Minimum Qualifications

• Collegiate professional with endorsement in special education visual impairment.
• Tuberculin Skin Test certifying that the individual is free of contagious tuberculosis.
• Eligible for, or in possession of, appropriate Virginia teaching license.
• Transcription of student materials as well as continuous walking, carrying, bending, sitting, standing, stooping, lifting, and driving.
• Work involves risk, at times, from interaction with special needs students, which may include accompanying emotional or physical impairments requiring special techniques.
• Must use universal precautions at avoiding contagious disease. ? Employee in this position must display a great deal of flexibility, creativity, and initiative. 

Nature of Position

• Considerable knowledge of the implications of visual impairments asthey relate to the growth, development, and education of students with visual impairments.
• Communicates effectively both orally and in written form.
• Considerable knowledge of the rules and principles of literary and braille codes with the ability to instruct and transcribe materials in each code.
• Knowledge of the function and use of assistive, accommodative devices for use by the students with visual impairments.
• Exhibits a working knowledge of State and Federal regulations and guidelines.
• Ability to accurately measure, observe, report, and record learning progress of students.
• Ability to coordinate and implement an itinerant caseload serving students with visual impairments.
• Knowledge of basic orientation and mobility techniques used with visually impaired persons.
• Knowledge of functional low vision and low vision aids prescribed for use by students with visual impairments.

The mission of Norfolk Public Schools, the cornerstone of a proudly diverse community, is to ensure that all students maximize their academic potential, develop skills for lifelong learning and are successful contributors to a global society, as distinguished by:

- Courageous advocacy for all students

- Family and community investment

- Data-driven personalized learning

- Strong and effective leadership teams

- Shared responsibility for teaching and learning

- Access to rigorous and rewarding college and career readiness opportunities