CANnect TVI Survey Dear Teacher of visually impaired students,Thank you for taking this short survey to help us understand your needs for professional development and how to obtain information and resources essential to do your job. Question Title * 1. Please identify what State you primarily work in. (drop down menu) State: -- select state -- AL AlabamaAK AlaskaAS American SamoaAZ ArizonaAR ArkansasCA CaliforniaCO ColoradoCT ConnecticutDE DelawareDC District of ColumbiaFM Federated States of MicronesiaFL FloridaGA GeorgiaGU GuamHI HawaiiID IdahoIL IllinoisIN IndianaIA IowaKS KansasKY KentuckyLA LouisianaME MaineMH Marshall IslandsMD MarylandMA MassachusettsMI MichiganMN MinnesotaMS MississippiMO MissouriMT MontanaNE NebraskaNV NevadaNH New HampshireNJ New JerseyNM New MexicoNY New YorkNC North CarolinaND North DakotaMP Northern Mariana IslandsOH OhioOK OklahomaOR OregonPW PalauPA PennsylvaniaPR Puerto RicoRI Rhode IslandSC South CarolinaSD South DakotaTN TennesseeTX TexasUT UtahVT VermontVI Virgin IslandsVA VirginiaWA WashingtonWV West VirginiaWI WisconsinWY Wyoming Question Title * 2. How many years have you been a practicing TVI? 0-1 year 2-4 years 5-8 years 8-10 years 10+ years Question Title * 3. Do you work PRIMARILY as an itinerant TVI in the public schools or in a school for the Blind? Public School School for the Blind Question Title * 4. How many students do you regularly support during a school year? 1-5 students 6-12 students 12-20 students 20+ students Question Title * 5. What grade level do you support? (select all that apply) B-3 3- K Elementary/Primary Academic Elementary/Primary Non-Academic Middle School/Junior High Academic Middle School/Junior High Non-Academic High School Academic High School Non Academic Question Title * 6. When you look for “best practices” in your field of TVI services, where do you find them? (select all that apply) Internet websites Other TVIs Online courses tailored for TVIs Books Trade publications e.g. JVIB, ReView, Closing the Gap Conferences for TVIs AFB Website APH Catalog Accessible Instructional Materials Resource Center School for the Blind AER Conferences Question Title * 7. Of the above resources in question 6, which 2 do you find the most helpful in providing you the information you need to do your job effectively? Question Title * 8. What is the biggest challenge when providing TVI services? Driving distance between student clients Parent Involvement Involved Classroom teachers Technological change Lack of accessible resources Wide diversity of students served – “Having to be a jack of all trades” Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. Other than in person, how often do you communicate with fellow TVI’s to learn about new ideas, technologies and resources? Daily Weekly Monthly Annually Yearly Question Title * 10. When you communicate with a fellow TVI, what is your preferred method? Email Phone Internet Forums/Bulletin Boards Social Media Snail Mail Skype or other VoIP List serves Question Title * 11. Consider this idea: You just learned that there is a website built exclusively for TVIs. The purpose of the website is for TVIs to discover best practices, new ideas, to have the opportunity to post their own examples of best practices and to post links to effective, accessible resources they’ve used. Finally, the site would encourage TVIs to rate those resources for their usefulness (like a YELP rating). You would be able to come to this website 24/7. Does this service already exist? (Before we build such a resource we need to make sure we are not duplicating an effective existing one.) Yes No Comments about this idea: Question Title * 12. If this already exists, please provide the link or web address. (comment box) Question Title * 13. If this service does not exist, how likely would you be to use it if it became available? Not likely Somewhat likely Likely Very Likely Comments: Question Title * 14. We would be very interested in talking with you! Please contact us if you have more to say about the topic of TVI professional development and access to resources to do your job. While this is an anonymous survey, if you wish you could leave us your name and email should we wish to contact you for further information. Name: Email Address: Phone Number: For questions regarding this survey, please contact Rachel Ethier Rosenbaum via email at rachel.rosenbaum@cannect.org. Done