>
>      UIS
>Employment Opportunities
>The University of Illinois at Springfield is an Affirmative Action/Equal
>Opportunity Employer ensuring equal opportunities in programs, activities,
>and employment regardless of race, religion, national origin, age, sex,
>sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
>             Friday, November 10, 2006, Volume30, Number 13
>                         ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL
>                                VACANCY
>               Disability Services Specialist " Adaptive
>                               Technology
>                          Disability Services
>                            Student Affairs POSITION APPOINTMENT: Full-time
>  (100% FTE) STARTING SALARY: Commensurate with education and experience
>  DEADLINE TO APPLY: Thursday, November 30, 2006 ANTICIPATED START DATE:
>  Wednesday, January 3, 2006 PRIMARY FUNCTION: The individual who serves as
>  the Adaptive Technology Specialist in the UIS Office of Disability
>  Services (ODS) must be able to work independently, be people-oriented,
>  very well- organized, flexible, and able to respond quickly to
>  circumstances with efficiency and good judgment with detailed knowledge
of
>  the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504, 508 and Post Secondary
>  Education. Using these characteristics as primary guidelines, the
>  following would be representative of responsibilities of related to
>  fulfilling the position.
>CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
>¢ Coordinates student in-take assessments to determine assistive technology
>needs of students registering with ODS.
>¢ Research and identify the latest adaptive technologies making
>recommendations for improving current office resources.
>¢ Confer with the director regarding text conversion assignments,
>timeframe, and other text conversion issues. Collaborate with office
>personnel in the conversion of textbooks and other course materials into a
>relevant format (e-text or converted to Braille) as appropriate for the
>student.
>¢ Monitor the Adaptive Technology Lab for usage and potential problems and
>report them to the Director.
>¢ Coordinate with the Office of Disability Services and campus departments
>to ensure assistive hardware/software and equipment availability.
>¢ Assess campus training needs; develop and coordinate training delivery;
>and prepare user documentation. Provide training/instruction for students
>with disabilities in the use of adaptive technology.
>¢ Provide training/instruction for faculty and staff in the use of adaptive
>technology in University departmental computing labs, libraries and
>accessible computer stations; develop and coordinate an adaptive technology
>lab to be located within the Office of Disability Services.
>¢ Serve as a liaison with UIS departments and Academic Computing in
>determining appropriate adaptive technology in their departments and
>general use computer labs, as well as the necessary interface between
>hardware, software and adaptive technology, including accessible web site
>design.
>¢ Develop training manuals and maintain records of usage of the adaptive
>technology lab.
>¢ Investigate possible outside funding sources to supplement the support of
>the Adaptive Technology Lab ¢ Other duties as assigned.
>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
>¢ Bachelor's degree required (Master's preferred).
>¢ Minimum of 3 years of recent work experience involving positions of
>increasing responsibility, including at least 5 years of direct experience
>working with physical or learning disabilities and a detailed knowledge of
>the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 relating to
>accommodations for college and university students.
>¢ Excellent written and oral communication skills, familiarity with data
>processing and assistive technology such as ABBYY Fine Reader, Text Help
>Gold Systems, Kurzweil Systems 1000 and 3000, JAWS for Windows, Dragon
>Dictate Naturally Speaking Preferred, Via Voice and Zoom Text.
>TO APPLY:
>Send letter of application addressing qualifications, current resume, and
>names and phone numbers of three professional references to:
>                  Tammy Craig, Search Committee Chair
>                    One University Plaza, MS SAB 50
>                 University of Illinois at Springfield
>                       Springfield, IL 62703-5407 Karla K. Carwile, MA,
NCC,
>  DCC, LCPC Director Office of Disability Services Adjunct Professor -
>  Psychology Program University of Illinois at Springfield One University
>  Plaza HRB 87 - MS HRB 80 Springfield, Il 62703
>
>Main Office
>217-206-6666 voice
>217-206-8555
>Adaptive Technology Lab
>217-206-6668 voice /tty
>217-206-7154 fax
>
>
>David Andrews
>Chief Technology Officer
>Minnesota State Services for the Blind
>2200 University Ave. W., #240
>St. Paul, MN  55114-1840
>(651) 642-0513  Office
>(612) 730-7931  Cell
>(651) 649-5927  Fax

David Andrews and white cane Harry.


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