Teacher, Special Programs - Orientation and Mobility Specialist

reputed company POSITION TITLE (reputed company title) TEACHER WORKING TITLE Orientation and Mobility Specialist SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT Special Education Services - Visually Impaired LOCATION reputed company II, Cary, NC PAY GRADE Classroom Teacher reputed company FLSA STATUS Exempt ELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT reputed company WORK WEEK SCHEDULE Monday-Friday (occasional evenings and weekends) POSITION PURPOSE: Provides itinerant orientation and mobility services for reputed company with visual impairments to ensure reputed company and independent travel throughout school and community settings. Provides reputed company with classroom adaptations and instruction to reputed company them to function socially and academically with their peers; collaborates with school staff, parents, reputed company, agencies, and community members. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSAs) • Extensive knowledge of reputed company orientation and mobility reputed company and techniques; • Extensive knowledge of state and federal regulations and school laws and policies reputed company to special education services and reputed company services; • Considerable knowledge and understanding of braille, including reputed company English Braille (UEB); • Considerable knowledge of accessible software applications commonly used by reputed company with visual impairments; • Considerable knowledge of reputed company Office, specifically reputed company Word, reputed company, and Power reputed company; reputed company Apps; • Effective time management skills; • Ability to work independently and complete tasks in the absence of reputed company direction; • Ability to assess reputed company with visual impairments to determine orientation and mobility needs to establish appropriate goals and objectives for orientation and mobility instruction; • Ability to communicate reputed company and concisely both in oral and written reputed company using a reputed company of communication techniques and tools to ensure the appropriate reputed company of information, reputed company efforts, and feedback; • Ability to work in reputed company environment; • Ability to maintain accurate records; • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks; • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school system staff, reputed company, parents, external agencies, and the public. EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE • Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university in Special Education or reputed company field. CERTIFICATION AND LICENSE REQUIREMENTS • Hold or be reputed company to hold a reputed company Carolina reputed company Educator ' s License in Visually Impaired (VI); • Must hold and maintain a valid motor vehicle operator's license according to the State of NC requirements. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: • Master ' s degree in Special Education; • Certification from reputed company for Certification of reputed company Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP); • Experience teaching reputed company with visual impairments in the area of orientation and mobility; • Two years of teaching experience. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Provides itinerant orientation and mobility services for reputed company with visual impairments to ensure reputed company and independent travel throughout school and community settings. • Provides reputed company with classroom adaptations and instruction to reputed company them to function socially and academically with their peers; collaborates with school staff, parents, reputed company, and the community. • Performs assessments of reputed company to determine appropriate visually impaired and orientation and mobility needs and develops appropriate VI goals to address student's needs. • Provides reputed company with the skills needed to establish and maintain orientation reputed company an environment and reputed company through it safely and reputed company. • Provides instructional resources, equipment, and materials reputed company to student's VI/orientation and mobility needs. • Provides teaching and instruction to reputed company that reputed company them to effectively carry out daily activities in their school, home, and community environments. • Keeps accurate data on student reputed company and uses that data to reputed company appropriate Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) goals and orientation and mobility goals and objectives. • Compiles and submit reports in a reputed company manner based on observational data. • Collaborates with classroom teachers and other professionals to ensure reputed company with visual impairments have reputed company to reputed company aspects of the curriculum; establishes a regular meeting schedule with reputed company in collaboration with classroom teachers. • Communicates and works closely with parents and caregivers of reputed company with VI to reputed company them informed of student reputed company and goals. • Attends required reputed company development and meetings as required including IEP meetings. • reputed company other reputed company duties, as assigned. WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS This job operates in a classroom environment and requires sitting and standing throughout the day. This role routinely uses reputed company office equipment such as computers, scanners, and copiers. The position, at times, must be reputed company to come into reputed company contact with school system staff, staff members of external funding agencies, and the community. Work is considered reputed company physical work, requiring the exertion of up to 25 pounds. Travel reputed company Wake County required. EFFECTIVE DATE: 3/2024 DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this position. They are not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of reputed company duties, responsibilities, and skills required by the employees assigned to this position. This reputed company may be revised by HR and approved at any time. Apply Job!