Itinerant Certified TVI, Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist

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🕒 May 26

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

💵 $55.5k - $96k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

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Overbrook School for the Blind

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1832

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Education • Non-profit

Overbrook School for the Blind is a nonprofit educational institution in Philadelphia that provides specialized education and services for individuals with visual impairments, including those with additional challenges. It offers early intervention (birth–5), school-age and transition programs (K–21), itinerant outreach, therapies (OT, PT, speech, orientation & mobility), a low-vision clinic, vocational training, and student life activities to foster independence and inclusion. The school also engages in community outreach, international programming, and fundraising to support its mission.

📋 Description

• Provide orientation and mobility instructional services for blind, visually impaired or multiple disability students. • Train visually impaired students to make maximum safe travel and develop functional independence in various environments. • Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team to provide individual educational and pre-vocational programs for students. • Assess individual needs of each student in all areas of independent daily living to establish realistic and appropriate goals and objectives. • Design and implement programs for each student’s individual education plan (IEP). • Evaluate and report on the progress of each student, attend scheduled staff meetings and IEPs, and confer effectively with parents. • Assist each student to develop maximum safe travel potential and functional independence.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelors’ degree • ACVREP Certification as an Orientation and Mobility Instructor • Ability to complete and maintain First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and Crisis Prevention and Physical Intervention (CPPI) Certifications • Master’s degree (preference) • Two years’ experience as a TVI teaching students with visual impairments who may also have additional disabilities • Valid driver’s license and willingness to drive school vehicles including chair cars

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance • Wellness programs available. • Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) • Flexible Spending Accounts • Employer-Paid Life & Long-Term Disability Insurance • 401(k) Plan with employer match • Education Benefits: Tuition reimbursement day one • Paid Time Off • Employee Recognition Programs • EAP, legal services • Referral bonuses • Credit union access • Pre-tax MBTA passes and more!