VIDBE-Q Volume 69 Issue 2
Katie Ericson, kericson3@huskers.unl.edu
Mackenzie Savaiano, Msavaiano2@unl.edu
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Target audience: TSVIs, O&M Specialists, Administrators
"That's the one thing that I noticed that about the system. That's, it's fundamentally
designed for the regular classroom teacher...It's very difficult for us to be evaluated
in the same way." –Kenny, TSVI/COMS
Many educator evaluation frameworks often reflect the roles and
responsibilities of general education classroom teachers, assuming a one-size-fits-
all approach (Gilmour & Jones, 2020; Woolf, 2019). Administrators then often
apply these appraisal criteria and processes to special educators, including itinerant
teachers of students with visual impairments (TSVIs) and orientation and mobility
(O&M) specialists, without adaptations. However, most administrators and
"Very Dynamically Different":
Evaluation of Itinerant Teachers of Students
with Visual Impairments and
Orientation and Mobility Specialists
