Job Openings

ID Educational Services Deaf and Blind

04/08/2025

Early intervention:

·         Collaborate with the Infant-Toddler Service Team including parents, to establish eligibility, develop an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), and assess evolving progress and needs of children who are birth through three year olds with a visual impairment, including students with co-occurring impairments.

·         Attend monthly Coaching Meetings led by the Idaho Infant-Toddler Program.

·         Complete informal and formal assessments to determine child and family needs, and to adjust learning activities.

·         Log and upload case notes, review notes, and report on annual IFSP goals within the stipulated timeline.

·         Apply effective research-based strategies designed to meet family learning needs.

·         Plan, implement, and assess activities within the family’s natural environment, including virtual learning, aimed toward the child’s development and the parent’s education.

·         Collaborate with related service providers, in person and virtually, to model and discuss appropriate developmental and behavioral expectations with caregivers.

Services with schools:

·         Travel to multiple school districts within an assigned region, working with students ages three through twenty-one years old with visual impairments, including students with co-occurring impairments.

·         Actively participate in Individualized Educational Plans (IEP) and 504 educational teams:

o   attend meetings

o   complete Functional Vision/Learning Media Assessment and provide written reports

o   provide recommendations to meet student’s educational needs

o   request and interpret ophthalmologic/optometric reports

·         Assess and provide recommendations for the nine areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum to students, parents, teachers, and related service providers:

1.    Compensatory skills (braille, communication of all levels, listening, abacus, etc.)

2.    Social Interactions

3.    Independent Living

4.    Orientation and Mobility

5.    Sensory Efficiency

6.    Recreation and Leisure

7.    Access/Assistive Technology

8.    Career Education

9.    Self-Determination

·         Collaborate with the student, parents, special and general education teachers, and related service providers in:

o   understanding the unique educational needs and learning characteristics of students with visual impairments

o   becoming aware of services and support available from local programs for students with visual impairments

o   acquiring information regarding local, state, and national resources for the education of students with visual impairments

o   interpreting the student's specific eye condition, the educational implications of the visual impairment, and the results of Functional Vision/Learning Media Assessments.

o   describing the continuum of service options provided by IESDB, including information on the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind campus program

o   providing activities and information to the students’ classmates and peers to increase their understanding of visual impairments

·         Organize time efficiently, including completion of paperwork and reports, state and federal data collection, classroom observations and feedback.

·         Assess students who have visual impairments with co-occurring impairments or DeafBlindness, including those with Cortical Visual Impairments, and collaborate with educational teams on goals and accommodations.

·         Learn new technologies and equipment use through written and internet tutorials, and consultations with Assistive Technology Specialist.

·         Participate in professional development to increase knowledge and implication of current teaching practices, IESDB policies, and specific Expanded Core skills in the school and home setting.

·         Based on assessments, provide direct instruction, with lesson plans and progress monitoring, and pertinent feedback to educational teams on accommodations after classroom observations.

·         Demonstrate UEB braille skills:

o   knowledge and usage of UEB rules and format, including UEB math and UEB with Nemeth

o   use of braille transcription software and embossor

o   provide evaluations to determine current braille skills and needs

o   provide braille instruction, including lesson plans, progress monitoring and on-going assessments

·         Initiate collaboration with secondary transition team members of students who are 14-year-olds and older, including consistent contact with the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Vocational Rehabilitation for the blind/visually impaired population).

·         Work with the Access/Assistive Technology Specialist to complete written assessments, and assist in teaching and reinforcing the use of appropriate devices that will access daily printed material and communication.

·         Complete other duties as assigned.

E_mail: hr@iesdb.org

Phone: 2089348788

Cert: Any Certification

Standard Instructional Certificate with Visual Impairment (Pre-K-12) endorsement; Experience working with parents and infants, school districts and related service providers.  Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s degree preferred.