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FLSA: Exempt
Job Summary: The itinerant teacher of students with visual impairments travels to the students' assigned schools to provide direct special education services relating to vision loss. These services enable the students to learn in a variety of settings. The students range in age from 5 through 21 and may have only a visual impairment or additional disabilities. The cognitive levels of the students range from severely impaired to gifted and talented.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Master’s or Bachelor’s degree from a college or university in the area of special education with a focus in visual impairments
- North Carolina certification for teachers of students with visual impairments
- UEB Braille Certified or willing to take UEB Braille Certification Exam or Braille NC Praxis Test
- Extensive, successful and responsible experience working with visually impaired youth in a school setting is highly preferred
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Effective time management and organizational skills
- Knowledge of federal & state processes for students with disabilities
Evaluation Process:
- Evaluated according to the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Process
Skills Knowledge
Assessment and Evaluation:
- Perform functional vision and learning media assessments or new referrals and three-year reevaluations
- Interpret eye medical reports as they relate to educational environments
- Contribute to the development of the IEP with goals, modifications, learning styles
- Recommend appropriate specialized evaluations as needed, such as low vision, orientation and mobility, psycho-social, and adaptive physical education
- Consult with diagnosticians, classroom teachers, students, and parents concerning appropriate evaluations, modification, and test administration
- Consult with district level staff regarding modified standardized testing materials (EOG, SAT, ACT) and administer or assist in the administration of the test as needed
- Work as liaison with other agencies in the vocational assessment process
- Participate in team assessments for students with moderate to severe cognitive disabilities
Appropriate Learning Environment:
- Assist in determining and procuring classroom equipment and materials necessary for the student with visual impairments to learn (braille, low vision devices, assistive technology, computer) including ensuring necessary room modifications and lighting changes
- Provide the classroom teacher with information regarding the specialized strategies needed to teach a VI student
- Consult with other instructional staff to provide information to incorporate the expanded core curriculum into the entire instructional setting
- Collaborate with braillist to provide modified materials to the classroom teacher including Unified English Braille materials (literary and math), tactile materials, and enlarged materials in a timely manner for maximum classroom participation
Direct Instruction in The Unique Curriculum:
- Monitor the students' progress in academic subjects and provide direct instruction in compensatory skills as needed in the areas the students may have difficulty with as a result of the visual impairment (This does not include tutoring in subject areas once materials and methods have been modified to accommodate the vision loss): Braille reading and writing, Low vision devices, Abacus, Typing/keyboarding, Adaptive devices (e.g., computers, note takers, audio), Listening skills, Visual efficiency, Concept development, Daily living/self-help skills, Career readiness, Leisure and recreation skills, Social skills, Organizational and study skills, Self-advocacy
Support Services:
- Aid students with visual impairments in understanding their attitudes and those of others concerning their visual impairment
- Facilitate social integration and interaction with peers
- Provide training and support to parents of students with visual impairments to enhance their children's independence
- Provide the teachers, staff, and family of students with visual impairment with information regarding their individual needs, methodology, and strategies
- Participate with other school personnel and agencies to secure job-related experiences for students
- Participate in transition planning
Administrative/Record Keeping Duties:
- Provide updated pupil information (APH Quota, deafblind census)
- Submit requests for instructional materials, conferences, field trips, and personnel needs
- Inform various special education and campus personnel of progress and needs of the students with visual impairment on a regular basis
- Identify and set up a work and storage space at each school to be used by the VI teacher to instruct students as necessary
- Identify and set up a work and storage space at each school to be used by the VI teacher to instruct students as necessary
- Provide input into students' schedules, planning for all special services, such as direct instruction and orientation and mobility
- Maintain adequate record of all assessments, IEPs, progress reports and signed parental release forms for things such as registration with various agencies
- Provide progress reports as indicated by school policy and follow up with teacher and/or parent conferences as appropriate
- Register students with visual impairments with appropriate agencies such as Bookshare, NC Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- Prepare paperwork as appropriate and attend IEP meetings for students with visual impairments
- Distribute information to parents concerning workshops, conferences, and equipment acquisition
- Communicate with low-vision specialists, ophthalmologists, and optometrists concerning exams, and attend exams when appropriate
- Follows a plan for professional development and demonstrates evidence of growth
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
- Must be able to perform heavy work exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of forces frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to lift objects
Orientation Mobility:
- Familiar with orientation and mobility concepts in order to provide direct instruction for the purpose of assisting visually impaired students to move about independently in the school and in the community, evaluate the progress of program participants and conduct on-going reviews of the IEP’s.
Liaison Between
Community and School:
- Provide information about district and/or regional vision programs to the schools and community
- Provide information concerning recreational and summer programs to parents and students and assist with application forms and procedures
Application Deadline: Position Open Until Filled
Position Available: August 6, 2026
Application Process: All candidates are required to complete an on-line application via Applicant Tracking. Please go to the Lincoln County Schools website (www.lincoln.k12.nc.us), select EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, and APPLICANT TRACKING to begin the process. Questions should be addressed to the contact person below.
Kimberly Davis, Chief of Exceptional Children’s Services
kdavis2@lincoln.k12.nc.us
Lincoln County Schools
PO Box 400
Lincolnton, NC 28093
Phone: 704-732-2261
Fax: 704-736-4251
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
EMPLOYER DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON BASIS OF AGE,
HANDICAP, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RACE, RELIGION, OR SEX
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