Orientation and Mobility Specialist

4 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Toronto District School Board Full time

No.: CUPE C-23-0101UE
POSTED: April 4, 2023

DEADLINE: 4:30 p.m. April 20, 2023
**_______
**Orientation and Mobility Specialist**
1 - Permanent Position

**Special Education and Inclusion**
**CUPE Local 4400, Unit C - Grade M (School Year plus 2 weeks)**

**$35.44 per hour
**The Toronto District School Board adheres to equitable hiring, employment and promotion practices.**
- Reporting to the Centrally Assigned Principal, under the professional guidance of the Coordinator, _
- the Orientation and Mobility Specialist is responsible for instructing travel skills to children who are _
- visually impaired, including the use of canes, dog guides, sophisticated electronic traveling aids, as _
- well as the sighted guide technique. Orientation and Mobility Specialists instruct children how to _
- move from one place to another safely and independently. They also instruct children to orient _
- themselves to their surroundings—they provide the skills and knowledge base to determine one’s _
- distance and direction relative to things observed, heard, or remembered in one’s surroundings and _
- the ability to keep track of these spatial relationships as they change during locomotion. _

**Summary of Duties**:
Provide instruction (on a 1:1 basis) to student with a visual impairment, including those students

with additional special needs to navigate as is possible with in the school and/or community
setting. This may include pre-cane/adapted cane skills, white cane skills, sighted guide, spatial
and sensory skills;
Provide instruction in the use of electronic travel aids;
Consult with school personnel (i.e., teachers, administrators, assistants), parents, outside

agencies, Blind/Low Vision Program colleagues concerning issues regarding accessibility needs to
assist blind and visually impaired students;
Document student progress and prepare related reports;
Prepare instructional materials into braille, tactile format (raised line maps, diagrams), and

enlarged print; and
Other duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**:
Two year college diploma in related field and current certification by The Association for Education

and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AERBVI) plus two years of experience
instructing visually impaired students to navigate independently, or an equivalent combination of
education and experience;
Prior related experience working in a school setting with students ages 3 to 21 is preferred;
Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team;
Working knowledge and/or certification in braille;
Able to communicate in a sensitive, courteous manner with students, parents, staff and the general

public;
Strong communication and organisational skills; and
Understanding of and commitment to confidentiality.**
**Special Requirements**:
Must be able to spend most of shift walking/standing to assist students navigating at school and/or

in the community;
Must provide personal vehicle to travel across TDSB; and
Requires frequent travel.

**Location**:Will be based out of Yorkdale Secondary School, 38 Orfus Road (not wheelchair
accessible) but will be required to work across the city according to student needs.

**Hours**: 35 hours per week. Incumbents must be available to work weekdays and evenings.
Majority of hours for scheduled weekdays but some hours may be scheduled late
afternoons, evenings in order to meet student needs.

**Work Year**: School Year plus two weeks**
**Please note**:
Applications **must **be submitted:
Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Applications will not be acknowledged in writing.

**_We strive to meet the accommodation needs of persons with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged _

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