259532 Specialist Teacher (Vision Impairment)

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This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

• Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

New Zealand

• Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

• Supports and promotes inclusion and equitable access, participation, and engagement of vision impaired students in education and learning
• Works in a multidisciplinary team with students, parents, and carers, teachers, school learning and support staff, eye health and allied health professionals, and other stakeholders
• Supports teachers to develop learning plans, and provides reasonable adjustments to the curriculum, teaching, and learning strategies, assessment, educational materials, and the learning environment for vision impaired students
• Supports student acquisition of vision-specific skills, including skills in compensatory access to information, communication and literacy, sensory efficiency, technology, orientation and mobility, independent living, social interaction, recreation and leisure, career education, and self-determination
• Provides information and professional learning for school staff on evidence-based best practices in education for students with blindness and low vision
• Supports school staff in interpreting assessments and recommendations for clinical and functional eye health, literacy and learning media, and optical and assistive technology for learning
• Facilitates the timely provision of textbooks and instructional materials in alternative formats, including braille, large print, and digital/audio
• Contributes to school documentation of vision impaired student information