Specialist Visual Impairments (Adjunct)

Specialist - Visual Impairments (Adjunct)

Role Summary:

Provide effective and efficient technical assistance and training to ESC clients for the development and implementation of federal programs to improve the performance of students. Job requires frequent in-region and occasional out-of-region travel occasional prolonged and irregular hours.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree

• Valid Texas Teaching Certificate with endorsement in area of assignment or appropriate license/certification.
• Minimum of three years of teaching experience

• Valid Texas Certification in Visual Impairments

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• A demonstrated track record of success improving student outcomes in a teacher campus leader or district leader role
• An in-depth knowledge of instruction practices that lead to improved teaching and learning
• An in-depth knowledge and content expertise specific to role
• Knowledge of human development learning theories and behavior management
• Knowledge of prevention and intervention strategies
• Strong consultation skills for conferencing with teachers parents and students.
• Knowledge of diagnostic procedures and the education programming for students with visual impairments
• Ability to produce and read Braille.
• Ability to design deliver and facilitate high-quality professional development for adult audiences both in person and virtually
• Ability to connect with diverse audiences and understand complex and unique circumstances in order to support growth among individuals and across regions/districts
• Ability to coach model and provide feedback on performance
• Highly organized; ability to manage multiple projects at once and meet deadlines
• Attention to detail with an ability to produce high quality work in diverse environment
• Ability to break down complex information into comprehensive parts ask questions synthesize and analyze
• Ability to influence others to achieve outcomes both within and outside formal management structures
• Collaborative and results-oriented
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Emerging expertise in virtual platforms and virtual facilitation to ensure the continued ability to meet district need
• Demonstrates a growth mindset desire to self-reflect give/receive feedback and continuously improve
• Strong sense of personal accountability; takes initiative to meet ambitious goals
• Builds strong relationships without compromising outcomes
• Knowledge of and experience using Microsoft Office Google video conferencing tools and multimedia equipment

Essential Functions:

• Designs delivers and/or facilitates job-embedded professional development for relevant clients at district school or classroom level including:
• Whole-group trainings that build a shared understanding of skills practices or systems and include opportunities for practice
• Support for participants implementing a new skill practice or system within their context including co-planning observation and real-time feedback
• One-on-one coaching sessions that identify participant successes and develop their capacity to improve high-leverage areas of growth
• Technical assistance that provides direct responsive training or support to individuals or small groups around compliance systems or state requirements
• Partners closely with classroom/school to assess areas in need of capacity building and to develop intentional scope and sequences of professional development aimed at effectively addressing those growth areas
• Effectively supports stakeholders to analyze data to drive instructional growth (at relevant classroom/school) by identifying areas of strength and opportunity as applicable for their role and context
• Contributes to the scaling and aligning of best practices in instruction and/or instructional leadership with other individuals teams or departments
• Contributes to building and strengthening the culture of individual teams and the entire Academic Services Department
• Complies with federal and state laws State Board of Education Rules and ESC board policy and procedures

All positions at ESC 3 are defined as security-sensitive. Security-sensitive positions are those which require employees to be
entrusted with the certain types of data whether electronic or in paper form. Those data elements as defined by the ESC 3 Data
Classification and Handling Policy may include but not limited to:

• Sensitive Personal Information (SPI)
• Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
• Protected Health Information (PHI)
• Family Educational Records (FERPA Data)
• Federal Tax Information (FTI)

• HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act)

It is the employees on-going responsibility to safeguard this type of data and to report any instance of lost or stolen data.

Required Experience:

IC