What are the responsibilities and job description for the 0.8 FTE Orientation and Mobility Specialist position at Lexington Public Schools?
POSITION TITLE: 0.8 FTE Orientation and Mobility Specialist
FLSA: Non Exempt
REPORTS TO AND EVALUATED BY: Director and Assistant Director of Special Education
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 10 month position, non-represented. 184 school days.
30 hours per week with benefits and salary in accordance with an individual employment
contract.
August 26, 2024 start date.
$65,000 - $74,000 based on experience.
Responsibilities:
- Instruct students in foundational O&M concepts including sensory and concept development, purposeful movement and community travel
- Instruct students in the use of low vision and non-visual tools and strategies and technology for maximizing independent travel across all settings
- Instruct students with known and suspected visual impairments/blindness, based upon assessment, in independent daily living skills and social skills using low vision and non-visual strategies
- Consult to and support of school-based IEP and 504 team members regarding strategies to reinforce carry over and generalization of orientation and mobility skills across the school day
- Consult to and support of family members regarding strategies to reinforce carry over and generalization of orientation and mobility skills across the home and community settings
- Develop implementation plans for reinforcement and generalization of orientation and mobility skills across the school day
- Review school buildings, grounds, and learning facilities for access by students with visual impairments/blindness and make recommendations for structural and physical elements to support independent access in these areas and programs
- Identify and order long canes and adaptive mobility devices for student use across all environments
- Provide in-service training to staff in visual impairments/ blindness and student needs
- Ensure student's visual/non-visual access across the school community life including physical education, field trips, playground/recess, leisure, extracurricular, and process-based events (I.e. school clubs, school dances, graduation ceremonies, etc.)
- Assess students with known and suspected visual impairments/blindness, vision loss, and/or CVI for informed and maximally independent travel in home, school and community settings, in all areas of independent daily living a to establish realistic and appropriate goals and objectives
- CPI training will be provided by the district upon hire.
Requirements:
- Masters Degree in Orientation and Mobility
- Certification by Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals (ACVREP)
- School based experience with preschool and school-aged children
- Experience with children with multiple impairments
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Experience and commitment to working in a racially and culturally diverse teaching and learning community.
Applicants for employment are considered without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, or military status.
Salary : $65,000 - $74,000
