Teacher of the Visually Impaired
Reports To: Director of Exceptional Children’s Program
Terms of Employment: Full-Time 10 Months
Salary: NC State Salary Schedule
FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt

 

 

Qualifications:

• North Carolina licensure or certification as a Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI)
• Special Education background is preferred
• Experience working with visually impaired students, preferably in an educational setting
• Strong knowledge of adaptive techniques, assistive technology, and instructional strategies for students with visual impairments

 

Supervises:

• None

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Teacher of the Visual Impaired performs a variety of professional, instructional, administrative, and leadership tasks to coordinate activities in the Department of Exceptional Children. They work with schools to provide support in addressing instructional improvement to promote the availability of a free appropriate public education for all students with disabilities to
include procedural compliance and educational accountability.

• Provide Visual Impairment (VI) Services as described by DPI Guidelines for Exceptional Children
• Conduct comprehensive assessments to understand the visual needs and learning preferences of the student including generating professional evaluation reports
• Develop and implement individualized educational plans that address the unique needs and goals of the student
• Articulate the needs and interventions of students in IEP meetings both verbally and in IEP database systems
• Provide direct instruction and support to the visually impaired student, utilizing appropriate adaptive techniques and tools
• Collaborate with classroom teachers, parents, and other professionals to ensure the student's needs are met effectively
• Provide guidance and support to other school staff to create an inclusive and supportive learning environment with access to instruction
• Adapt and modify educational materials to accommodate the student's visual impairment
• Work in collaboration with other staff members to ensure the student’s success
• Understanding of Regular Curriculum and Extended Content Curriculum, Grades K-12
• Document services provided including attending, direction instruction content, and student response to instruction
• Provide progress reports as required by the IEP
• Document services provided including attending, direction instruction content, and student response to instruction
• Maintain VI equipment, provide inventory updates, and ensure that broken devices are repaired
• Ability to travel between school locations
• Effective communication and collaboration skills to work closely with students, parents, educators, and colleagues

 

Physical and Cognitive Requirements:
The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below are applicable to the Teacher of the Visually Impaired job classification within the Exceptional Children’s Program of Hoke County Schools. Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.

Must be able to:

• Prepare, read and comprehend a variety of job related forms, reports, spreadsheets, maps, plans, records, documentation and correspondence in all languages required by the job
• Understand and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style
• Speak to individuals or groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence
• Respond adequately to inquiries or complaints
• Write using standard convention in all languages required by the job
• Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or
• diagrammatic form
• Communicate effectively and efficiently, both orally and in writing
• Use/interpret job related terminology, mathematical formulas and functions effectively and efficiently
• Deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
• Perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress and adapt when confronted with emergency situations
• Be sensitive to cultural differences among individuals and groups of persons Operate a motor vehicle
• Operate/use a variety of automated office machines and other job specific office equipment

DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by
individuals assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the position. All employees may have other duties assigned at any time.