Job Openings

Outreach at Missouri School for the Blin

11/15/2022

he primary goal of the Blindness Skills Specialist Program is to enhance the educational performance of students who are blind or visually impaired. A majority of the students who are blind or visually impaired are served within their local school districts. Since visual impairment or blindness is a low incidence disability, many school districts, including teachers, have little experience providing services for students with blindness and may desire assistance when developing educational programs.

Through the Blindness Skills Specialist Program at Missouri State University, the Blindness Skills Specialist is available to help your educational team modify and design instruction in all subject areas including the expanded core curriculum unique to students who are visually impaired. By implementing the instructional techniques your teachers will enhance the educational performance of students with a visual impairment.

The Blindness Skills Program will:

1. Provide Professional Development.
2. Mentor Teachers serving students with a visual impairment.
3. Demonstrate Teaching Strategies.
4. Provide agency referrals.
5. Help school districts coordinate the educational program for students with visual impairment.
6. Act as a liaison for parents, teachers, and school districts.
7. Provide information about available resources to assist families and school districts.

E_mail: jane.herder@msb.dese.mo.gov

Phone: 314-633-1582

Cert: Multiple Certifications

Must be Certified Teacher of the Visually Impaired and/or COMS or ability to be Missouri Certified as a TVI too.