CHAT - Supervising Teachers of Students with Visual Impairment? This Coffee Hour is for You! Ð 9/11/23 From linda brown To Everyone: Spring, Texas From Suzie Tweedel To All Panelists: Nederland, TX From Kathryn Higginbotham-Jones To Everyone: Pasadena ISD From Julia Remington To Everyone: The ATX From Mary Alfert To Everyone: Mary Alfert- Burkburnett ISD From Shawn Gumeny To Everyone: New Jersey From Judy Alford To All Panelists: East TN From Stephanie King To All Panelists: Sheldon ISD (NE Houston) From Ashley Walley To All Panelists: Alaska From Joyce Lopez To Everyone: Hi from Corpus Christi! From Tonya Arnold To Everyone: Arkansas From Janiel Brannen To Everyone: Corpus Christi From Celeste Cahill To Everyone: Baton Rouge, Louisiana From Brittany Sims To Everyone: TX From Maddie Karanevich To All Panelists: Colorado From April Love To Everyone: Oregon From Brenda Lee To Everyone: Abilene Tx From Diania Wendt To Everyone: Copperas cove tx From Elizabeth Symington To Everyone: California From Elizabeth Symington To Everyone: assessments From Kate Borg (she/her) To Everyone: braillist From Joyce Lopez To Everyone: to many miles between students From Tonya Arnold To Everyone: supporting teachers From April Vernon To Everyone: It's difficult to explain. I often tell people I do a little of everything. From Ashley Walley To All Panelists: Trying to get other teachers to implement what youâ€™re saying they need to implement! From Ben Davisson To Everyone: It takes awhile to learn the field. There is SOO MUCH! From Cecilia Robinson To Everyone: complete annual VI registration and deafblind child count From Emma Perez To All Panelists: Providing the best tech for efficient access From barbara mcmaster To Everyone: materials prepped for the classroom From Michelle Seymour To Everyone: Little rooms From Kaycee Bennett To Everyone: Keeping up with quota funds From Ashley Walley To All Panelists: Tracking down medical records necessary to even do these things can be SO TOUGH and time consuming. From Michelle Seymour To Everyone: and lighting conditions From Mary Alfert To Everyone: Getting Eye Reports from Optometrist From Michelle Seymour To Everyone: Finding space to work with students From Ben Davisson To Everyone: YES! From Michelle Seymour To Everyone: TAER! From Michelle Seymour To Everyone: and TSBVI From Chrissy Cowan To Everyone: We call it "crystalized bad practice" From April Love To Everyone: Mentoring also increases TSVI retention From Heather Withrow To Everyone: Amen that! From Ashley Walley To All Panelists: Attending eye appointments. From Ben Davisson To Everyone: It is one of my favorite parts of the job From Kaycee Bennett To Everyone: T-TESS companion for TVIS- https://www.tsbvi.edu/wp-content/uploads/assets/documents/statewide-resources/t-tess-companion.tvi_.pdf From Chrissy Cowan To Everyone: Supervisors should require itinerant personnel keep a Google or other calendar From Chrissy Cowan To Everyone: Periodically ask to see lesson plans From Carmen Castro Toriano To Everyone: I have them share their Outlook calendar From Chrissy Cowan To Everyone: Check written evaluation reports every now and then to check for writing skill/clarity From Chrissy Cowan To Everyone: Dedicate a person to orient new teachers to district software (like SPEd Manager) From Michelle Seymour To Everyone: guidelines and standards are being updated this year From Kate Borg (she/her) To Everyone: Caseload tool will be called VISSPA so you can look for it later. From Chrissy Cowan To Everyone: Workload analysis tool From Michelle Seymour To Everyone: Consultation is bigger than it seems... From Kate Borg (she/her) To Everyone: Please make sure that TSVIÕs have the tech they need. It can be pricey, but they need it From Chrissy Cowan To Everyone: Cannot underestimate the time that collaborative consultation takes. From Cecilia Robinson To Everyone: VISSPA stands for Visual Impairment Scale of Staffing Pattern Analysis From Ben Davisson To Everyone: I love that you mentioned â€¢ Avoid micro-management. You are correct. We have a lot on our plates and love to take care of business. From Michelle Seymour To Everyone: Right now lots of questions around eye gaze/CVI & OT/Vision Therapy From Kaycee Bennett To Everyone: Deafblind students taken EVEN more time! From Kaycee Bennett To Everyone: take* From Ben Davisson To Everyone: TRUTH From Ben Davisson To Everyone: You did a wonderful job! From Brenda Lee To Everyone: great job - thanks Emily From Judy Alford To All Panelists: ItÕs great to know someone is interested about what you do and why / especially if you are the only one doing it From Kathryn Higginbotham-Jones To Everyone: Thank you so much! From Suzie Tweedel To All Panelists: Thank you! From Chrissy Cowan To Everyone: Thank you, Emily. From linda brown To Everyone: Thank you From Michelle Seymour To Everyone: Thank you very much! From Celeste Cahill To Everyone: Thank YOU! From April Love To Everyone: Thanks!! :) From Heather Withrow To Everyone: *waving hands* From Cecilia Robinson To Everyone: Enjoyed the presentation! Thanks! From Amanda Tefertiller To All Panelists: Thank you! From Rita Phillips Dunn To All Panelists: Thank you From Angela Stewart To Everyone: Thank you!!!! From Ashley Walley To All Panelists: Sometimes we have to manage paraprofessionals as well and thatÕs a whole new ball game and job added. ;) From Judy Alford To All Panelists: Kudos great session From Kate Borg (she/her) To Everyone: Hey thatÕs me! From Sonya Courtney To All Panelists: Great session