Field Placement Settings

Instructional Settings Available for the Education of Students with Visual Impairment and Blindness

Itinerant Setting

• This type of setting is the most common for the majority of students.

• Instruction is brought to the students in their neighborhood schools, or special schools or classrooms.

• The itinerant TSVI service provides services to numerous students in various schools within one or several school districts.

• Service delivery, amount of time and frequency of service is based upon the student's needs and the IEP.

Resource Room within a Regular School

• This setting may include diversified instruction within one classroom and students of varying grade levels.

• This type of classroom could be housed within a preschool, elementary, middle, or high school setting.

• Students may receive specialized instruction in areas such as technology, career skills, etc. 

School for the Blind

• A variety of classrooms and subject matter as well as grade levels are available in this setting.

• Classrooms often include students with vision loss and multiple disabilities.

• The experience includes sharing meals with students in the cafeteria, learning about residential students, and participation in after school sports activities, vocational work skills, and a variety of other social and expanded core activities.

Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired

• These agencies are often non-profit organizations serving students with visual impairments outside of the school setting. 

• Field based experiences may include weekend sporting events specific to children with visual impairments or other areas of the expanded core curriculum. 

• Candidate must communicate with their cooperating teacher about earning hours within agencies outside of school and include summaries of their experiences within their Candidate Field Experience Portfolio.