Sensory Services - Seattle - Seattle Public Schools

Description

Sensory Services - Certificated Orientation & Mobility Specialist

Salary

$74, $146,088.00 Annually

Location

John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence, WA

Job Type

Full-Time

Job Number

25703

Department

Special Ed Sensory Services

Opening Date

04/11/2025

Closing Date

Continuous

Subject Area

Special Education

FTE

1.0

• Description
• Benefits
• Questions

Overview of Position

To learn more about our special education service pathways, please follow this link to the SPS Special Education Department website: ;

The Orientation and Mobility Specialist provides sequential instruction to individuals with visual impairment in the use of their remaining senses to determine their position within the environment and in techniques for safe movement from one place to another. Students range in age from preschool through high school.

Essential Functions

Teaches concept development, motor development, sensory development skills which includes the following:

• Concept development includes body image, spatial, temporal, positional, directional and environmental concepts.
• Motor development includes motor skills needed for balance, posture and gait, as well as the use of adaptive devices and techniques to assist those with multiple disabilities.
• Sensory Development includes visual, auditory, vestibular, kinesthetic, tactile, olfactory, and proprioceptive senses, and the interrelationships of these systems.
• Residual vision stimulation and training
• Human guide technique
• Upper and lower protective techniques
• Locating dropped objects
• Trailing
• Squaring-off
• Cane techniques
• Soliciting/declining assistance
• Following directions
• Utilizing landmarks
• Search patterns
• Compass directions
• Route planning
• Analysis and intensification of intersections and traffic patterns
• Use of traffic control devices
• Techniques for crossing streets
• Techniques for travel in indoor environments, outdoor residential, small and large business districts, mall travel, and rural areas.
• Problem solving
• The use of public transportation
• Evaluation with sun filters for the reduction of glare
• Instructional use of Low Vision devices

Other Functions:

Performs related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.

Required Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

Child Development and Orientation and Mobility techniques.

Ability to:

Communicate and work with team members.

Reports to:

Vision Team Lead and Supervisor.

Supervisor: Director, Special Education

Next Highest Supervisor: Executive Director, Student Services

Working Conditions:

Requires traveling to students, keeping logs of activities, attending IEP meetings, attending vision team meeting, and sharing appropriate information with parents and teachers.

Typical Qualifications

Education:

Bachelors or Master's Degree in Orientation and Mobility or closely related field.

Experience:

Experience working with children with IEPs.

Substitution:

Two (2) years' experience in Orientation and Mobility can be substituted for specific degree type.

License/Special Requirements:

Washington State Teaching Certificate required. State approved certificate of Braille competency required.

Ability to obtain ACVREP certification or equivalent within one (1) year of employment.

Conditions/Disclaimers:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by those assigned to this position and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills. Employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time as needed. District employees are not authorized to make promises of employment for a particular period of time, or promises of a particular level of compensation or benefits to job applicants for certified or classified positions. Any bona fide agreement must be in writing and signed by the Superintendent. Any verbal or written statements regarding any of these or related matters by District employees other than the Superintendent are null and void.

Seattle Public Schools benefits are administered by the Washington State Healthcare Authority (HCA) under the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB). Click HERE for an overview of available benefit options.

Eligibility for benefits is determined by the number of hours employees are anticipated to work during the school year (September 1 through August 31). Any employee who is scheduled to work 630 hours or more in a year is eligible for benefits.

Salary Schedule

Please find the salary schedule associated with this role and others like it HERE.

01

Please check ALL endorsement(s) that appear on your Washington State certificate or will be on your WA State Certificate by the position start date.

• Agricultural Education
• Arts: Visual
• Bilingual Elementary
• Bilingual Secondary
• Biology
• Business and Marketing
• Chemistry
• Counseling
• Dance
• Deaf Education
• Early Childhood
• Elementary Education
• English Language Arts
• English Language Learners
• Environmental and Sustainability
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Gifted Education
• Health and Fitness
• Humanities: Middle Level
• History
• Library Media
• Mathematics
• Mathematics: Middle Level
• Music: Choral
• Music: General
• Music: Instrumental
• Reading
• Science
• Science: Earth and Space
• Science: Middle Level
• Science: Physics
• Social Studies
• Social Work
• Special Education
• Special Education: Early Childhood
• Technology Education
• Theater
• Traffic Safety
• World Languages: Arabic
• World Languages: Chinese
• World Languages: French
• World Languages: German
• World Languages: Hindi
• World Languages: Japanese
• World Languages: Korean
• World Languages: Latin
• World Languages: Spanish
• Not Applicable - I do not, nor will not hold a Washington State Teaching Certificate/Permit
• I hold an "unendorsed" Washington State Teaching Certificate/Permit
• Speech Language Pathologist
• Audiologist
• Orientation & Mobility
• Visually Impaired

02

Are you a current Seattle Public Schools employee with a certificated contract for the next school year?

* Yes* No

03

Are you a current Seattle Public Schools certificated substitute?

* Yes* No

04

Do you hold a Bachelors or Master's Degree in Orientation and Mobility or closely related field?

* Yes* No

05

Do you currently hold, OR will you hold by August 1, 2025, a WA State Educational Staff Associate (ESA) Certificate?

* Yes* No

06

Are you under contract with a district other than Seattle Public Schools for the next school year?

* Yes* No

07

Do you have two (2) or more years experience in Orientation and Mobility?

* Yes* No

08

Do you have experience working with children with IEPs?

* Yes* No

09

Do you have a state approved certificate of Braille competency?

* Yes* No

Required Question