Teacher Visually Impaired

Teacher Visually Impaired - 26-27 School Year

Educational Service Unit 13 ESU 13 Administration 1 - Scottsbluff, Nebraska Open in Google Maps

Job : 5522657

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Feb 03, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 4, 2026

Teacher of the Visually Impaired for the 26-27 School Year of work in the ESU 13 School Districts

Job Title: Teacher of the Visually Impaired

Department: Special Education

Education Level and Certification: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in education; at all times must possess a Nebraska Teaching Certificate with Visual Impairment Endorsement as required by NDE Rule 10 and all other certification and training as required or assigned.

Reports To: Director of Special Education or Designee

Terms of Employment: 185 days up to 191 days with summer services included / Schedule 4

• Regular, dependable attendance.
• Perform identified responsibilities and tasks.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with various stakeholders.
• Engage active listening and problem-solving skills.
• Manage own time and the time of others, as requested.
• Effectively communicate through both oral and written means.
• Maintain confidentiality of student and family information as required by NDE Rule 51 and Rule 52 and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

• Provide direct instruction and consultation/collaboration for blind or visually impaired students, as identified by the IFSP/IEP/504 plan.
• Perform assessments in order to qualify, gather data and develop programming and instruction in the areas of functional vision, learning media, and expanded core curriculum.
• Develop and implement goals and objectives for student IFSP/IEPs.
• Monitor student IFSP/IEP progress and collect data to determine attainment of goals and objectives.
• Document student progress and provide progress reports as required by student IFSP/IEPs.
• Participate in student 504, IFSP, IEP and MDT team meetings.
• Coordinate and collaborate with special education teachers, general education teachers, families, and related service providers regarding student needs.
• Prepare and adapt classroom materials for instructional use.
• Maintain proficiency in teaching, adapting, and preparing braille instruction including braille software and hardware.
• Obtain and utilize knowledge of assistive technology devices and instruction.
• Participate in professional development activities as related to professional duties and goals, including attending conferences and workshops, regional offerings, and online webinars.
• Participate in training and fidelity measurements as required by the NE Dept of Education, including routines-based early intervention.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Special Education.

• Inside heated/air-conditioned classrooms
• Regular travel required with clean driving record and valid drivers license

FLSA Status: Exempt. Professional exemption:
The employee has a primary duty of performing work requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction and student or has a primary duty of teaching, tutoring, instructing, or lecturing in the activity of imparting knowledge and is employed and engaged in this activity.

Essential Functions: The essential functions of the Teacher of the Visually Impaired position include: (1) regular, dependable in-person attendance on the job; (2) the ability to perform the identified tasks and to possess and utilize the identified knowledge, skills, and abilities and to perform the identified work activities; and, (3) the ability to perform…