VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 1
A Position Paper of the Division on Visual Impairments and
Deafblindness
Council for Exceptional Children
2024
Katie Ericson, Mackenzie Savaiano, Rona Pogrund,
and Bryan Moles
Purpose
This position paper informs relevant partners about the unique roles of itinerant
teachers of students with visual impairments (TSVIs) and orientation and mobility
(O&M) specialists related to the requirements and expectations of their positions
beyond providing direct service to students. This paper will define workload and
explain how it is different from caseload and provides recommendations regarding
workload analysis, rather than caseload analysis, for these educators.
The Need for Workload Analysis for
Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments
and Orientation and Mobility Specialists
