SYOrientation and Mobility

Savannah-Chatham County Public School System EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN - Savannah, Georgia

Job : 5795468

Final date to receive applications: Jul 06, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Posted: Jun 22, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Title: Orientation and Mobility Specialist

Nature of Position:

This position is responsible for that part of the educational process that prepares the blind student to travel independently in their home, school, and community environments. The O&M specialist provides direct and/or consultative special education services relating to vision loss to an array of students including infants, students with low vision and/or multiple impairments.

Reports To

Title:

Program Manager Education

• 1) Assessment and Evaluation: Perform orientation and mobility evaluations that focus on long and short-term needs of the student on new referrals and on three-year re-evaluations.
  • Include in the assessment report the needs and strengths of the student and an estimate of the length and frequency of service necessary to meet identified needs.
  • Contribute to other appropriate portions of the Individualized Education Plans (IEP), such as goals and recommendations.
  • Provide consultation and support services to parents, regular and special education teachers, other school personnel, and students' sighted peers.
  • Confer regularly with parents, classroom teachers, physical education teachers, physical therapists, and other school personnel to assist in home and classroom modifications to ensure reinforcement of appropriate O&M skills that will encourage the visually impaired student to travel independently in these settings.
  • Work with the teacher of visually impaired students to conduct the functional vision assessment as it relates to independent travel.
  • Evaluate the student's progress on an ongoing basis and keep progress notes on each student.
• 2) Appropriate Learning Environments: Instruct students with visual impairments in skills and knowledge that enable them to travel independently based on the IEP.
  • Teach visually impaired students to travel with proficiency, safety, and confidence in familiar and unfamiliar environments.
  • Prepare sequential and meaningful instruction geared to the students' assessed needs, IEP/IFSP goals and objectives, functioning level, and motivation level.
  • Be responsible for the student's safety during O&M instruction and in other environments while fostering maximum independence during O&M lessons.
  • Prepare and use equipment and materials such as tactile maps, models, distance low vision devices, adaptive mobility devices, and long canes for the development of O&M skills.
  • Provide orientation of new school buildings and new class schedules to students with visual impairments as needed.
• 3) Direct Instruction in the Unique Curriculum:
  • Concept development
  • Gross motor skills
  • Visual efficiency skills (with and without low vision devices)
  • Pre-cane skills
  • Cane skills
  • Map skills
  • Outdoor
  • Residential
  • Semi-business
  • Business
• 4) Support Services:
  • Provide assistance to the students with visual impairments in understanding their attitudes and those of others concerning their visual impairments.
  • Emphasize social integration with peers and provide opportunities for interaction.
• 5) Administrative/Record Keeping Duties:
  • Submit requests for instructional materials, conferences and reference materials.
  • Be knowledgeable of community-based resources that may be available to the visually impaired student.
  • Provide in-service training to regular and special education personnel, administrative personnel, sighted peers, and parents concerning the O&M needs of the student and appropriate methods for interacting with the visually impaired student so as to foster maximum independence and safety.
  • Participate in parent conferences and meetings as well as teacher staffing regarding the visually impaired student.
  • Maintain adequate records on all assessment, IEPs, and progress reports.
  • Prepare and present progress reports to parents.
  • Arrange and prepare paperwork as appropriate and attend all ARDs on students with visual impairments as they relate to O&M.
  • Communicate with specialists in…