Teacher Visually Impaired Special Education Services

Job Class: Teacher of the Visually Impaired, 0779

Salary Range: $79,468 - $131,654/annually

Length of Appointment:  SY

Calendar: School Term

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh largest school district in California, serving more than 50,000 students who speak more than 44 documented languages across 130 schools in the city of San Francisco every year. We aim for every student who attends SFUSD schools to discover his or her spark, along with a strong sense of self and purpose, and that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career, and equipped with the skills, capacities and dispositions outlined in SFUSD’s Graduate Profile.

Every day in our quest to achieve this mission we provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21st century.

The SFUSD community is unified by our Core Values:

• Student-centered:
  We put students’ needs first
• Fearless:
  We persist through challenges
• United:
  We celebrate and build on each other’s strengths
• Social Justice:
  We stand with those most vulnerable in our community
• Diversity-driven:
  We respect and seek to understand each person

We are also inspired by Vision, Values and Guardrails which captures our aspirations and vision for the future of public education in San Francisco. Alongside the District’s strategic plan. SFUSD is reimagining how public education will change over the next decade to meet the dynamic future of San Francisco. As a CORE district, SFUSD is also a leader in critical systems change for more comprehensive school accountability and innovations that help strengthen the instructional core, which is the foundation of our strategic plan and Vision 2025.

We want talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who are committed to and will champion our Core Values, are inspired by our mission steeped in equity, and who are motivated to unleash our children’s potential. We want people who are strong collaborators, skilled communicators, problem solvers and who are comfortable in a community of continuous learning.

The teacher of the visually impaired is primarily responsible for specialized instruction and services required to meet the unique educational needs of the visually impaired children/student 3 through 21 years of age.

• Assists the student, parents, special and general education personnel, and sighted peers in:
• • Understanding the unique educational needs and learning characteristics of visually impaired students
  • Becoming aware of services and support available from local, regional, and statewide programs for visually impaired students
• Acquires information regarding local, state, and national resources in the education of visually impaired students
• • Interpreting the visually impaired student’s specific eye condition, the educational implications of the visual impairment, and the results of functional vision assessments to all staff and the student’s family
• Confers regularly with the classroom teacher, other general and special education personnel, parents, and others to coordinate programs and services for the student with a visual impairment
• Assists the site administrator and teachers in making environmental adjustments for the students in the school situation and in the improvement of practices and procedures
• Shares responsibility with classroom teachers in the identification of instructional areas in which the student requires assistance
• Takes responsibility for selecting and obtaining large type, recorded, or Braille textbooks, supplementary materials, educational aids, and equipment needed by the visually impaired student and the classroom teacher…