VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 1
Services Severity Rating Scales (VSSRS)) to determine student service times
as needed.
● TSVIs and O&M specialists, working with administrators and related
service providers, should use a workload analysis model when planning
service provision and staffing. A workload analysis model considers the full
range of educators' duties, unlike a caseload model which just considers
how many students they serve.
● TSVIs and O&M specialists should document time spent working,
especially if they are currently unable to meet student needs due to their
workload (Zebehazy et al., 2023). TSVIs and O&M specialists should also
consider collecting additional, supporting data (e.g., progress monitoring
data, intervention fidelity data, teacher surveys, etc.). Such documentation
should then be shared with administration to advocate for more equitable
workloads. Use of a validated workload analysis tool that considers all
aspects of a vision professional's job is important to document time spent on
direct and consultative services as well as the additional tasks required by
these itinerant positions.
● Workload analysis should be conducted with team members and with
administrators at least annually, and administrators should review staffing
regularly to ensure manageable workloads.
