Teacher of the Visual Impaired Job at Munro Footwear Group in Great Falls

Job Description - Teacher of the Visual Impaired (25140492)

Position Title:

Teacher of the Visual Impaired - ( 25140492 )

JOB OVERVIEW: This position will work with a team in our VI Department. The provider is a special education teacher specifically trained to teach students who have a visual impairment. Provider is an expert in modeling strategies for learning and daily activities, as they understand how vision impacts a student’s learning. The provider will teach various skills such as self-advocacy, braille, assistive technology, and other expanded core curriculum areas. The provider will also be required to teach content standards. In addition, they design and implement instructional plans individualized to each student's needs.

Breakdown of Essential Responsibilities:

1. Provide Direct Instruction (60%)
2. Instructional Plans, Conducting Assessments, and Documenting (20%)
3. Family and Caregiver Communication (15%)
4. Other Duties as Assigned (5%)

Candidates should have the following:

Knowledge of Special Education

• Understand how exceptionalities may interact with development and learning and use this knowledge to provide culturally responsive, meaningful, and challenging learning experiences for individuals with exceptionalities.
• Demonstrate the ability to create and implement personalized, safe, respectful, inclusive, and culturally responsive learning.
• Demonstrate knowledge of standards used in Montana schools and the ability to use general and specialized curricula to implement individualized learning opportunities that align with the needs of students with exceptionalities.
• Use multiple methods of assessment and data sources to evaluate and identify individualized learning needs and make a variety of education decisions.
• Select, adapt, and use a repertoire of evidence-based instructional strategies including explicit, systematic instruction, assistive technology, whole group instruction, small group instruction, and individual instruction to support and self-regulate learning.
• Use foundational knowledge of the field along with professional ethics and standards.
• Collaborate, communicate, and advocate in culturally responsive ways with all individuals involved in the special education process to improve programs, services, and outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities and their families.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the philosophical, historical, and legal foundations of special education.
• Demonstrate proficiency in special education procedural competencies including knowledge of state and federal regulations, rules, and processes.
• Demonstrate an understanding of disability categories and characteristics to the extent necessary to use eligibility criteria to make informed decisions concerning learner identification.

Knowledge of Visually Impaired Pedagogy

• Understand the models, theories, philosophies, and regulatory history that form the basis for educating students who are visually impaired or blind.
• Design and implement learning experiences that include the school district curriculum and the expanded core curriculum (ECC).
• Understand strategies for using alternative learning media, i.e., Braille, large print, auditory.
• Understand strategies for teaching the use of assistive technology.
• Understand strategies for teaching career-vocational skills and providing vocational counseling.

Knowledge of Family and Community Partnerships

• Know about, understand, and value the complex characteristics and importance of children’s families and communities.
• Collaborate with families as equal partners in creating respectful, reciprocal relationships.
• Promote and encourage family engagement in all aspects of children’s development and learning.

Knowledge of Observation, Documentation, and Assessment

• Understand the importance of different types of developmentally appropriate assessments.
• Understand the goals of assessment to summarize, analyze, and use assessment information gathered.

Knowledge of Teaching and Engagement

• Utilize the environment, schedule, and routine as learning opportunities.
• Create a caring community of learners.
• Provide curriculum and learning experiences that reflect the principles of universal design for learning.

Knowledge of Curriculum

• Design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful, integrated, and challenging curriculum for each child using professional knowledge.
• Base curriculum planning on the understanding of the particular significance of social, emotional, and behavioral development.

Professionalism

• Identify and involve oneself with the distinctive history, values, knowledge base, and mission of the education field.
• Uphold and use state and national codes of ethical conduct.
• Engage in continuous, collaborative learning to inform practice.

Minimum qualifications (Education and Experience):

Must possess or have the ability to possess the following from The Montana Office of Public Instruction by the first instructional day of the academic calendar:

• Class 1 Professional Teaching License, or
• Class 2 Standard Teaching License
• 32A VI, 32A SPE, 32E SPE, or 32S SPE

Salary: $40,392.00 - 75,485.00 Yearly

Telework Eligibility:

Not Telework Eligible

Benefits Package Eligibility:

Health Insurance, Paid Leave & Holidays, Retirement Plan

Number of Openings:

1

Employee Status:

Regular

Schedule:

Full-Time

Job Type:

Standard

Shift:

Day Job

Travel:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

Primary Location:

Great Falls

Agency:

School for Deaf & Blind

Union:

Montana Federation of Public Employees

Posting Date:

Feb 28, 2025, 7:00:00 AM

Closing Date:

Ongoing

Required Application Materials: Cover Letter, Resume, References, Letter of Interest (Internal Position)

Contact Name: Paula Mix

Contact Email: pmix@msdb.k12.mt.us

Contact Phone: 406-771-6005

The State of Montana has a decentralized human resources (HR) system. Each agency is responsible for its own recruitment and selection. Anyone who needs a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process should contact the agency's HR staff identified on the job listing.