Special Education Itinerant Vision Teacher (187 Days)

About the role

Teach district students who are visually impaired and modify instructions for these students.

Assess district students to qualify them as visually impaired.

Attend Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meetings regarding students with visual impairments.

Assist classroom teachers regarding curriculum and activities of the classroom that, as a direct result of the student’s visual impairment, require adaptation or reinforcement for the student.

Obtain large print or Braille textbooks and provide low vision aids and instructions for using such aids.

Maintain contact with parents to assist them in the development of a realistic understanding of their child’s abilities, progress, and future goals.

Interpret specific eye conditions and results of functional vision assessments.

Aid in making environmental modifications in the schools to accommodate visually impaired students.

Share responsibility for ongoing assessment and program planning, and share resources and educational information with parents.

Provide in-service training programs related to vision impairment when needed.

Maintain knowledge of current issues and methodologies within the field through conventions, publications, and interaction with other professionals.

May occasionally visit students’ homes to provide special education and vision adaptations and modifications.

Responsibilities

• Teach visually impaired students
• Assess visually impaired students
• Attend ARD meetings
• Assist classroom teachers
• Obtain and provide educational materials
• Maintain parent-teacher communication
• Interpret eye conditions
• Aid in school modifications
• Support ongoing assessment and planning
• Provide training
• Stay informed on current methodologies
• Visit students' homes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a directly related field
• Valid Texas teacher certificate with required endorsements for subject and subject level assigned
• TEA Certification as a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairment (EC-12)
• 3 - 5 years of satisfactory teaching experience
• Ability to drive and have personal transportation
• Demonstrated ability to assess environmental modifications
• Demonstrated knowledge of Braille
• Demonstrated ability to interpret specific eye conditions and functional vision assessments
• Demonstrated organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

Qualifications

• Must be able to drive and have personal transportation
• Demonstrated ability to assess the environmental modifications needed in schools to accommodate visually impaired students
• Demonstrated knowledge of Braille
• Demonstrated ability to interpret specific eye conditions and the results of functional vision assessments
• Demonstrated organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills required to achieve the goals of the position

Skills

• Ability to assess and modify for visually impaired students
• Knowledge of Braille
• Ability to interpret eye conditions and vision assessments
• Organizational and communication skills

Benefits

• Full-time position
• Minimum salary: $57,207.00
• Median salary: $71,516.00

Pay

Minimum Salary: $57,207.00

Median Salary: $71,516.00

Schedule

Full-time