Life Skills Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Provides individual and group guidance, relative to developing independent life skills and post-graduation preparedness for blind, visually – or multiple impaired students. Provides intense instruction in all areas of daily living, career readiness and Expanded Core Curriculum. Acts as a job coach to secure employment and provides job coaching for students on-campus and in community. High School diploma/GED and NM Public Education Department Level 3 licensure will be required. Background/experience in working with visual/multiply-impaired students, job coaching and/or woodworking skills are preferred. Will be required to become Braille proficient. May be required to obtain certification in supported employment. Full-time, 9-month position for the 2026-2027 school year. Applications accepted until filled.

Serving the Youth of New Mexico and their families since 1903. The New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired was founded in 1903 as a land grant school governed by a Board of Regents. Three years later, the school opened its doors in Alamogordo, New Mexico with 21 students, two teachers, and a superintendent. It is a specialized school which provides residential, academic support, and outreach services to students who are blind and visually impaired in New Mexico. Today, the residential campus is still located on the original site in Alamogordo with a second campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico that houses an Early Childhood Program as well as the school’s statewide services.

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Serving the Youth of New Mexico and their families since 1903. The New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired was founded in 1903 as a land grant school governed by a Board of Regents. Three years later, the school opened its doors in Alamogordo, New Mexico with 21 students, two teachers, and a superintendent. It is a specialized school which provides residential, academic support, and outreach services to students who are blind and visually impaired in New Mexico. Today, the residential campus is still located on the original site in Alamogordo with a second campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico that houses an Early Childhood Program as well as the school’s statewide services.