PORT TOWNSEND SCHOOL DISTRICT

Human Resources-Job posting

Position Opening Announcement:            0.1 FTE Orientation & Mobility Specialist

                                                            Itinerant Position-Four Schools

                                                            2025-26 School Year

Posting Date:  March 3, 2025                  Posting No. 2025-04

QUALIFICATIONS

• Valid Washington State certification with appropriate endorsement(s) in Special Education and as an Orientation & Mobility Specialist
• Experience with children, ages 3-21 years old, in public schools.
• Meet state requirements relative to assignment
• The Orientation & Mobility Specialist is supervised by the Executive Director of Special Services in compliance with the policies of the Port Townsend School District.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

• The main role of the Orientation & Mobility Specialist (O & M) is to facilitate services, evaluation, and consultation for those students with vision impairment who qualify (or may qualify) for O & M services.
• Work in partnership with families and classroom teachers on IEP development and implementation to achieve maximum student success.
• Collaborate with other team members on the MDT to complete referrals, assessments, make recommendations, design intervention plans and coordinate the implementation of plans.
• Collaborate with Special Education staff (including itinerant providers and paraprofessionals) to provide quality educational programs for identified students, assess and monitor student progress, evaluate and modify programs, participate in IEPs, consult with staff to ensure that students are making progress and accessing FAPE, train staff, and demonstrate flexibility in working in a changing educational environment.
• Collaborate with staff to ensure the smooth transition of students moving between programs.
• Evaluate students as part of the Child find process.
• Foster and manage a safe, positive learning environment for promoting effective student behavior and success.
• Maintain and submit information/records including student progress.
• Act as an effective consult to fellow colleagues in the district, thereby assuring and furthering understanding of blindness/low vision, and the environmental impact on the educational setting.
• Understand assessment and instruction in relevant subject matter.
• Understand child development.
• Have effective communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to strengthen job related competencies.
• Building independence and success in the school environment.
• Orienting students to unfamiliar environments.
• Instructing in efficient use of low vision for movement,
• Teaching efficient use of low vision devices.
• Teaching use of mobility tools.

Applications for this position will be accepted until filled.  Incomplete applications will not be considered.  Application materials are available online at http://www.ptschools.org.

Salary Range: Depending on Experience; 2024-25 Salary Range is currently set at $60,000 - $116,667 annually. 

Note: Salary range will be increased for the 2025-26 school year, based on the legislative IPD (Implicit Price Deflator) percentage.  Salary range will be pro-rated based on the .1 FTE positon.

BENEFITS:

Benefits include Sick Leave, Personal Leave, Medical, Dental, Vision, AD&D, and Basic Life insurance coverages for those meeting the 630 work hour requirement.  Retirement is through the WA State Department of Retirement, plans available: TERS Plan 2 or TERS Plan 3. 

Note: Benefits may not be available due to the limited number of hours in this position.

A COMPLETED APPLICATION FOR EXTERNAL APPLICANTS INCLUDES:

1. Completed application form
2. Current Resume
3. Letter of Interest stating your qualifications
4. Three letters of recommendation from current/previous supervisors
5. Unofficial transcripts
6. Photocopy of your Washington State Certificate(s) or equivalent from another state. (Obtaining and

providing a Washington State Certificate would be a provision of employment.)

For application questions contact:

Kate Santerre, Administrative Assistant or

Carrie Ehrhardt, Executive Director of Human Resources 

Port Townsend School District #50

Gael Stuart Building, 1610 Blaine St

Port Townsend WA  98368

360 680-5755

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Port Townsend School District No. 50 complies with all federal and state rules and regulations, and does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, immigration status, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.  Further, the district will provide equal access and opportunity to meet to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society.  The following employee(s) have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Compliance Coordinator for State Law (RCW 28A.640/28A.642) and Title IX Coordinator:  Carrie Ehrhardt, 1610 Blaine St. (360) 680-5756  Section 504/ADA Coordinator:  Shelby MacMeekin, 1610 Blaine St. (360)379-4501.

NOTE:   New employees who will have unsupervised access to children must complete a satisfactory fingerprint check with the Washington State Patrol and the FBI.  Employment will be considered temporary and conditional pending a satisfactory background check.  There will be a $50.00 processing fee.

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Salary : $60,000 - $116,667