2 jobs found in Florence

Duties:  Assist local school districts or Statewide Early Intervention with the assessment of students who are blind or visually impaired and the reporting of educational and adaptive needs in the areas of visual development, literacy, social, self-help, and other areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum.   Work with the families in the natural environment and local school districts in the school based setting to schedule lessons, adapt instruction materials, and provide instruction in braille, use of residual vision, and other areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum.   Assist in the development of appropriate individualized education plans or individual family service plans based on assessments.  Participates in IFSP and IEP meetings.  Qualifications:  Bachelor's Degree with SC Teacher License in Visual Impairment and two years' of experience working with students who are blind or visually impaired.  Must be able to work effectively and cooperatively with parents, teachers and other professionals in the provision of services.   Must be proficient in the teaching of Braille and other adaptive skills needed by students who are blind or visually impaired.  Must have considerable knowledge of methods to evaluate the educational needs of blind or visually impaired students.  Must be able to travel daily between schools with occasional overnight travel.   Must have a valid SC driver's license and maintain a 10-year satisfactory driving record.   Requires frequent walking, standing, stopping, bending and occasional lifting up to 30 pounds.  Must be able to respond to a student emergency. 

Virtus Academy of SC, a public charter school located in Florence, SC, seeks an individual with public school administrative experience to join the administrative team of a fast-growing school of Kindergarten through ​6th grade​ students with approximate enrollment of 305 students in 2019-20 and 502 projected for 2020-21. Virtus Academy will grow to serve Grades K - 12 adding one grade per year​. The school will move into a new 60,000 plus square foot facility by August 2020. The school is sponsored by The Charter Institute at Erskine.    Duties and responsibilities include assisting the interim principal in all areas of school administration to include student discipline, duty schedules and supervision of students, assisting with the creation of the master schedule, observing staff and participating on evaluation teams, serving on staff recruitment and orientation teams, PowerSchool discipline records and attendance/ truancy interventions, overseeing facility maintenance and operations, coordinating with grade level and content area leaders on curriculum, testing and accountability and other duties as may be assigned.   Compensation for the successful candidate will be based on education and experience​. Compensation will include a ​benefits package​ with SC PEBA health insurance, a private employer match retirement plan, professional development, etc. ​ Candidates must possess South Carolina school administrative certification or must be in process of completing a program of studies or transferring certification from another state to obtain South Carolina school administrative certification. ​ ​ Experience in project-based learning, STEM, Montessori and/or in charter school  leadership is preferred. ​ . Interested candidates should ​submit a letter of interest, contact info for three references and resume to: Careers@virtusacademysc.org .     Position Open Until Filled.​ Do not contact the Board or School directly