NOTE: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis, this February Mentor Center will be conducted through a virtual format only. Travel to the TSBVI campus for this event is cancelled. As the date approaches, participants will receive an email with instructions on how to log in to observe Zoom lessons conducted by TSBVI teachers.
Mentor Centers provide participants an opportunity to observe experienced TVIs and COMS as they use a variety of strategies and materials with their students on the TSBVI and Austin ISD campuses. Each participant will have the opportunity to observe between 4-6 individual VI professionals a day.
Learning Objectives:
• Observe visually impaired students in a variety of learning environments.
• Keep a record of materials and strategies observed.
• Apply strategies and materials to their own students.
• Connect theory learned in coursework to actual situations in the field.
Audience: Protégés matched with a TVI and/or COMS mentor through the TSBVI Mentor Program and Texas students currently enrolled in the Texas Tech University or Stephen F. Austin State University VI/O&M programs who do not have a mentor.
For more information, please visit our Mentor Program Page.