Job Openings

Va Rehab Center for the Blind

03/25/2023

Minimum Qualifications

Education &/or Experience:

• Teaching the complete Unified English Braille code and Braille technology such as braille displays, notetakers, and braille translation software.
• Demonstrated teaching ability.
• Excellent teamwork skills; and interpersonal skills.

Ability to:

• Evaluate the Braille and Braille note taking device needs of students who are blind, vision impaired, or deafblind.  
• To read and write contracted UEB including producing and properly formatting error free braille documents.
• To formulate and implement an instructional plan to meet each student’s needs and provide appropriate instruction.
• To prepare written reports on student’s progress.
• To communicate effectively orally and in writing.
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Preferred Qualifications:

Experience:

• Teaching individuals Braille and Braille note taking devices.
• Teaching individuals who are blind, vision impaired or deafblind.
• In performing evaluations and providing training in Braille and Braille note taking devices to individuals who are blind or vision impaired.
• Working with individuals with secondary disabilities in addition to blindness.

Possess:
 

• NCUEB certification.

Ability to:

• Read, write, and teach the Nemeth braille math code; and/or the UEB braille math code.
• Plan group instruction.
• Carry out group instruction.

Hiring Range: Salary range $50,000 to $63,000

E_mail: Recruitment@dars.virginia.gov

Phone: Phone: 804-662-9101

Cert: Any Certification

To Apply:

Equal Opportunity Employer State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s New Recruitment Management System. PageUp provides a confirmation of receipt when your application is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your PageUp account to check the status of your application for this position. You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.

Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force. Equal Opportunity Employer

To Apply:

Braille Instructor - #RCB00039 - Henrico, Virginia, United States