O&M - Madison, WI
24-25 - Doyle - Orientation and Mobility Specialist Teacher - 1.0 FTE (40 hpw)
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Student Services
Doyle Administration Building
Minimum Annual Compensation: $50,661
MMSD is seeking highly motivated and energetic teacher applicants for openings for the 2024-2025 school year.
Becoming a Model School District
The Madison Metropolitan School District is committed to being anti-racist, culturally responsive, and inclusive. We have a simple but bold vision — to ensure that every school is a thriving school, fostering the growth of every student so they graduate from high school ready for college, career and community.
Our strategy is captured in our strategic framework, and centers on three major goals: that all children achieve academically, that our schools are places where children and adults thrive, and that our Black youth excel at school. To achieve this vision, we seek to retain staff in all positions, who are committed to being anti-racist, culturally responsive, and inclusive. Staff who will actively contribute to our ongoing commitment to making MMSD a thriving, welcoming environment for all students, families and staff.
We firmly believe and are here to create a work environment that is challenging and rewarding, while supporting you in your career path. We aim to foster, cultivate, and retain a skilled workforce that supports and mirrors the diversity of our student population.
We know this vision doesn't come to life without dynamic leaders in every school. For more information on our teacher screening and selection process, please visit our TEACH Madison webpage.
About Our District
The Madison Metropolitan School District is the second largest school district in Wisconsin. The district serves a beautifully diverse population of more than 27,000 students. More than half are students of color. Almost half come from low income households. Nearly one third are English Language Learners, and more than 100 languages are represented in our schools. Madison schools are committed to making this district a place where every child thrives.
Purpose of Position:
Orientation & Mobility Specialists (O&M Specialist) are an integral part of a team of educators, family, and others that supports students who experience a range of vision loss. The primary role of the O&M Specialist is teaching specialized skills to students who are visually impaired, with or without other disabilities, that facilitate their access to and travel within educational and community environments.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Assess functional independent travel skills and abilities of students who are or are suspected of having a vision impairment, following the professional guidelines of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Provide written reports to and participate collaboratively in Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and/or Section 504 meetings to establish eligibility, determine disability-related needs, develop IEP goals, and establish the need for special education and related services, accommodations and/or modifications.
Provide orientation and mobility instruction and consult services as described in the IEP or 504 Plan of students assigned to caseload.
Work as a team with regular and special educators to ensure that Supplemental Aids & Services and Program Modifications are provided to students.
Train SEA’s and other staff to support students’ orientation & mobility needs in educational environments.
Procure materials and equipment needed to meet individual student needs for orientation & mobility within the environments necessary for the student to access instruction.
Progress monitor students’ development toward IEP goal attainment and, in collaboration with other team members, adjust services as needed to ensure progress toward goals.
Support students, families and staff to effectively use Assistive Technology and adapted instructional technology. Monitor the use of and working condition of AT and troubleshoot and correct challenges.
Collaborate with classroom teachers and other educators to optimize orientation and mobility for students with VI in the educational setting.
Facilitate practices that promote inclusion across school environments and design instruction to develop student independence toward college and career readiness.
Support students and families to locate outside resources that provide services to people who have vision impairments as needed across the age span of preschool through post-secondary.
Build classroom and school culture through the reinforcement of social emotional learning skills, behavioral expectations and practice of pro-active engagement strategies with all students.
Promote the continual improvement of the Vision Department’s capacity to serve students and families by engaging in professional activities that enhance personal professional development.
Complete all necessary documentation and paperwork, including (but not limited to) IEP’s, Evaluation Reports, Quarterly Progress Updates and 504 Plans.
Employees with disabilities must meet qualification standards that are job-related and consistent with business necessity and must be able to perform the “essential functions” of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited program for Orientation & Mobility Specialists.
Current Department of Public Instruction (DPI) License as Orientation & Mobility Specialist.
In addition to the content specific skills necessary to carry out required job duties and responsibilities, MMSD O&M Specialists will have the following competencies:
Cultural competence to work effectively with all students and families in MMSD.
Strong equity vision for all students in MMSD.
Excellent collaborative and engagement skills to work with teams of people that include both school staff, students and families, and outside agency personnel.
Exceptional organizational skills, ability to prioritize job duties and maximize time efficiency.
Ability to understand and use data-based decision making.
Length of Work:
192 Days.
Working Conditions:
Will have considerable travel among MMSD schools in all weather conditions.
May require some flex time outside of normal contract hours.
Physical Requirements:
Must be able to travel substantially throughout the Madison Metropolitan Area.
Work requires ambulatory movement, lifting up to 50-lbs. unassisted, climbing, bending, reaching, and kneeling.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree Official transcripts are required for formal employment.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) teaching license relevant to position.
Applications are considered on a rolling basis. MMSD will consider applicants who are fully licensed before considering applicants who are not yet licensed.
If you do not already have an active Wisconsin teaching license, you must obtain and maintain the necessary license(s) for the position. An application must be on file within 30 days of starting your employment with MMSD. Failure to do so will result in your contract being voided.
The district does not provide financial support for the continued education that is required to achieve the certification. The district does not select or endorse any particular certification program that leads to the required Wisconsin teaching license. An unlicensed candidate can be considered, but they must be hired by a school district in order to apply for a One-Year License with Stipulations with DPI.
For more information about the One Year with Stipulations licensing process: https://dpi.wi.gov/tepdl/licensing/types/license-with-stipulations
To search DPI-approved certification programs: https://dpi.wi.gov/licensing/pathways-licensure
Next Steps:
If you have self-identified as a bilingual fluency in Spanish and/or Hmong you may be invited to complete language proficiency testing if you have not yet completed one. This can include a verbal, written, and reading assessment.
Based on reviewing your application, a principal/hiring manager may reach out to you to schedule an interview.
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