The New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI), a division within the Department of Human Services, is seeking to hire up to four Orientation and Mobility Instructors within the next three months to provide itinerant instruction to consumers served by the agency. CBVI serves individuals throughout the lifespan, i.e., infants, children and adults. Job Opportunity: August 4, 2016 TITLE: Orientation and Mobility Instructor (4) positions available) SALARY: $59, 031.79 ? $83,803.57 DEFINITION: Under direction of a Supervisor of Rehabilitation Training or Assistant Supervisor of Educational Programs in the Commission for the blind and Visually Impaired, Department of Human Services, provides for the evaluation, education, and training of blind and visually impaired and multi-handicapped individuals in the area of particular specialty in order to prepare them for maximal independent living, orientation, mobility, and vocational skills; does related duties as required. EDUCATION: A valid Orientation and Mobility Instructor Certification issued by either the Academy for Certification of Vision rehabilitation and Educational Specialists or the National Blindness Certification Board. EXPERIENCE: Twenty ? four (24) months of appropriate, certified teaching experience in an approved school. LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver?s license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position. Interested candidates possessing the requirements should forward resumes with their letter of interest to: EMAIL: Jessie.powell at dhs.state.nj.us THANK YOU! Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC Director, Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech University 210 Woodard Hall PO Box 3158 Ruston LA 71272 Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 (Fax) Skype: edwardbell2010 ebell at latech.edu http://www.pdrib.com www.pdrib.com ************************************************************** "I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." -- Stephen Jay Gould From: John.Walsh at dhs.state.nj.us [mailto:John.Walsh at dhs.state.nj.us] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 1:02 PM To: ebell at latech.edu Subject: Advertisement for O&M Instructor in New Jersey Here is the ad for our O&M Instructor John C. Walsh, M.Ed., CRC Chief of Program Administration New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired 153 Halsey Street, 6th Floor PO Box 47017 Newark, NJ 07101 V: 973-648-3549 F: 973-648-2201 john.walsh at dhs.state.nj.us www.cbvi.nj.gov ?The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.? Socrates _____ This E-mail, including any attachments, may be intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the sender and recipient(s) named above. This message may include advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material and, as such, would be privileged and confidential and not a public document. Any Information in this e-mail identifying a client of the Department of Human Services or the Department of Children and Families is confidential. If you have received this e-mail in error, you must not review, transmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it and you must delete this message. You are requested to notify the sender by return e-mail.