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and orientation & mobility (O&M) professionals contribute to a
vibrant community. Other professionals and stakeholders round out
a membership where everyone is dedicated to serving school-age
students who are blind or visually impaired. This unique make-up
emphasizes the exchange of resources and expertise among
members, and may even serve as the closest approximation to a
professional learning community for some, particularly the itinerant
service providers.
Because many of the members provide direct services to
students, relevancy of research to practice is prioritized, and the
collective toolkit that members build are validated by one another's
experiences and usability
feedback. California is an enormous (!)
state, and as a result, emergency-certified teachers juggle
challenging caseloads while working on their TVI credentials.
Mentorship among members becomes an important bridge between
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