Instructional Assistant Braillist

Application Deadline: November 13, 2026 Work Months: 9.5 Hours: 5.75 hours per day 5 days a week Salary: $21.33 to $25.97 About FCUSD FCUSD is a growing public school district focused on hiring and retaining excellent staff that represent the communities we serve . Our staff are expected to inspire excellence in all students by supporting their social-emotional wellness and academic growth.

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Job Announcement Instructional Assistant Braillist Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Student Support Services or designee, the Instructional Assistant/Braillist provides support to assist teachers in implementing the instructional program for students whose primary disability is blind or visually impaired.

Minimum Qualifications

High School diploma or equivalent Braille transcription. Knowledge of Grade 1 and 2 Literary Braille. Experience working with individual or small groups or children or adults. Certificates and Licenses: Must possess a valid California driver’s license issued by the State Department of Motor Vehicles. Distinguishing Characteristics The ability to: Utilize Braille transcriptions methods.

Operate Braille equipment, specialized software and Braille embosser. Read and write Braille from both computer and Braille writer. Create tactual graphics. Identify general problems and behaviors of visually impaired students. Correct English usage, spelling, grammar and punctuation. Establish and maintain an effective working relationship with students and adults.

Operate motor vehicle safely. Be dependable and punctual. Physical Abilities include the usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions and require the following physical demands: occasional lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling; some climbing and balancing, some stooping, kneeling, crouching; reaching, handling, touching and/or feeling; manual dexterity to operate a telephone and enter data into a computer.

Significant physical abilities include ability to sit at a desk, conference table, or in meetings of various configurations for extended periods of time; see and read, with or without visual aids, laws and codes, rules, policies and other printed matter, computer screens and printouts; hear and understand speech at normal room levels and hear and understand speech on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal conversations.

Upon Conditional Offer of Employment: DOJ and FBI Criminal Background Check TB Test within the last 60 days (Education Code 49406, Assembly Bill 1667) Complete district Mandated Reporter training, Sexual Harassment, etc. Comments and Other Information: The Folsom Cordova Unified School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

For questions or complaints, contact: Jim Huber, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services Compliance Officer, Section 504 Coordinator, ADA Coordinator (students) [email protected] 916-294-9000 x 104580 Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator [email protected] 916-294-9000 x 104415 1965 Birkmont Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 The Folsom Cordova Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the Folsom Cordova Unified School District’s Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. The District Title IX Coordinator is: Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator [email protected] 916-294-9000 x 104415 1965 Birkmont Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 The District nondiscrimination policy can be located at: https://www.

fcusd.org/district/about-us/nondiscrimination-statementpolicy The District’s nondiscrimination complaint procedures can be located at: Students: https://www.fcusd.org/departments/compliance/complaints/uniform-complaints Staff: https://www.fcusd.org/departments/compliance/complaints/nondiscrimination-in-employment To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or sex-based harassment, or make a complaint of sex discrimination or sex-based harassment under Title IX, please refer to: Students: https://www.

fcusd.org/district/about-us/title-ix-notificationsexual-harassment Staff: https://www.fcusd.org/departments/compliance/complaints/sexual-harrassment-title-ix This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.

S. Este empleador participa en E-Verify y proporcionará al gobierno federal la información de su Formulario I-9 para confirmar que usted está autorizado para trabajar en los EE.UU