Orientation and Mobility Specialist - All Levels - Springfield Public Schools : Job Details

* Open until filled*

The Orientation and Mobility Specialist is responsible for evaluating and providing educationally-based mobility and orientation services to visually impaired students with Individual Education Programs in the schools.

DUTIES:

* 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 orientation and 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.

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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.

QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's Degree or higher

* State Certification as an Orientation and Mobility Specialist

The Springfield Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, age, handicap, or military service, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

Reach out to Carmen Molina-Figueroa, the Human Resources Analyst, at 413-###-#### ext. 55394, the email address is [email protected]. She will be happy to answer any questions that you have.

NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT

The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, age, disability or military service or marital status. The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in admission to, access or treatment in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation, disability or homelessness.

NOTICE OF SEX NONDISCRIMINATION

Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination, including sex-based harassment, in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the Springfield Public Schools' Title IX Coordinator, [email protected], the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights at or both.

The Springfield Public Schools Title IX Coordinator is Katie O'Sullivan, Senior Administrator of Human Resources, 1550 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103, 413-###-#### ext. 55428, [email protected].

Springfield Public School's sex nondiscrimination policy and grievance procedures can be located on the Springfield Public Schools website, www.springfieldpublicschools.com/non-discrimination

To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or make a complaint of sex discrimination under Title IX, please refer to [email protected]