Brailist - Certified

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Job Posting Title:

Brailist - Certified

    

Job Description:

Modifies materials to enhance instruction as requested by the Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments and works directly with students with visual impairments including blindness. An example would be producing materials that require formatting such as textbooks. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community and school clientele.

    

Position Specific Information (if Applicable):

    

Responsibilities:

--- Help ensure the safety of students with visual impairments.

--- Assist with instruction of students under the direction of a certified teacher in a classroom setting, one-on-one, or in small groups.

--- Collaborate and consult with the special education teacher in planning, scheduling, and coordination of daily and/or long range activities in accordance with the IEP.

--- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

--- Prepare adapted material in a timely fashion as needed by students with visual impairments including blindness and Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments.

--- Prepare materials that require special formatting such as textbooks that are not readily available, consumable workbooks, testing materials, and individual worksheets.

--- Prepare adapted materials using a variety of techniques, including tactile graphics, maps, and Braille.

--- Participation in professional development opportunities to advance Braille skills.

    

Certifications:

Colorado Braille Competency - Colorado Department of Education (CDE), Literary Braille Transcribing - National Library of Congress

    

Education:

High School or Equivalent (Required)

    

Skills:

Position Type:

Regular

    

Primary Location:

Variable Location Employee - SPED

    

One Year Only (Yes or No):

No

 

Scheduled Hours Per Week:

40

 

FTE:

1.00

    

Approx Scheduled Days Per Year:

185 Work Days

• (260 days indicates a year-round position.  Time off [or Off-Track Days] are then granted based on the position.  Any exceptions to the normal off-track time will be noted in the Additional Position Details section above, as scheduled work days.)

   

Minimum Hire Rate:

$23.74 USD Hourly

   

Maximum Hire Rate:

$30.79 USD Hourly

   

Full Salary Range:

$23.74 USD - $37.83 USD Hourly

• All salary amounts listed above are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.

   

Benefits:

This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.

Time Off Plans:

This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.

This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past:

December 22, 2026