IEP teams and direct instruction in the Expanded Core Curriculum. Our experienced TVIs help ensure each student’s needs are understood and addressed.
Here’s how we support schools across California:
Full-time virtual TVI coverage for your district
Part-time assistance to support existing staff
Temporary help for staff leave, enrollment changes, or specific evaluations
Remote assessments for charter or private school students
Summer Braille tutoring, compensatory services, or ESY
From Los Angeles County to the Central Valley to the Bay Area, Virtual TVI connects California-certified teachers with the districts and families who rely on them for specialized vision support.
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