Instructional Practice & Quality Specialist

Foundation for Blind Children is currentlys seeking qualified candidates for a full time Instructional Practice & Quality Specialist to support our instructional teams. We offer a full benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, employee events, and more. Apply today to join our team and make a difference in the community! 

The Instructional Practice and Quality Specialist strengthens instructional practice across Foundation for Blind Children’s vision services. This role sets standards, coaches vision professionals, leads outcome tracking, and drives consistent, measurable results across programs throughout Arizona.

This role serves as a field facing instructional leader, sharing best practices and providing professional learning to vision professionals statewide in support of FBC’s position as a trusted resource. This position does not supervise staff or manage a program. It advances quality and alignment through expertise, strategic initiatives, coaching, and field-based support.

This role protects quality by defining best practices, strengthening professional capacity, setting consistent standards for instructional practice, and reinforcing measurable outcomes across programs and across Arizona as FBC expands statewide.

Foundation for Blind Children (FBC) is a high profile, nationally recognized non-profit in Phoenix, Arizona.  Celebrating our 70^th Anniversary, FBC serves over 2,000 blind and visually impaired students of ALL ages, from birth to currently 102 years old on three Valley campuses. Our preschool for blind children and braille library are the largest in the country.  A well-established and growing non-profit, FBC leads the blind community both locally and nationally with new and innovative teaching methods, technology, and outcomes.  Our workplace culture consistently ranks in the top 10% of non-profits in the country with 95% of our team recommending FBC as a great place to work.  The vision of the Foundation for Blind Children is a world where vision loss is a diagnosis, not a disability.  

Job duties include: 

Instructional coaching and mentoring

• Provide instructional coaching to FBC vision professionals, including Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, VRTs, and related instructional staff.
• Observe instructional practice and provide clear, actionable feedback.
• Oversee FBCs vision professional mentoring program and vision professional education pathways programs.
• Promote reflective practice and continuous improvement across disciplines.

Best Practices

• Define and share best practices and associated outcomes for those we serve.
• Facilitate training and workshops to support statewide best practices.
• Design, coordinate, and oversee professional development for FBC vision educators.
• Identify professional learning priorities based on instructional needs, program outcomes, and emerging best practices.
• Represent FBC as a field facing instructional leader in professional learning spaces and forums including schools and districts.
• Collaborate with outreach and program teams when instructional expertise is needed.
• Share FBC tools and best practices to strengthen instruction across Arizona.

Instructional Quality, Assessment, and Outcomes

• Develop and maintain standardized templates for student evaluations across programs.
• Ensure consistent assessment practices and clear reporting expectations.
• Lead collection and analysis of program outcomes and stakeholder feedback.
• Partner with program leaders to strengthen instructional quality through continuous improvement cycles.

Strategic Initiatives and Vision Professional Engagement 

• Lead or support strategic initiatives that strengthen instructional quality and support statewide growth.
• Advance the One FBC Experience through alignment of instructional practices, outcome measurement, and service model refinement.
• Partner with executive and program leadership to ensure instructional practice supports long term organizational priorities.

Required

• Valid certification as a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments.
• Minimum five years of experience providing direct instruction in vision services.
• Demonstrated experience providing instructional coaching, mentoring, or supervising adult learners.
• Strong knowledge of evidence-based instructional practices in blindness and low vision education.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze student data and use outcomes to guide instructional improvement.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience delivering professional learning.
• Current and valid Arizona Driver’s License
• Arizona IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card, or ability to obtain clearance

Preferred

• Experience leading professional development across districts or agencies.
• Experience developing curriculum frameworks, evaluation tools, or instructional resources.
• Experience influencing instructional practice across multiple programs or service models.