EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT – BRAILLE
(Colquitz Middle School)
The Greater Victoria School District provides public educational services to over 20,000 students in the Greater Victoria Area, encompassing six municipalities. To provide this service, the District has a current operating budget of $190 million and employs approximately 3,000 staff; which includes, teachers, principals and vice-principals, support staff, psychologists, speech and language pathologists and exempt managerial staff.
The Greater Victoria School District is looking to hire an Educational Assistant – Braille for September2018. This position provides assistance to visually impaired students by transcribing and interpreting educational material from print or oral to Braille and/or tactile diagrams and from Braille to print or oral and providing interpretation services as necessary. Along with these tasks, the job involves promoting and fostering the inclusion of these school students within the classroom and school setting.
We are seeking someone who has successfully completed a Community Support Worker or an Educational Assistant Program certificate or equivalent post secondary courses in child or adolescent development, or behaviour management, and has completed the CNIB Braille Transcriber’s Certificate course and holds a CNIB Nemeth Braille Transcriber’s Certificate.
Candidates must have experience successfully using assistive technology in the production of Braille and tactile graphics, such as JAWS, Magic, WindowEyes, Open Book and Scientific Notebook. In addition, the successful candidate must be able to provide clarification of instructional concepts of students by describing lessons, videos, visual material and providing models or tactile graphics.
This is a 10 month, 30 hour per week, CUPE 947 position with the hourly rate of pay being $26.09, plus benefits.
For a complete job description, please visit our website at www.sd61.bc.ca – Departments – Human Resource Services – Employee Groups – CUPE 947 – Position Description/Qualifications – Educational Assistant – Braille.
Please submit a letter of introduction, résumé, proof of qualifications and references to:
Human Resource Services, Greater Victoria School District #61
556 Boleskine Road, Victoria, B.C. V8Z 1E8
or
250-475-4113 (fax) or hrs@sd61.bc.ca
Deadline for submission is: 4:00 PM, Friday, June 29, 2018.
School District 61 thanks all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.