Urgent Need - Assistive Technology SME Contractor- RESNA Certification (MUST)
Posted 1 day ago by 1756613221
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The role is for an Assistive Technology Subject Matter Expert (SME) Contractor who will develop training materials for community college employees to enhance student success through assistive technology. The position is remote and requires a RESNA certification. The contract is estimated at 1960 hours with a potential for extension based on funding. Candidates must have expertise in assistive technology and content creation for training courses.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop content for micro courses in the Client's learning management system on effective assistive technology topics.
- Cover topics such as Assistive Technology Assessment Frameworks, evaluating campus assistive technology capability, measuring effectiveness, and tools/software/hardware domains.
Key Skills:
- Content creation for training and self-paced courses.
- Familiarity with various assistive technologies used at the community college level.
- Knowledge of learning assessment techniques for adults and the California community college learning disabilities eligibility model.
- Effective writing, presentation, and communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively and independently.
- Analytical and critical review skills.
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws related to digital accessibility.
- Ability to adapt to changing client accessibility initiatives.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Need candidates asap. Must have RESNA certification.
Assistive Technology SME Contractor
Remote
The Client Section 504 program is seeking a contractor with expertise in Assistive Technology to develop training material for self-paced courses. The training material will enable community college employees to reliably and accurately institute processes to support student success. The estimated time to completion is 1960 hours working up to 40 hours/week based on work availability. Contract extension possible based on funding and available work each fiscal year.
Key Deliverables
- Develop content for micro courses delivered in the Client s learning management system covering effective assistive technology topics in a college environment, which may include the following:
- Assistive Technology Assessment Frameworks
- Evaluating Campus Assistive Technology capability
- Measuring Assistive Technology effectiveness
- Assistive Technology Tools, Software and Hardware domains
Skills and abilities
Required
- Content creation for training and self-paced courses
- Regular access to and familiarity with various assistive technology used at the community college level, including but not limited to LMMs, text-to-speech, speech recognition, Literacy, STEM access, and study aids.
- Familiarity with learning assessment techniques for adults and/or the California community College learning disabilities eligibility model.
- Effective writing, presentation, and communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively, effectively, and independently
- Ability to analyze and critically review information
- Working knowledge of pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures related to digital accessibility including, but not limited to: Sections 504 and 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act; Americans with Disabilities Act; Assistive technology Act; California Government Code 11135 and 7405; Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act; Section 225 of the Telecommunications Act, WCAG 2.1, and other accessibility legislation
Preferred Skills:
- Ability to adapt to changing clients Accessibility Initiatives and readily adapts behavior to maintain effective performance; understand the long-term direction of the client s Accessibility Center and can relate this to departmental area; adapts to new methodologies; identifies and acts on areas where change is appropriate.