The field of professionals who work with students who are blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind is facing a huge shortage. The problem to be addressed is the decreasing number of experienced teachers for the blind and visually impaired. The number of teachers for the visually impaired has school districts struggling to find teachers to work with this population of students. The difference between the decreasing number of certified teachers and the rise in the number of identified students continues to grow, causing schools to struggle to provide the necessary services. Finding ways to convince teachers to stay is vital to delivering VI services to students who require specialized instruction. School districts have to pay contract workers to see their students or rely on paraprofessionals to work with students under the guidance of certified teachers. The quantitative study was performed to evaluate survey results from experienced TVIs, TDBs, or COMS to determine what factors affected their decisions to stay or leave the profession. A conceptual framework called the Four-Capital Framework was the basis for a survey in Quatrics sent by email to the teachers for the visually impaired, teachers for the deaf-blind, and orientation and mobility specialists in the Houston and Austin areas of Texas. The survey was also based on a previous survey and the results were compared. The results showed that a large percentage of those surveyed were over the age of 51 and/or had more than 15 years of experience. In addition, most of those surveyed had more than 11 students. The overall results of the survey are used to answer the research questions. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]