Job Title

Vision Instructor

Location

Early Childhood Center

Department

Early Childhood Education and Family Center

Category

Teaching Multi-Handicapped

Post Date

6/16/2010

Application Deadline

8/31/2010

Description

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES Supervises and instructs pre-school age, visually impaired students; organizes and supervises extracurricular activities; provides direction for support staff, assistants and volunteers assigned; maintains the assigned environment which is conducive for learning and free of health and safety hazards; performs specialized assessments of students; assesses developmental levels of students by formal and informal methods in order to obtain evaluative data; observes and confers with classroom instructor, parents and significant others in order to collect information relative to the assessment process and to develop the Individual Educational Plan/Individual Habilitation Plan; develops, implements, evaluates and modifies the Individual Educational Plan for each assigned student receiving individualized instruction; plans, develops and implements written plans for assigned students in order to meet the related objectives as established on the students' Individual Educational Plan/Individual Habilitation Plan; plans reviews, selects and maintains instructional materials for use in the assigned learning environment; participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team working with other professional staff in assessing, developing, implementing, evaluating and modifying the Individual Educational Plan/Individual Habilitation Plan; prepares and maintains written records and reports as required on, but not limited to, student assessments, program objectives and progress data for regular evaluations and for revision of the Individual Educational Plan/Individual Habilitation Plan; provides consultation services with instructors, parents, guardians and/or significant others to ensure comprehension of related objectives and to promote generalization of same in the home environment; participates in and/or provides staff training programs, reads professional literature and attends seminars, academic classes or workshops to enhance professional knowledge and skills in areas such as, but not limited to, instruction of visually impaired, behavior modification, systematic training, counseling, normalization, instruction and/or curriculum development; Serves as a resource person for staff in providing technical assistance and providing in-service training; attends and participates in staff meetings to obtain and provide information; performs other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution with major coursework in Visual Impairment; one year experience in instructing, student teaching or working with moderately, severely or profoundly developmentally disabled students; must be able to lift, carry, push and/or pull up to 50 pounds with frequent lifting and/or carrying of up to 25 pounds; must be able to lift physically handicapped and non-ambulatory individuals LICENSE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED: Early Intervention Certification – Ohio Department of Education; Preschool Handicapped Certification – Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities

Additional Information

Hours

Full Time

Shift

Day

Number of Positions

1

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