[Job-Listings] N9149 - The Maryland School for the Blind - Statewide Low Vision Specialist/TVI Contract Manager

[David Andrews]

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>N9149 - The Maryland School for the Blind - Statewide Low Vision 
>Specialist/TVI Contract Manager
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>SUMMARY: This position, which is jointly supervised by the Maryland 
>State Department of Education (MSDE) and The Maryland School for the 
>Blind (MSB), has the statewide leadership responsibility to ensure 
>quality programs and services for students who are blind or visually 
>impaired, including those with multiple disabilities by developing 
>and implementing comprehensive plans and providing technical 
>assistance to Local School Systems (LSS) and The Maryland School for 
>the Blind (MSB).
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>ACCOUNTABILITIES:
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>Essential Functions:
>    * Coordinates planning, design, implementation and evaluation of 
> statewide professional development opportunities that focus on 
> improving student achievement and professional growth in 
> collaboration with MSDE, MSB, LSS, the Maryland Instructional 
> Resource Center (MIRC), in-state and out-of-state colleges and 
> universities, professional and consumer organizations.
>    * Provides technical assistance and consultation to LSS, MSDE, 
> MSB, and others to enhance professional development, student 
> achievement, accessibility of learning materials, and other identified needs.
>    * Develops staff development and technical assistance resources 
> for MSDE, MSB and LSS that will be the joint approved product of 
> the partnership between MSB and MSDE.
>    * Coordinates statewide efforts of MSDE, MSB and LSS to enhance 
> parent support, training, and resources.
>    * Coordinates statewide efforts to enhance the accessibility of 
> learning materials for students who are blind or have low vision 
> including those who are deaf-blind and/or are multiply disabled.
>    * Responds to inquiries from LSS, parents, and others.
>    * Collaborates with and assists the LSS and MSB to secure 
> special education and related services to students when the LSS 
> does not have the local capacity in terms of available qualified 
> staff to provide the IEP required programs and services.
>    * Serves as the MSDE liaison to the Maryland State Steering 
> Committee for Programs of the Visually Impaired and the MIRC.
>    * Is accountable to the MSDE and MSB supervisors and develops 
> annual jointly approved goals that include specific objectives with timelines.
>    * Maintains knowledge of state and national education and 
> special education trends, issues, and opportunities related to 
> assistive technology, curriculum, best practices, legislation, 
> policy, regulations and professional standards.
>    * Works with Maryland State Department of Education for all 
> large print, braille and online State Science, Biology and American 
> Government assessments, and PARCC administration. Additionally, 
> coordinates Vision Bias and Sensitivity reviews for Statewide 
> Testing with other states in the PARCC consortium to ensure access 
> and accommodations for students who are blind or visually impaired. 
> (Statewide Assessments)
>    * Serves as National Instructional Materials Access Center 
> (NIMAC) coordinator; state contact for questions, information, and 
> dissemination; designate/assign State Accessible Media Producers; 
> work with the National AIM Center at CAST regarding technical 
> assistance to improve AIM in Maryland.
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>(Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Coordinator for Maryland)
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>13. Coordinates Certification for teachers of the blind and visually 
>impaired work group meetings.
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>14. Supports the Division of Curriculum and Assessment (DCA) related 
>to all issues of accessibility; review Race to the Top projects; 
>review online credit-bearing classes. (Accessibility)
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>15.Facilitates the American Printing House for the Blind Federal 
>Quota Registration Program process for all blind students; 
>facilitate the federal deaf-blind census process for all students 
>with deaf-blindness. (Census Reporting)
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>16. Serves as grant coordinator for federal grants related to 
>services provided to deaf and blind students.
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>17. Understanding and use of assistive technology for students who 
>are blind or VI.
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>CONDITIONS:
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>Equipment Used: Computer, phone, fax machine.
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>Performance Standard: Must stay abreast of national issues 
>concerning the education of students who are blind/visually 
>impaired, have multiple disabilities and low incidence disabilities 
>and ensure effective coordination of statewide programs and 
>resources to serve these students.
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>Work Environment: Multiple indoor and outdoor environments with 
>varying sound, lighting and temperature conditions. May be exposed 
>to childhood and other communicable diseases when providing direct 
>care to students. This position requires regular travel within the State.
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>Work Schedule: 37 1/2 daytime hours, Monday through Friday with 
>daily one hour unpaid lunch; position requires regular travel within 
>the state; flextime and/or additional hours, including weekends and 
>evenings, are occasionally required. This is a twelve-month position 
>and will follow the State of Maryland employee schedule.
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>QUALIFICATIONS:
>    * Minimum requirement of a Master's Degree in special education 
> of blind or visually impaired students; Doctorate, preferred.
>    * Current certification as a Teacher of the Visually Impaired 
> and/or Orientation and Mobility required. Special education 
> administration or supervision certificate preferred.
>    * A minimum of four years of teaching experience with students 
> who are blind or visually impaired, including those who have 
> multiple disabilities is required. A minimum of 3 years 
> administration experience of programs for visually impaired 
> students is preferred.
>    * Comprehensive knowledge of assistive technology, common core 
> and the expanded core curriculum, best practices, legislation, 
> policy, regulations, professional standards, education, special 
> education trends, and statewide testing.
>    * Experience in school improvement initiatives, program 
> evaluation, staff development training, policy development, 
> research, professional publications preferred.
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