KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Job Description

Job Title:           Braillist  

Job Title Code:   02246

Salary Grade:     A624 - $25.70 - $35.55

Department:      Exceptional Education                 

Reports To:        Director   

FLSA Status:      Non-exempt   

Date Prepared:  June 2024                                

PURPOSE OF JOB:   The job of Braillist provides support to the instructional program with specific responsibilities for transcribing educational materials into alternative format (braille, large print, tape) for visually impaired students; assisting with the implementation of Individual Education Plans (IEP); responding to questions from students, parents, and/or staff regarding methodologies and available resources; and maintaining resource inventory for teachers and students.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following:

• Assists with annual physical inventory for the purpose of ensuring the availability of required items and documenting annual utilization.
• Assists with ordering an inventory of supplies and equipment for the purpose of ensuring availability of materials for students and teachers.
• Attends work regularly and predictably for the purpose of providing students with high quality services and instruction.
• Collaborates with the staff for the purpose of obtaining instructional materials for use with visually impaired students.
• Operate and assist students in the operation and maintenance of specialized equipment such as braillers, keyboarding equipment, electronic scanners, and personal computers.
• Generates reverse Braille translation for the purpose of providing transcription for use by sighted persons.
• Interlines Braille copy for the purpose of providing a transcription of Braille materials for use by sighted persons.
• Operates large print copier and embosser for the purpose of reformatting materials to meet the needs of individual students.
• Repairs alternate format materials (e.g. recopy, replace pages, etc.) for the purpose of providing educational materials for visually impaired students.
• Responds to inquiries from a variety of internal and external sources for the purpose of providing information and/or direction as may be required.
• Supports assigned staff and administrators (e.g. filing, copying, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring the orderly operations of the Visually Impaired Program.
• Transcribes educational materials into appropriate methods (e.g. braille, large print, audio tape, CD, etc.) for the purpose of providing educational materials for visually impaired students.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:  None

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 60 college hours
• Library of Congress Braille Transcriber Certification
• Missouri state substitute teacher certification
• Skills in working with children and their parents.
• Desire to work with children ages 3-21

 PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Three (3) years successful experience working with children and their parents.
• Course work in childhood education

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least 25 pounds; visual ability requires mono and color vision.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Length of work year: 7 hours per day; 5 days/week; 205 days

Benefits: Health and Dental Insurance are provided.

KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan – mandatory 9% contribution is required from employee and matched by KCPS; Voluntary retirement savings plans are also available.