Special Education Itinerant Vision Teacher (215 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.
Aid 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.
Assist 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
- Aid classroom teachers
- Obtain and provide low vision aids
- Maintain parent-teacher communication
- Interpret eye conditions and vision assessments
- Make environmental modifications
- Share resources and educational information
- Provide in-service training
- Stay updated on current issues and methodologies
- Occasionally 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 in Deficient Vision
- 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 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 teach visually impaired students
- Ability to assess visually impaired students
- Ability to attend ARD meetings
- Ability to aid classroom teachers
- Ability to obtain and provide low vision aids
- Ability to maintain parent-teacher communication
- Ability to interpret eye conditions and vision assessments
- Ability to make environmental modifications
- Ability to share resources and educational information
- Ability to provide in-service training
- Ability to stay updated on current issues and methodologies
- Ability to occasionally visit students' homes
Benefits
N/A
Pay
Minimum Salary: $65,773.00
Median Salary: $82,224.00
Schedule
Full-time