Teacher of the Visually Impaired and Mobility Specialist

SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS in the Pioneer Valley of Western Mass is seeking a full-time certified TVI/COMS.
Direct link to apply: https://springfieldpsma.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=5372

The Teacher of the Visually Impaired and Mobility Specialist is responsible for evaluating and providing educationally-based vision and/or mobility/orientation services to visually impaired students with Individual Education Programs in the schools.

* Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program to promote visually disabled students’ social and academic skills for school success .

* Provides an individualized education program to meet individual needs of visually disabled students.

* Assists and guides teachers in the understanding of visual impairments and the use of appropriate classroom and environmental accommodations.

*In conjunction with a medical eye doctor’s report, provides a thorough assessment and diagnosis of visual disabilities.

*Assists in appropriate referrals of visually impaired individuals to agencies and specialists in the community as necessary.

* Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement appropriate accommodations and intervention strategies in the classroom pertaining to visually disabled students’ social, visual, and academic enhancement.

*Provides information, support, and counseling to parents and families when appropriate in a multicultural and multilingual setting.

* Provides in-service education and serves as a consultant to teachers and school staff members related to promoting school success for visually disabled students.

* Keeps thorough ongoing records, including a medical eye doctor’s report, for the individual students receiving educationally-based vision and/or orientation/mobility services.

* Maintains lists of referred, screened, and eligible students, as well as a directory of outside agencies, consultants, specialists and related services.

* Compiles case history date on those cases where additional family history, health history, early developmental history, and environmental history are deemed appropriate.

* Assumes primary responsibility for requisitioning and maintaining needed equipment and devices for visually disabled students who are Braille and non-Braille users and learners.

* Knowledgeable in assessment of and best practices for students with visual impairment including CVI and multiple disabilities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOB: (Minimum requirements)
* Maintains and manages a caseload comprised of visually disabled students in the schools.
* Works collaboratively with the Evaluation Team Leader and school team to develop educationally based IEPs for visually disabled students.

** TVI/COMS are members of the Unit A Collective Bargaining Unit, represented by the Springfield Education Association.
Link to 2022-2024 Unit A Salary Schedule:
https://irp.cdn-website.com/54472643/files/uploaded/9-1-2021%20Official…