[rehab] FW: [MN.BVI] Job Announcement: Blind / Visually Impaired Licensed Teacher, Part-Time (0.8 FTE) - Intermediate School District 917

[Dick Davis]

*From:* KLEIN, LORI via MN.BVI [mailto:mn.bvi at mailmanlists.us]
*Sent:* Monday, February 13, 2017 11:33 AM
*To:* BVI List
*Subject:* [MN.BVI] Job Announcement: Blind / Visually Impaired Licensed
Teacher, Part-Time (0.8 FTE) - Intermediate School District 917



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Intermediate School District 917 has a vacancy for your consideration.
Please find the details below.


*Blind / Visually Impaired Licensed Teacher, Part-Time (0.8 FTE)*

*Apply Online*
<https://www.applitrack.com/isd917/OnlineApp/JobPostings/View.asp?AppliTrackJobId=714>

Category: *Special Education/Visually Impaired*
Date Posted: *2/13/2017*
Location: *Various Dakota County locations*
Date of Availability: *08/24/2017*


*INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 917*
*POSITION OPENING*


*Date Posted*: February 13, 2017

*Position Title*: Teacher of the Blind / Visually Impaired, Part-Time (0.8
FTE)

*Assignment Location*: Various Dakota County, MN locations

*Anticipated Start Date*: August 24, 2017

*Contract Length*: 2017-2018 school year, continuing contract

*Salary:* Per contract

*RESPONSIBILITIES:*

   1. Provide direct and consultative educational services to students with
   visual impairments in home, general and special education settings in local
   district schools, birth through age 21
   2. Conduct vision assessments and develop and implement individual
   educational plans (IEPs) in accordance with due process and district
   practice and child study procedures
   3. Work cooperatively with local district educational teams to develop
   and implement students' educational programs
   4. Comply with School Board policies and administrative practices,
   including procedures outlined in the Special Education Staff and
   Parent/Guardian Handbooks

*QUALIFICATIONS:*

   1. Minnesota Dept. of Ed. Blind/Visually Impaired Teaching License
   2. Proficiency in Braille required
   3. Experience teaching blind and visually impaired learners birth to 21
   in a variety of educational settings.
   4. Skills at conducting evaluations and developing IEPs, and
   communicating with parents and interdisciplinary team members.
   5. Skills in communicating with parents and interdisciplinary team
   members
   6. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds of weight, tolerate sudden jarring
   movement, and tolerate frequent bending and lifting
   7. Valid driver's license and ability to provide travel for self between
   locations

*FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:* Kitri Larson Kyllo
at 952.707.3091


*DISTRICT PROFILE*:

Intermediate School District 917 serves the low incidence needs of students
receiving special education services from our member school districts
<http://www.isd917.k12.mn.us/about/our_member_districts> in the
southeastern metropolitan area.  Students are referred to us by member
school districts. Our programs and services include comprehensive options
and efficient special education services that expand on what member
districts may be able to offer students in their own schools. Programs
provide special education and related service support to students from
early childhood through age 21 in a variety of different, specialized
settings for students with emotional/behavioral disorders, autism spectrum
disorders, developmental and cognitive disabilities, mental health needs,
those who are deaf and hard of hearing, and learning disabilities.

In our highly-structured and specialized educational environments, you will
encounter:

   - Classrooms of 4-8 students supported by a teacher and 3-6 trained
   paraprofessionals.
   - Behavior support teams, including board certified behavior analysts.
   - Lead teachers to support due process and curriculum development.
   - Collaborative teams, which can include: audiologists, interveners,
   interpreters, teachers, paraprofessionals, developmental adaptive physical
   education teachers, occupational therapists, physical therapists, school
   psychologists, school nurses, health associates, school social workers, and
   speech language pathologists.
   - Functional spaces, which can include: individualized work spaces for
   each student, group instruction areas, sensory spaces, break spaces,
   playground/gym/area for gross motor movement, and safety features for staff
   and students.


District 917 also provides students from member districts a secondary
education program, including Dakota County Area Learning Schools, which
provide alternative learning programming both in-person and online to
students in need of a positive, safe, and structured learning environment
outside their resident high school, and Dakota County Secondary Technical
Center, which provides technical education for high school students in 10th,
11th, and 12th grade.

*Application Procedure*: Can be completed at
https://www.applitrack.com/isd917/onlineapp/
<https://www.applitrack.com/isd917/onlineapp/default.aspx>

*District 917’s Website*: http://www.isd917.k12.mn.us/

To apply, please contact: lauren.kelly at isd917.k12.mn.us

*Intermediate School District 917 is an equal opportunity employer*





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