Wisconsin Rubric for Evaluating Teachers of the Blind and Visually Impaired

Purpose of Evaluation 

The Wisconsin Educator Effectiveness (EE) System for evaluating teachers and principals is a learning-centered, continuous improvement system designed to improve the education of all students in Wisconsin by supporting guided, individualized, self-determined professional growth and development of educators.  

The WI Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (WCBVI) and WI stakeholders have developed leveled examples that provide more in-depth detail of the professional practices of teachers of the blind and visually impaired (TVI).  These TVI examples, used with the Danielson Framework for Teaching in the evaluation of teachers, can guide meaningful professional growth and feedback for TVIs. 

These TVI examples are neither exclusive nor exhaustive, but they are offered as guidance for evaluators and educators. References and resources are also included. 

WI TVI Evaluation Examples 

WI TVI Evaluation Examples (for state model EE) 

TVI Example Evaluation Process Forms 

State model Educator Effectiveness process forms that utilize the TVI examples are available for use starting the 2024-25 school year. 

• Frontline Education platform – Configuration to existing, state model sites upon request. These process forms are only available in the growth-focused format. Contact DPI Help Center for Support of Frontline Platform. 

• Google Spreadsheet – The set of evaluation process forms is formatted into one spreadsheet. Clicking the link below will download a copy of the file to your Google Drive. 

TVI Evaluation Professional Growth Portfolio 

For more information, contact WCBVI Outreach wcbvi.outreach@wcbvi.k12.wi.us  

Resources 

• Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Orientation and Mobility Specialists  
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)  Sec. 300.8 (c) (bit.ly/3G7bRrW)  
• Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (WCBVI) 
• Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Blind and Visually Impaired  
• Allman, Lewis, and Spungin (2014). ECC Essentials: Teaching the Expanded Core Curriculum to Students with Visual Impairments.  
• D’Andrea, Presley (2009). Assistive Technology for Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Guide to Assessment. 
• D’Andrea, Farrenkopf (2000). Looking to Learn: Promoting Literacy for Students with Low Vision.  
• Holbrook, Koenig (2017). Foundations of Education: History and Theory of Teaching Children and Youths with Visual Impairments for Blind and Visually Handicapped Children and Youth.  
• Holbrook, Koenig (2017). Foundations of Education: Instructional Strategies for Teaching Children and Youths with Visual Impairments. 
• Initial Specialty Set: Blind and Visual Impairments, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), 2015.  
• Jose, R (2004). Understanding Low Vision.  
• Kamei-Hannan, Ricci (2015). Reading Connections: Strategies for Teaching Students with Visual Impairments.