The Foundation for Blind Children was founded in 1952 by parents of blind children who wanted services for their blind children in Phoenix, instead of having to send them to the State Institution for the Blind in Tucson. The Foundation for Blind Children is the largest non-profit agency of it's kind in the United States serving the blind and visually impaired of all ages, from birth to currently 102 years old. As the only agency of its kind in Arizona, the Foundation for Blind Children is an essential resource to families and children with blindness or low vision. With three Valley locations (East Valley, West Valley and Central Phoenix), we strive to serve as "the" community's resource for blind, visually impaired, and multi-handicapped children, adults, and their families. 

As the only agency of its kind in Arizona, the Foundation for Blind Children is an essential resource to families and children with blindness or low vision. Without FBC, blind children would not get the opportunities that should be available to every child - to learn, play sports, participate fully in the world around them and become successful, productive adults.

We provide a comprehensive system of services, which optimizes the blind, or visually impaired child's development and which provides many opportunities to lead a meaningful and productive life-starting with infancy, through preschool, elementary and secondary education throughout college and adulthood. Many of our children graduate from college, pursue successful careers and lead lives filled with enriching possibilities

Industry: Individual and Family Services
Company Size: 51-200 employees

Foundation for Blind Children

Savvy Admin PROD

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Employment Type: Part-Time

Salary: Competitive

**Job Description**

**Para Educator Summary Description:**

The role of a special education para-educator is to provide assistance in implementing plans and programs related to the academic or functional skill attainment for students with visual, language, social, cognitive, physical, and/or emotional learning challenges. Works directly with students, individually or in small groups, and performs clerical tasks as assigned.

**Para Educator Essential Responsibilities**

-  Assists classroom teacher in teaching a variety of skills to students who are visually impaired and/or multiple handicapped

-  Works directly with students individually and / or in groups under the direction of the teacher

-  Ability to lift and carry non-ambulatory students

-  Prepare materials and equipment to be used by the students in the classroom

-  Follow through on teacher’s lesson plans, classroom routine, assigned tasks and direction from therapists

-  Provide assistance to students in daily routines such as eating, toileting, positioning and handling (lifting), data documentation and other clerical tasks

-  Adhere to agency policy and protocol

-  Ability to maintain confidentiality

-  Be flexible to assist where there is a need

-  Attend scheduled staff development training and meetings

-  Complete Medicaid documentation

-  Ability to move body in many different ways in order to interact with and position students such as: standing, walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, pushing and pulling consistently throughout the day and in a daily basis

-  Required to routinely lift up to 50 pounds

**Requirements**

**Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required:**

-  Genuine interest to work with children

-  Ability to follow direction and adapt to new and/or unique situations

-  Ability to establish rapport and appropriate relationships with students and their families

-  Demonstrate a progression in knowledge and skills through job performance

-  Able to maintain confidentiality

**Personal Characteristics**

-  Accountable

-  Trustworthy

-  Critical thinker

-  Collaborative

-  Belief that all children can learn

-  Celebrates progress

-  Strong awareness of self

**Licenses/Special Requirements**

-  High school education or equivalent

-  Current Level 1 IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card

-  Current certification in CPR, AED and First Aid

-  Article 9

-  Basic computer and keyboard skills

-  Helpful if able to read, write and speak Spanish

**About Foundation For Blind Children**

Foundation for Blind Children (FBC) is a high profile, nationally recognized non-profit agency recently featured on FOX News, NBC’s “Today” Show, and in ~~Arizona Highways ~~magazine, ~~USA Today ~~and the ~~Arizona Republic ~~. Established in 1952, FBC serves over 2,000 individuals who are blind and visually impaired of all ages, from birth to 100+ years old on three campuses in the Valley. Our preschool program for children who are blind and visually impaired is one of the largest in the southwest and we are the leader in the blind community for new and innovative methods. The vision of the Foundation for Blind Children is a world where vision loss is a diagnosis, not a disability.

Para-educator

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