Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2025

Publication Title

Visual Impairment and Deafblind Education Quarterly

Volume

70

Issue

1

Pages

42-52

Abstract

The Virginia Consortium for Teacher Preparation in Blindness and Vision Impairment (VI Consortium) is a collaborative personnel preparation program consisting of George Mason University (Mason), Old Dominion University (ODU), and Radford University (RU). Funded by a grant from the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), the VI Consortium trains teachers to work with students who are blind and visually impaired as teachers of students with visual impairments (TSVIs) across the Commonwealth of Virginia. Each of our partner universities recruits, advises, enrolls, and confers degrees for teacher candidates. Mason serves as the primary institution, coordinating grants, awarding sub-contracts, developing and leading courses, and managing programmatic administrative responsibilities.

Rights

Reproduced with permission, copyright 2025 by the council for Exceptional Children, Division on Visual Impairments and Deafblindness, https://dvidb.exceptionalchildren.org/dvidb-publications/vidbeq-issues. All rights reserved.

Original Publication Citation

Avila, K., Haegele, J. A., Horn, A. L., & Makovec, K. (2025). Virginia Consortium for Teacher Preparation in Blindness and Vision Impairment: Program overview and structure. Visual Impairment and Deafblind Education Quarterly, 70(1), 42-52. https://dvidb.exceptionalchildren.org/sites/default/files/2025-01/vidbeq.winter.2025.pre_.convention.issue_.70.1.pdf#page=43

ORCID

0000-0002-8580-4782 (Haegele)

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