2026-2027 SY Teacher of the Visually Impaired EDC SES

Location: EDC/Services for Exceptional Students
Work Hours: 7.5 hours per day – 37.5 hours per week
Contract Length: 194 days

Pay

• Level I = $59,984
• Level II = $71,982
• Level III = $83,979

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation and/or direct services to students whose visual functioning interferes with educational performance, in collaboration with the student's IEP team.
• Planning and Preparation:
  • Demonstrate knowledge of content.
  • Design coherent instruction and set instructional outcomes.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of resources and students.
  • Design student assessments.
• Creating an Environment for Learning:
  • Create an environment of respect and rapport.
  • Organize physical space within the learning environment.
  • Establish a culture for learning.
  • Manage classroom procedures and student behavior.
• Teaching for Learning:
  • Communicate with students in a manner appropriate to their culture and developmental level.
  • Use questioning and discussion techniques to support classroom discourse.
  • Engage students in learning.
  • Assess instruction and demonstrate flexibility and responsiveness.
• Professionalism:
  • Communicate with families.
  • Participate in a professional community.
  • Reflect on teaching and demonstrate professionalism.
  • Grow and develop professionally.
• Follow board policies and administrative rules and regulations.
• Assist the district in making appropriate referrals for vision services.
• Review ophthalmologic reports, assess student's functional vision, media, and mobility.
• Submit appropriate information and reports to determine educational impact.
• Participate as a district team member for children whose visual impairment may impact their educational performance.
• Assess student's functional vision and prepare written reports for district use.
• Assist district personnel in developing individual student goals and objectives for Individual Education Programs (IEP).
• Locate or provide information to locate adaptive materials.
• Teach district personnel skills needed to instruct or assist visually impaired students.
• Provide direct services for pre-Braille readiness, Braille reading and writing, orientation and mobility instruction, and adaptive equipment instruction.
• Provide other vision services as deemed appropriate by the student's IEP.
• Maintain written records, secure updated ophthalmologists' evaluations, and provide reports for each student assessed and/or served.
• Maintain accurate and complete records of grades and attendance as required by the school district.
• Report progress or lack thereof to parents in a timely manner.
• Attend and participate in faculty meetings, professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops.
• Complete duties (hall, bus, etc.) as assigned.
• Leave adequate preparations for a substitute.
• Take precautions to protect equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Actively and appropriately participate and collaborate in school teams/committees.
• Support district initiatives.
• Demonstrate public relations skills and use appropriate conflict resolution skills.
• Use diagnostic data to improve instructional programs.
• Be available to parents, students, administration, and peers outside the school day.
• Attend and sponsor extracurricular activities.
• Report suspected child abuse and neglect.
• Complete Safe Schools training as directed by the District.
• Be responsible for students on field trips.
• Act as a good role model within the context of the school.
• Supervise educational assistants, practicum students, student teachers, and high school vocational lab/volunteer students.
• Follow district and school procedures.
• Accept other responsibilities as deemed necessary by the principal.

Requirements

• BA degree.
• Valid New Mexico teaching license with endorsements as needed.
• Certified/Licensed by the New Mexico Public Education Department to teach the Visually Impaired.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform the job and access the environment for which you are hired.
• Sitting, standing, lifting, moving about the room or school.
• Carrying (up to 50 pounds), reaching, squatting, kneeling.
• Prolonged typing and physical ability to type on a keyboard terminal.
• Moving light furniture.

Equipment/Technology Handled

• Must know how to properly operate or be willing to learn to operate all multimedia equipment including current technology.

Work Environment

• On-site attendance is mandatory for this position.
• Must be able to work within various degrees of noise, temperature, and air quality.
• Interruptions of work are routine; flexibility and patience are required.
• Must be self-motivated and able to complete job assignments without direct supervision.
• After-hour work may be required.

Benefits

• Salary and work calendar established yearly by the district.
• All GMCS schools are eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).

All applicants must upload copies of official transcripts or evaluations of foreign transcripts from any and all accredited colleges/universities attended for review to be considered for this position.