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<span style="font-size:21.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Vocational Rehabilitation Teacher<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Location:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> Des Moines, Iowa<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Salary Minimum:</span></strong> $48,672.00<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Salary Maximum:</span></strong> $74,131.20<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Post Close Date:</span></strong> November 19, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Job Description:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> This is a courtesy posting for a non-merit position. Please follow
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Iowa Department for the Blind (IDB) is seeking applicants for a position that will promote IDB’s mission, vision and values through providing blindness-skills training to vocational
rehabilitation clients throughout the state. A significant portion of this position will include teaching young adults.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Teach blindness skills, including but not limited to braille, cane travel, home and personal management, and basic technology usage, to vocational rehabilitation clients, individually and in groups,
including pre-employment transition services for clients and potentially eligible students.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provide regular written reports documenting training, and communicate regularly with vocational rehabilitation counselors regarding client progress and concerns.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provide reports documenting strengths, weaknesses and training recommendations to clients, counselors and IEP teams as appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Assist in developing and implementing group trainings for vocational rehabilitation clients and potentially eligible students such as transition weekend retreats.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Assist in developing assessments and training curricula for use with clients.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Assist in developing and provide training to service providers including paraprofessionals, in working with blind persons in a manner that supports skill development and fosters independence.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Essential functions of this position:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Communicate effectively in person, on the phone, and in writing with clients, counselors, and the public using proper English grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Read, write, and teach contracted braille.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Independently travel using the long white cane under sleep shades and teach skills to clients.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Promote a positive philosophy of blindness including that blind persons can be as proficient as their sighted counterparts<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience teaching blindness skills preferred.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">It is the policy of the Department for the Blind to conduct background checks on all finalist candidates prior to any offer of employment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">For further information, contact Helen Stevens, 515-829-7411 or
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:helen.stevens@blind.state.ia.us">helen.stevens@blind.state.ia.us</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To Apply:</span></strong> <a href="https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/iowa/jobs/2251727/vocational-rehabilitation-teacher?department%5B0%5D=131+Iowa+Department+for+the+Blind&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs&sort=PositionTitle%7CAscending&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#2E406B">Vocational Rehabilitation Teacher</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Positions in this class are exempt from the screening and referral requirements of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services – Human Resources Enterprise. Persons who wish to be
considered for this position must submit a resume and letter of application to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Helen Stevens<br>
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Iowa Department for the Blind<br>
524 4th Street<br>
Des Moines, IA 50309-2364<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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