[NOBE-L] Vision requirements on job descriptions

[Jasmine Kotsay]

Hi,
No, I have not seen this. However, there is a school district closer to my home in California that actually states that a teacher needs to have a valid drivers license. This is outrageous, as are the vision things you listed. It’s not right! Total discrimination! I am both flabbergasted and angered by these descriptions that they are writing on applications! 

> On Jan 18, 2023, at 6:04 PM, Nikki Palm via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> This is strange and fascinating all at the same time. I have never seen this before.
> 
> Nikki Palm
> 
>> On Jan 18, 2023, at 5:12 PM, Chase Crispin via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I may be moving out east this summer and am beginning to look at teaching
>> opportunities in the Philadelphia/Wilmington area. I'm in my third year
>> teaching middle school music in Nebraska. I'm looking at a middle school
>> music position in Delaware and see the following written in the job duties:
>> "Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision,
>> distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and
>> ability to adjust focus."
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I was very surprised to see this. This seems to appear on all public school
>> jobs listed through the Delaware Education Consortium. They do also mention
>> accommodating people with disabilities, but this makes me nervous to apply
>> for jobs in that area. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Have any of you seen something like this before? Has it been a significant
>> barrier, and if so, how did you work around it? Here is a link to the
>> posting I mentioned.
>> https://www.applitrack.com/joindelawareschools/onlineapp/default.aspx?Catego
>> ry=Middle+School
>> <https://www.applitrack.com/joindelawareschools/onlineapp/default.aspx?Categ
>> ory=Middle+School&subcategory=Music+Teacher> &subcategory=Music+Teacher
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for any ideas you may be able to share. My plans are not finalized
>> yet, so I don't know for sure that I will end up in that area, but I want to
>> be prepared as our plans become more finalized.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Chase Crispin
>> 
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