Orientation & Mobility Specialist - Special Education

Work Schedule : 0.3 FTE Continuing Position - 180-day base contract per year (Schedule To Be Determined)

Reports To : Executive Director of Special Education

Salary : Per Marysville Education Association Negotiated Salary Schedule

Base & TRI Salary Schedule at

Account Code : 2119-26-2110-000-2000-0000-0

Job Summary :

This position shall facilitate services, evaluation, and consultation for those students with vision impairment who qualify (or may qualify) for IDEA Part B Special Education services.

Minimum Qualifications :

• Valid Washington State Teacher certificate with Special Education endorsement
• Previous experience working with students both as a Orientation & Mobility Specialist required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Basic Knowledge of IDEA Part C and IDEA Part B
• Experience and / or training with cultural, ethnic, and language diversity preferred

Essential Job Functions :

This list of essential job functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. Depending upon individual assignment, the employee may perform all or a combination of several of the following duties :

Desired Skills :

Work Environment :

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee is confined to a work area; required to have precise control of fingers and hand movements; experiences constant interruptions and inflexible deadlines; and must be able to stoop, crouch, crawl, bend, kneel, stand for periods of time, and lift in order to assist a student with personal care. The employee is required to deal with distraught and / or angry persons and is exposed to infectious diseases carried by children. The noise level in the work environment is acceptable to this particular environment and can vary depending upon daily activity but will remain within acceptable ranges.

Evaluation :

This position shall be evaluated periodically by the Executive Director of Special Education and / or assigns pursuant to the currently established district procedures and evaluation criteria. The process shall include an evaluation of the performance of the above essential job functions.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER (EOE)

Marysville School District complies with all federal and Washington State rules and regulations and will provide equal employment opportunity and treatment for all applicants and staff in recruitment, hiring, retention, assignment, transfer, promo, and training. Such equal employment opportunity will be provided without discrimination with respect to race, creed, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. The district will provide equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society.

The following Marysville School District employees / departments are designated to address questions and complaints of discrimination :

Discrimination and discriminatory harassment may be reported to the district employee / department listed above by phone at (360) 965-0000. You also have the right to file a written complaint. Address : 4220 80th Street NE, Marysville, WA 98270.

The Marysville School District is a drug- and tobacco-free workplace.

Classification History :

Job description developed May 2015.

Job description updated September 2023.