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Teacher Of Persons With A Visual Impairment

Employer

Renfrew Educational Services

Date Posted

May 07, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $65.00 to $95.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 75 hours bi-weekly
  • Position Permanent Part Time Leading to Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 21, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Renfrew Educational Services

Languages

English

Education

Master's degree

Work setting

School or educational institution/establishment

Tasks

  • Assess people's physical limitations, orientation abilities and mobility to establish client rehabilitation
  • Instruct students in reading and writing braille
  • Instruct in the use of rehabilitative techniques, prosthetic devices and wheelchairs
  • Assist students to develop life skills
  • Collaborate with specialists to develop programs for clients' special needs

Target audience

  • Children
  • Persons who are blind/visually impaired
  • Persons with physical disabilities

Security and safety

  • Basic security clearance
  • Criminal record check
  • Driving record check (abstract)
  • Vulnerable sector check

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Travel expenses paid by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Attention to detail
  • Physically demanding
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Organized
  • Dependability

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting?

Employment terms options

Morning

Experience

Experience an asset

Employment terms options

Day

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage

Financial benefits

  • Life insurance
  • Mileage paid
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Long term benefits

  • Long-term care insurance
  • Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA)

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Teacher Of Persons With A Visual Impairment is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Instructors and Teachers of Persons with Disabilities
SOCIAL

Interest in instructing and assisting individuals with physical disabilities and intellectual impairments to develop life skills, and to encourage classroom discussions that assist students in developing social skills and identifying objects and situations encountered in daily living; and in providing job training and support

METHODICAL

Interest in compiling information to instruct students who are deaf or have hearing impairments in lip-reading, finger-spelling and sign language according to individual needs, and to instruct students who are blind or have visual impairments in reading and writing Braille

objective

Interest in operating equipment designed to minimize the effects of a disability, such as hearing aids, prosthetic devices, wheelchairs and other devices, in order to instruct individuals with physical disabilities and their families in the use of this equipment; and in advising individuals and their families about rehabilitative techniques

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