More Information for Volunteers

Depending on your schedule, an iSee Ohio staff member will deliver one lane of portable equipment to your home, office or directly to the school. If it goes to your office or home, you are then responsible for transporting the equipment to the school and setting up the lane either the night before or the morning of the clinic. The equipment is covered by iSee Ohio’s insurance.

Please note: One lane of equipment can fit in a large sedan or small SUV.

On the day of the clinic, you will be doing what you do best. . . conducting eye exams! iSee Ohio provides you with all the equipment needed for a comprehensive exam, except for dilating drops. We ask that you bring your preferred drops and dilate students as you deem necessary.

Students participating in the clinic will have already been screened by the school for eligibility. Typically, students attending an iSee Ohio school-based vision clinic have failed a school vision screening and have not received care from an eye doctor. Some students may have passed their screening but someone at home or at school is still concerned the student has an untreated vision disorder.

Students who might also be participating are those recently placed on an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) but have not received care from an eye doctor.

Our school-based vision clinics usually range from 4-8 hours in duration each day, depending on the number of students and the doctor’s availability.

There is no cost to students, families or schools to receive services through a school-based vision clinic. That means that you are not responsible for any financial transactions, including billing for exams.

Students who are prescribed glasses can choose from a selection provided by OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation. You or one of your staff members is asked to then order glasses for each student through the Changing Life Through Lenses portal. Directions for entering information can be found on the set-up video.

Immediately after the clinic is over, the equipment needs to be packed into the bins they come in and removed from the school. An iSee Ohio staff member will return to pick up the equipment at the location of your choice. If the equipment is going to stay at the school, please be sure to remind the school staff that it needs to be stored in a locked room until an iSee Ohio team member comes to retrieve it.

Approximately two weeks after the glasses are ordered, they will be sent to you at the location of your choice. Sometimes all the glasses don’t arrive at the same time. You may opt to wait until they all do before scheduling a date to dispense.

Once glasses are shipped and neutralized, you or a licensed optician on your team will dispense the eyeglasses at the same location where the clinic took place. During this time, you will also work with iSee Ohio to coordinate any follow-up care or referrals.

Please notify both your iSee Ohio team member and the school of the date that you plan to come back. As a reminder, iSee Ohio provides you with glasses cases for each student receiving a pair of glasses.

If possible, please take as many photos as possible of students receiving their glasses. It’s a magical day for many of them, and it’s always nice to be able to share their joy.

One of the goals of iSee Ohio is to ensure that students who participate in one of our clinics and are referred for additional services are able to receive them. iSee Ohio team members and the Medical Advisory team will review charts and work to help students obtain any recommended services. Doctors volunteering for a clinic are not expected to take on every student as a new patient in their office, but may be asked to assist in the process of helping students find a permanent vision care provider in the community.