Careers Job Description
General Description
The Vision Programs at Hunter College are seeking a highly qualified Curriculum Director to assist in leading our vision rehabilitation programs and plan for its future. In conjunction with director responsibilities, this person will be responsible for teaching several courses each academic year spread across Fall, Spring and Summer semesters. This position would be hybrid with a majority of remote work, but will also need to do in-person work in New York City at and around Hunter's main campus.
Learn more about our programs here:
https://education.hunter.cuny.edu/admissions/graduate-programs/special-education/blind-and-visually-impaired/
Other Duties
- Work as a team to develop strategies to increase applications and retain students.
- Assist program director in implementing VRT graduate programs (VRT only and Combined VRT/ O&M) that include on-line synchronous and asynchronous instructional strategies to prepare students to support clients with visual impairments to live fulfilling, independent lives.
- Collaborate with vision agencies to support students from initial fieldwork through internships both in New York City and nationally.
- Coordinate in-person summer labs that provide hands-on experience and form students identities as future VRTs.
- Teach courses in the VRT sequence each academic year
- Publish and present data related to this work nationally and internationally to become a leader in the field of Vision Rehabilitation.
- Write grants that will help sustain the program and support research efforts
- Develop a strategic vision for the vision rehabilitation programs and implement curriculum changes
- Implement evaluation activities that will be responsive to input from current students, supervisors, graduates, and employers
Qualifications
- Hold current ACVREP certification in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy
- Minimum Master’s degree, ideally a completed doctorate or currently in a doctoral program
- Five years experience in the field of vision rehabilitation therapy
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Special Education
Part Time
$40.00-$70.00
14.00
Aug 30, 2022 (Or Until Filled)