10 FTE Orientation and Mobility Specialist
10 FTE Orientation and Mobility Specialist
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POSITION TITLE: 1.0 FTE Orientation and Mobility Specialist
FLSA: Non Exempt
REPORTS TO AND EVALUATED BY: Director and Assistant Director of Special Education
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Benefits and salary in accordance with the LEA Unit A collective bargaining agreement.
Immediate Start Date. Salary to be prorated based on start date. Unit A 2425 Salary Range
Responsibilities:
- Instruct students in foundational O&M concepts including sensory and concept development purposeful movement and community travel
- Instruct students in the use of low vision and nonvisual tools and strategies and technology for maximizing independent travel across all settings
- Instruct students with known and suspected visual impairments/blindness based upon assessment in independent daily living skills and social skills using low vision and nonvisual strategies
- Consult to and support of schoolbased IEP and 504 team members regarding strategies to reinforce carry over and generalization of orientation and mobility skills across the school day
- Consult to and support of family members regarding strategies to reinforce carry over and generalization of orientation and mobility skills across the home and community settings
- Develop implementation plans for reinforcement and generalization of orientation and mobility skills across the school day
- Review school buildings grounds and learning facilities for access by students with visual impairments/blindness and make recommendations for structural and physical elements to support independent access in these areas and programs
- Identify and order long canes and adaptive mobility devices for student use across all environments
- Provide inservice training to staff in visual impairments/ blindness and student needs
- Ensure students visual/nonvisual access across the school community life including physical education field trips playground/recess leisure extracurricular and processbased events (I.e. school clubs school dances graduation ceremonies etc.
- Assess students with known and suspected visual impairments/blindness vision loss and/or CVI for informed and maximally independent travel in home school and community settings in all areas of independent daily living a to establish realistic and appropriate goals and objectives
- CPI training will be provided by the district upon hire.
Requirements:
- Masters Degree in Orientation and Mobility
- Certification by Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals (ACVREP)
- School based experience with preschool and schoolaged children
- Experience with children with multiple impairments
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Experience and commitment to working in a racially and culturally diverse teaching and learning community.
Applicants for employment are considered without regard to age disability race religion sexual orientation gender identity marital status national origin or military status.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
