Full-Time and Permanent; Exempt; 7.33 Hours/Day; 200 Days/Year; 10 Months/Year

 

Minimum Qualifications

• Collegiate professional with endorsement in special education visual impairment.


• Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS) preferred.


• Eligible for, or in possession of, appropriate Virginia teaching license.


• Transcription of student materials as well as continuous walking, carrying, bending, sitting, standing, stooping, lifting, and driving.


• Work involves risk, at times, from interaction with special needs students, which may include accompanying emotional or physical impairments requiring special techniques.


• Must use universal precautions at avoiding contagious disease.


• Employee in this position must display a great deal of flexibility, creativity, and initiative.

Examples of Duties

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  Provides direct and indirect instruction and support to students with visual impairments.  

  
  


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  Interprets and explains eye condition(s) and the ensuing educational implications to school staff responsible for instruction of students with visual impairments. 

  
  


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  Develops and implements individualized educational plans for students with visual impairments. 

  
  


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  Conducts functional vision evaluations for enrolled and referred students with visual impairments. 

  
  


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  Works cooperatively with other professional staff members who are involved in the educational programming of students with visual impairments. 

  
  


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  Confers frequently with parents, school staff and other community professionals regarding the educational, behavioral, and social needs of the students with visual impairments. 

  
  


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  Uses the most appropriate educational, communication medium (regular print, large print, braille, aural) or a combination for students with visual impairments, as determined by the IEP. 

  
  


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  Provides for the acquisition and instruction of adaptive equipment and materials to be utilized by students with visual impairments. 

  
  


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  Acts as a liaison with the Virginia Department  for the Visually Handicapped under a cooperative agreement with this agency and NPS. 

  
  


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  Maintains a clear, concise, and timely record keeping system. 

  
  


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  Provides a positive educational environment for students. 

  
  


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  Collects data to demonstrate educational progress of students. 

  
  


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  Prepares instructional materials for student use. 

  
  


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  Supervises students in the classroom, general school building, and community. 

  
  

Knowledge, Skill and Ability

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  Considerable knowledge of the implications of visual impairments as they relate to the growth, development, and education of students with visual impairments. 

  
  


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  Communicates effectively both orally and in written form. 

  
  


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  Considerable knowledge of the rules and principles of literary and Nemeth braille codes with the ability to instruct and transcribe materials in each code. 

  
  


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  Knowledge of the function and use of assistive, accommodative devices for use by the students with visual impairments. 

  
  


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  Exhibits a working knowledge of State and Federal regulations and guidelines.  

  
  


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  Ability to accurately measure, observe, report, and record learning progress of students. 

  
  


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  Ability to coordinate and implement an itinerant caseload serving students with visual impairments.  

  
  


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  Knowledge of basic orientation and mobility techniques used with visually impaired persons. 

  
  


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  Knowledge of functional low vision and low vision aids prescribed for use by students with visual impairments.