Teacher of the Visually Impaired - Mount Pleasant, Rhode Island, United States

Primary PurposeThis teacher will be responsible for direct specialized instruction as well as indirect services to students who are blind or visually impaired (ages 3-21) as a member of a trans-disciplinary team in a variety of settings. · Position Overview · The Sherlock Center ...

Job description

Primary Purpose

This teacher will be responsible for direct specialized instruction as well as indirect services to students who are blind or visually impaired (ages 3-21) as a member of a trans-disciplinary team in a variety of settings.

Position Overview
The Sherlock Center invites applications for a Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities.

The individual will work as an itinerant vision educator conducting vision assessments, providing vision instruction and other duties assigned by the director.

The Paul V.

Sherlock Center on Disabilities, founded at Rhode Island College in 1993, is a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities ( UCEDD ).

UCEDDs are evidence driven and designed to advance policies, practices and research that improve the health, education, social and economic well-being of people with disabilities, their families, and their communities.

The mission of the Sherlock Center is to promote membership of individuals with disabilities in school, work and the community.

Required Qualifications

Education:
Bachelor's degree in Education of children who are blind or visually impaired


Certifications:
Eligible for Rhode Island Teacher Certification as a Teacher of Children who are blind and visually impaired


Experience:
Experience with children who are blind or visually impaired.

Preferred Qualifications
Master's Degree