Teacher - Special Education: Visually Impaired

Teacher
- Special

Education:

Visually Impaired

Starting Date: Aug 1, 2026

Contract/Salary: Teacher Salary Schedule 179/183 days

Reports To: Building Principal

Position Summary: To help students learn subject matter and/or skills that will contribute to their development as mature, able and responsible members of society.

• Valid Missouri Teaching Certification K-12:
  Blind and Partially Sighted required.
• Valid ACVREP Certification for Orientation and Mobility Specialist, preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with personnel, students, and patrons in individual and group settings.
• Knowledge of informal and formal assessment procedures and curriculum standards.
• Ability to work effectively with students with autism.
• Ability to develop quality, compliant IEPs.

• Meet and instruct assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated.
• Develop and maintain a classroom environment conducive to effective learning within the limits of the resources provided by the district.
• Prepare for classes assigned, and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate superiors.
• Assist the administration in implementing all policies and/or rules governing student life and conduct, and for the classroom develop reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure, and maintain order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.
• Encourage students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
• Guide the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and in harmony with the goals: establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects and the like to communicate these objectives to students.
• Employ instructional methods and materials that are most appropriate for meeting stated objectives.
• Strive to implement by instruction and action the district's philosophy of education, curriculum, instructional goals and objectives.
• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Assesses the progress of students on a regular basis and provides progress reports as required.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation.
• Assists in upholding and enforcing school rules, administrative regulations, and Board policy.
• Make provision for being available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested under reasonable terms.
• Attend faculty meetings and serve on staff committees as required.
• Cooperate with other members of the staff in planning instructional goals, objectives, and methods.
• Assist in the selection of books, equipment, and other instructional materials.
• Accept a share of responsibility for co‑curricular activities as assigned.
• Establish and maintain open lines of communication with students and their parents concerning both the broad academic and behavioral progress of all assigned students.
• Establish and maintain cooperative relations with others.
• Provide for own professional growth through an ongoing program of reading, workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced coursework at institutions of higher learning.
• Counsel with colleagues, students, and/or parents on a regular basis.
• Other duties as assigned by the building principal.

The Fox C‑6 School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

• Samantha Muehlenbeck, Director of Special Services
  - Elementary
• Central Office, Arnold, MO 63010
• Phone:
• Email: muehlenbecks