Thrive Therapies Group·Chattanooga, Tennessee
Provide specialized instruction and direct support to K-12 students with visual impairments, including the development of IEPs aligned with the Expanded Core Curriculum. Responsibilities include conducting functional vision assessments and adapting academic materials into accessible formats like braille and large print.
Thrive Therapies Group is a pediatric healthcare organization on a mission to revolutionize the care of children with disabilities and those facing barriers to access. We provide results-driven services and intelligent tools to support children’s development, well-being, and health. At the heart of this mission are the people who change the trajectories of children’s lives. We work for them.
We work exclusively in K–12 schools — because school is where clinical care becomes transformative. Roughly half of all children identified with a disability receive their services in schools, not in healthcare settings. For many of those children, the school-based clinician is the care. Thrive is built around that reality.
We work exclusively with historically under-resourced, neurodiverse K–12 communities. Equity isn’t a tagline — it’s the core of why we exist. Our school partners request Thrive by name because they want better outcomes for students with disabilities.
There are organizations that place clinicians in schools. Thrive is something different. We are a pediatric healthcare organization built around a singular belief: that school is where clinical care becomes transformative — that a therapy goal in a clinic is a therapy goal, but a therapy goal in a school becomes a friendship on the playground, a kid who feels they belong, a child who gets to participate in the full arc of childhood. Everything we build — our technology, our workload model, our clinical community — exists to protect that work and the clinicians who deliver it.
Thrive uses a workload model that accounts for the full scope of TVI work — FVEs, LMAs, direct instruction, materials adaptation, and consultation — sized to be sustainable for the full school year.
Our AI-powered tools were built by clinicians who were tired of losing evenings to documentation. They handle evaluation report generation, session notes, paperwork, and progress summaries — and they give our clinicians 10+ hours back every week. The tools are continuously improved based on clinician feedback. They belong to you as much as anyone.
You have a community here and are never alone. You have clinical supervision through a role-alike leader, quarterly professional development, monthly communities of practice, and peers across the organization you can reach every day.
As a Thrive TVI in the Greater Chattanooga, TN region, you will provide specialized instruction and support to students K–12 with visual impairments — including students who are blind, low vision, or deafblind — within the school setting. You will evaluate functional vision and learning media, develop IEP goals targeting compensatory academic skills and expanded core curriculum (ECC) needs, and consult with school teams to ensure full educational access. You are a full member of the community.
Compensation is paid over 10 months, aligned to the school-year calendar. All figures below reflect the Greater Chattanooga, TN market.
W-2 Base Salary: $58,000 – $70,900,based on experience
A salary that reflects the expertise you bring. W-2 employment means full benefits, paid time off, retirement match, disability coverage, and malpractice insurance — all on us. Your total compensation is built to reflect what this work is worth.
1099 Contractor Rate
$43-$53/hr/hr
If flexibility is what fits your life, we built that in. Our 1099 option puts you in control of how you work — with a competitive hourly rate, full professional supports, and your career mobility fully intact.
Additional Earning Potential!
Sign-On Bonus: $6,000 —paid 25% at 30 days,25% at 90 days,50% at 6 months
we’re committed to you from the moment you say yes, and we want you to feel that.
Longevity Structure: Up to $2,000 —paid after completing your first full school year
We’re building Thrive around the people who commit to this work and to each other over the long haul — because that’s who our kids and schools depend on. Every year you come back, we reward it. And it grows with you.
CEU Stipend: $750 your first year →growing up to $2,000after five years
Your practice is the whole thing. The more you grow as a clinician, the better the care our kids get. We put real dollars behind your continuing education, and it grows with your tenure. Investing in your expertise is investing in our mission.
Performance Bonus: Paid annually afterexceeding performancemetrics
When you go above and beyond for students, we notice. Our performance bonus is how we say we see you, we value what you’re doing, and this work matters.
Benefits: Offerings
careers@thrivetherapiesgroup.com · thrivetherapiesgroup.com/careers · 615-652-2344
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Requires a Bachelor's degree in Special Education (Visual Impairment) and a valid Tennessee teaching license with Endorsement Code 462. Candidates must be proficient in braille and experienced with assistive technologies for the visually impaired.
Market context
In Tennessee, classroom teacher roles are often shaped by steady school staffing needs and the need to support student learning across grade levels. These positions can be competitive because districts look for candidates who meet state-aligned education or testing requirements and can bring classroom experience, basic technology skills, and student support experience. Review the AI-summarized job requirements and benefits on this platform to save time, then confirm which qualification path you meet before applying.
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