Teacher Consultant - Blind Low Vision

Pending Board Approval

The WISD's Mission is to educate, serve, and advocate with students, families, schools and the community. We disrupt racial inequities, build just educational systems, and expand access for all learners. We value human potential while striving to support current and future generations of Washtenaw County to enrich as many lives as we possibly can.

The WISD’s Vision is to be a leader in empowering, facilitating, and delivering high-quality, boundary-spanning, educational system that educates all children through an equitable, inclusive, and holistic approach.

The Teacher Consultant evaluates plans and implements services for students with visual impairments within the education/community setting. The Teacher Consultant works with and instructs classroom staff, related services staff, and parents in the implementation of programming.

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, social justice, and inclusion in all practices and position responsibilities.
• Demonstrates the ability to examine how his/her/their position (directly or indirectly) impacts educational inequities in student achievement outcomes.
• Engages in reflection and ongoing learning and development on critical concepts and terms identified in the Washtenaw ISD Educational Equity Policy including concepts such as cultural proficiency, racial equity, and systemic and structural inequities.
• Teaches Braille to students and staff.
• Assists in evaluating supports for students.
• Utilizes and is able to teach appropriate technologies to accomplish instructional objectives.
• Collaborates with local district building administration, instructional staff, medical staff, and other agencies to integrate students into the community, with emphasis on involving families, adapting curriculum, facilitating natural supports, and focusing instruction on long-term outcomes.
• Facilitates in‑services and other staff development activities which enable staff to develop attitudes and skills associated with current concepts in education.
• Conducts classroom/student observation and follow up meetings with staff.
• Maintains communication with the local district and WISD staff regarding assigned students.
• Maintains case logs of contacts and data collection.
• Attends and participates in IEP and MET meetings for students as well as team meetings.
• Assists teachers with understanding the nature of a child’s visual impairment.
• Assists in locating, modifying accommodating materials when requested.
• Provides consultation and demonstrates teaching techniques with instructional teams for educating and supporting students with visual impairments.
• Provides materials and consultant services to the parents and educational staff so they may better understand and appreciate the nature and degree of the impairment.
• Provides specialized instruction in areas where necessary.
• Performs informal and formal assessments related to disability, when appropriate.
• Assists in evaluating supports for students.
• Participates in district level staff meetings, in‑service activities, staff development/special programs, school improvement teams and planning committees as appropriate to the assignment.
• Supports WISD vision and mission to enhance achievement for all students.
• Supports a team‑based approach to problem solving.
• Performs such other tasks as may from time to time be assigned by the supervisor.
• Maintains regular predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations shall be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Master’s degree in education or field of study related to Special Education – (Required per MARSE R 340.1790).
• Master’s degree with Visual Impairment endorsement (Preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree with a major in a specific special education area or has earned credit in course…