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How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. When IESBVI TVI and O&M staff are hired, there are some 200 aspects to their new position which they need to learn in their first year of employment, and review in their second. This mammoth training requirement is broken into about 20 monthly topics, […]

Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired has a new strategic plan, beginning this August. Along with departments serving both IESBVI and Iowa School for the Deaf, the five-year plan was formulated over the 2021-2022 school year. At the Board of Regents, State of Iowa meeting in early June, the plan was approved. […]

Mind blown, award won, mic drop. How do you fathom a tree’s height when you are blind? Helping an IESBVI student understand this concept, naturalists at Benton County Conservation explained it was about 12 times the height of the boy. “His mind was kind of blown when he processed that,” said naturalist Aaron Askelson.  Through Zoom […]

For the first time, Iowa Education for Deaf & Blind is seeking unified accreditation as an education service agency. In the past, both Iowa School for the Deaf and Iowa Educational Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired sought accreditation as special schools. The result? Official determination on accreditation status won’t be until June, but […]

 John Cool was named interim superintendent at Iowa School for the Deaf (ISD) and Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (IESBVI) by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa approval at its April 6-7 meeting.  Cool, a long-time former senior administrator at ISD/IESBVI, will begin serving as senior advisor on May 2 […]