Bringing Hybrid
Vision Services
Where They Are Needed
Most In Maryland
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Who Is Virtual TVI?
Virtual TVI was founded in 2021 to address the ongoing need for vision services across the country. In Maryland cities like Baltimore, Columbia, Germantown, Silver Spring, Waldorf, Frederick, Ellicott City, and Glen Burnie, school districts face a growing challenge: not enough certified Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVIs) to meet rising demand. As more students with visual impairments enter schools, the gap between student needs and available support continues to widen.
We believe every child with a visual impairment in Maryland should have access to a Certified TVI. Whether the student lives in a busy metro area or a smaller suburban community, our team supports school staff, students, and families with expert services that make a real difference.
Here’s how we support schools across Maryland:
Full-time virtual TVI coverage for your district
Part-time services to support your existing TVI team
Short-term help for staff leave, new referrals, or evaluations
Remote assessments for charter or private school students
Summer Braille tutoring, compensatory services, or ESY
From Baltimore County and Montgomery County to Prince George’s, Anne Arundel, and Howard counties, Virtual TVI connects Maryland-certified teachers with students who need consistent and qualified 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