Education Support Specialist - #bvi00067

Education Support Specialist

Join a mission-driven team dedicated to empowering Virginia's children who are blind, vision-impaired, or deafblind to thrive in school and daily life. We're seeking an Education Support Specialist who is passionate about supporting families, educators, and students through high-impact educational services and resources.

The Division of Services will provide a quality program of individualized rehabilitation services, educational consultation, technical assistance, and instruction that will empower eligible individuals to achieve their desired levels of independence consistent with their abilities and informed choices. We are seeking an Education Support Specialist to assist the Education Services program to ensure that Virginia's infants, toddlers, and children who are blind, vision impaired or deafblind receive the services and materials that they need in order to participate and progress in developmental, educational, and extracurricular activities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience working with students in an educational setting for at least two years.
• Experience in working with professionals inputting and analyzing data.
• Successfully complete Virginia's Early Intervention Module Regarding the Overview Mission and Key Principles of Early Intervention and receives the Early Intervention Certificate for this Module. (The module will be completed within the first six months of employment.)
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Individualized Education Program (IEP).
• Demonstrated knowledge of adapted materials and equipment for students with visual impairments, blindness and deaf blindness.
• Demonstrated knowledge of resources available for families and teachers of students with visual impairments, blindness and deaf blindness.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Education visual impairment guidelines and the role of Teachers of the Visually Impaired and collaboration with Education Coordinators.

Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to use AWARE to update student information, run reports, and assist Education Coordinators with cases in inactive status in the AWARE system.
• Demonstrated ability to provide resources and information to parents, teachers of the visually impaired, school systems and vendors as they relate to students with visual impairments, blindness or deaf blindness.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and within a team environment, develop collaborative relationships with teachers, Education Coordinators, and families.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize and plan work, manage time effectively, and communicate effectively with Education Coordinators. teachers and parents.
• Weekly contact and meetings with Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Families to assist with updating information in the AWARE system

Other duties and/or special projects as assigned. Completes duties and/or projects as needed or directed by supervisor.