INSTRUCTIONAL COACH - ITINERANT VISION TEACHER

Milwaukee Public Schools seeks exceptional Instructional Coach: Itinerant Vision Teacher candidates who are highly qualified and knowledgeable to join our community of teachers, learners, and leaders.

Itinerant teachers provide a supportive service to children with visual impairments in regular and special education classrooms. Itinerant teachers travel from school to school to provide special education and vision adaptations and modifications to instructional strategies and techniques. Occasionally they visit student's homes to provide special education and vision adaptations and modifications. This enables the student to fully realize her/his educational potential.

Interested applicants should complete all sections of the application including the online submission of a current resume. No other attachments are needed.

ALL candidates must attach:

• Current resume.

At the time of hire, any external selected candidates will need to submit three (3) letters of recommendation dated within the last year and manually signed by the author and official transcripts conferring his/her bachelor's and master's degree, if applicable.

Questions or concerns regarding your application should be directed to Zennia Zivkovic, sifuenz@milwaukee.k12.wi.us

Requirements:

• A current five year of lifetime license in vision (1825) issued by the Wisconsin of Department of Public Instruction.
• A minimum of five years of teaching experience as a fully certified vision teacher.

Essential Functions:

• Assists regular education teachers in understanding the needs and learning characteristics of students with visual impairments.
• Interprets specific eye conditions and results of functional vision assessments.
• Assists in making environmental adjustments in the school.
• Provides assistance to classroom teachers regarding curriculum and activities of the classroom that, as a direct result of the student's visual impairment, require adaptation or reinforcement for the student.
• Obtains large print or Braille textbooks.
• Provides low vision aides and instructs in skills for use.
• Instructs in visual skills, such as Braille, low vision and visual efficiency skills.
• Makes informed decisions about the most appropriate assistive technology needed for students.
• Shares in the development and implementation of the IEP.
• Shares responsibility for ongoing assessment and program planning.
• When not providing direct services to a student, consulting services are provided to the primary classroom teacher and others when needed.
• Maintains contact with parents to assist them in the development of a realistic understanding of their child's abilities, progress, and future goals.
• Shares resources and educational information with parents concerning students with a visual impairment.
• Provides in-service training programs when needed.
• Keeps in contact with other personnel, such as transcribers, readers, counselors, O & M specialists, career/vocational education staff, and rehabilitation counselors when needed.
• Maintains knowledge of current issues and methodologies within the field, through conventions, publications, and correspondence with other professionals.

This position is on the 2F - 200-day calendar.

Salary Range: $55,317.33 - $103,599.82. Placement on the salary schedule is based on years of fully licensed teaching/pupil services experience in a K-12 setting and education beyond a bachelor's degree.

It is the policy of the District that persons seeking employment with the District shall not be discriminated against in employment by reason of their age, race, creed, color, religion, handicap or disability, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sex, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, membership in the National Guard, state defense or reserves, political affiliation, use or nonuse of lawful products off the employer's premises during nonworking hours, declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, the authorized use of family or medical leave or worker's compensation benefits, genetic information, physical, mental, emotional or learning disability, or any other factor protected by local, state or federal law in all employment practices including terms, conditions and privileges of employment.

Reasonable accommodations requested by qualified individuals with disabilities will be made in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, as amended by the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008.

Reasonable accommodations shall be made for qualified individuals with a disability, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the District. Requests for accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act must be submitted to the Employee Rights Administration Department in the Office of Human Resources.