Teacher, Special Education - Visually Impaired Eligibility Pool

The Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) is the fourth-largest school district in California located in southern Sacramento County. EGUSD covers 320 square miles and includes 62 traditional public schools, five alternative education schools, an adult school, one charter school and a virtual academy. Offering a multitude of educational programs, including over 60 career-themed academies and pathways within 13 industry sectors, we prepare our students for college and career by supporting them with the means to be creative problem solvers;

self-aware, self-reliant, and self-disciplined; technically literate; effective communicators and collaborators; and engaged in the community as individuals with integrity. We integrate rigorous academics with career-based learning and real world workplace experiences and ensure that Every Student is Learning, in Every Classroom, in Every Subject, Every Day to Prepare College, Career and Life Ready Graduates.

Under the direction of a site administrator or the Director-Special Education & SELPA, provide instruction, assessment and program planning for special education students with blindness, visual impairment, and deaf-blindness; monitor and evaluate student progress and behavior; research, obtain and provide instructional materials for special education services; serve as an informational resource for students, parents, District personnel and community organizations.

• Provide instruction, assessment and program planning for special education students with blindness, visual impairment, and deaf-blindness; participate in preparing Individual Education Plan goals and objectives for eligible students; suggest alternate resources, programs or interventions for ineligible students.
• Monitor and evaluate progress and behavior of eligible special education students; oversee short-term student instruction for ineligible students; prepare report card grades as appropriate.
• Research, obtain and provide instructional materials for special education services.
• Serve as an informational resource for students, parents, District personnel and community organizations; respond to inquiries and provide information, recommendations and interpretation of student records.
• Receive and respond to referrals from faculty, psychologists, parents, administrators, physicians and other personnel; provide screening and academic assessment for special education students referred by the Student Study Team and other referring groups; interpret assessment results for team members; write behavior support plans.
• Prepare and maintain a variety of records and reports related to assigned activities and student progress and behavior; retrieve official records for parents and District personnel as requested.
• Coordinate and conduct various team meetings and implement team recommendations as assigned.
• Train and provide work direction and guidance to assigned personnel; organize and conduct in-services for parents or staff as directed.
• Operate a variety of office and classroom equipment including a computer and assigned software.
• Monitor expenditures as appropriate.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

• Practices and procedures of instruction, assessment and program planning for special education students with blindness, visual impairment, and deaf-blindness.
• Basic subjects taught in District schools including mathematics, reading, writing, language arts and spelling.
• Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary.
• Child guidance principles and practices related to children with special education needs.
• Classroom procedures and appropriate student conduct.
• Problems and concerns of students with special needs.
• Applicable laws, codes, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Research methods.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.
• Record-keeping and report preparation techniques.
• Operation of standard office and classroom equipment including a computer and assigned software.

• Provide instruction, assessment and program planning for special education students with blindness, visual impairment, and deaf-blindness.
• Monitor and evaluate student progress and behavior.
• Research, obtain and provide instructional materials for special education services.
• Serve as an informational resource for students,…