Position: Visually Impaired Teacher Class Code:
Department: District wide
Reports to: Special Education Director/Superintendent
Approved by: Carter County Board of Education Date:
187 day contract
Summary:
This employee is responsible for organizing and implementing an instructional program for visually impaired students and meeting the duties of teaching as outlined in laws and policies.
Duties:
I. Planning
- Designing the exceptional student education program so that it is consistent with the total educational philosophy of the district.
- Continuing professional growth through educational meetings, visiting related facilities, reading profesional literature, and exchanging ideas among the district staff.
- Working in coordination with other ESE teachers in planning and developing the program.
II. Programming
- Preparing, implementing, and evaluating an annual educational plan for each student based on individually assessed needs in accordance with district procedures.
- Using appropriate assessment instruments pertinent to instructional areas
- Preparing lesson plans for each student
- Providing appropriate schedules for exceptional students involving school personne as required.
- Seeking a variety of services through community resources and agencies to meeet the needs of exceptional students.
- Providing specialized insturctional techniques and media through individual and/or group sessions designed to meet the educational, social and emotional needs of the students.
- Participating in the in-school staffing and screening process as appropriate.
- Participating on evaluation teams for visually impaired students as appropriate.
- Making available to teachers instructional ideas and materials that are appropriate for the exceptional student within the classroom situation as requested.
III. Public Relations
- Cooperating with school personnel in coordinating ESE services within the school.
- Conferring with the classroom teacher as requested concerning any educational need of the student.
- Developing and conducting an inservice program to inform classroom teacher of the goals and objectives of the ESE program and ways of achieving them in the school setting.
- Assist in providing information to community groups and parents concerning ESE programs as requested.
- Assista in coordinating and providing news releases through the immediate supervisor for local news media as requested.
IV. Reporting
- Ensuring that each student in the program has necessary evaluation records in his/her permanent folder.
- Furnishing the principal with current exceptional student schedules.
- Completing progress report on each student in the program.
- Supplying progress reports to school personnel and to parents of exceptional students as necessary and requested.
- Completing reports for appropriate local, state, federal and educational agencies.
- Referring those students who require further evaluation or follow-up services to the appropriate school personnel or community agencies.
- Other responsibilities as directed by his/her immediate supervisor.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree
- Valid Kentucky Certification in field (Certificate for Teaching Exceptional Children-Visually Impaired, Grades Primary through 12)
Desired Qualifications:
- Graduate work beyond the bachelor's degree
- Classroom teaching experience
- Experience in a like position