SPED - Blind/Vision Impaired

Essential Functions

• Organizes and facilitates developmentally appropriate learning opportunities
• Adapts classroom work to provide students with instructional materials addressing individualized learning within established curriculum guidelines
• Affords assessments of student progress towards objectives, expectations, and/or goals to provide feedback to students, parents, and administration
• Advocates for parents and/or legal guardians regarding student progress to communicate expectations, student's achievements, and develop methods of improvement and/or reinforcement of classroom goals in the home environment
• Directs assistant teacher and special education paraeducator, volunteers, and/or student workers to provide an effective classroom program and address the needs of individual students
• Collaborates with special education teacher, related service providers, instructional coaches, and other colleagues to provide appropriate services to all students as outlined in the IEP
• Manages student behavior to provide a safe and optimal learning environment
• Maintains preschool students in a variety of educational environments to provide a safe and positive learning environment
• Models conversation, manners, clean up activities, listening skills, etc. to demonstrate appropriate social and interpersonal behavior
• Prepares a variety of written materials (e.g. weekly newsletters, assessment reports, lesson plans, etc.) to communicate with parents, document student progress, and meet mandated requirements
• Attends IEP meetings for students as needed
• Responds to emergency situations to resolve immediate safety concerns and/or direct to the appropriate personnel for resolution
• Administers first aid and/or dispenses medications to meet immediate health care needs
• Responds to inquiries from a variety of sources to resolve issues, provide information, and/or direction
• Participates in a variety of meetings to convey and/or gather information required to perform functions

Qualifications

• Proficient in instructing Braille
• Willingness to work with students age 3-22
• Itinerant position requiring access to a vehicle and willingness to travel to multiple schools
• Preferred but not required: O&M certification