Summary:

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree
• License with DESE in special education: vision impairment
• Minimum of 5-years’ experience as a Teacher of Student with Visual Impairments
• Ability to handle multitude of varying and complex needs
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent collaboration skills
• Solid technical skills
• Demonstrated Organizational skills

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities (Not Limited To):

• Evaluate and determine the need for vision services by performing functional vision and learning media assessments.

• Interpret evaluations to make recommendations for service type and accommodations as needed.

• Evaluate areas in the expanded core curriculum that include compensatory, self-determination, social interaction, career education, assistive technology, recreation and leisure, independent living and sensory efficiency skills.

• Provides consultation with the teachers, aides, team members. In consultation, the teacher of the visually impaired and teacher form a cooperative partnership and engage in a reciprocal problem solving process. The goal of consultation is to enhance the student’s skills to improve academic performance.

• Uses direct and indirect services, the teacher of the visually impaired collaborate with families, teachers and other team members staff to help implement a child's special education program

• Provides consultation to/collaboration with teachers regarding specific students with visual impairments, best instructional strategies and classroom accommodations as well as ensuring materials are in the appropriate media

• Suggests adaptations to environment an order to maximize student performance

• Supports students in a accessing their school and curriculum

• Develops plans/ course of action to improve skill area

• Determines ways to adapt skill in order to fit with current level of functioning

• Evaluates and addresses skills that limit the child's ability to participate and succeed at school and community including educational, and social skills.

• Provides direct or consultative services; modify or adapt schools tools and materials in order for a student to access the educational curriculum in a fix manner and as independent as possible

• Responsible for implementing “other job related duties” as needed

• Consistent, reliable and punctual attendance is essential for supervision and instruction of the students

Work Environment & Physical Requirements:

• School setting
• Office setting
• Some lifting required up to 50 lbs.
• May be required to respond quickly to students, which may require running
• Some driving required