Teacher: Deaf & Hard of Hearing

About the role

This posting creates a pool of candidates for future positions that may become available. Provides specialized instruction through a continuum of services to address the needs of students who are deaf and/or hard of hearing. Nature of work may include providing and coordinating services for children and families in a variety of daily settings.

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, selects and modifies instructional materials and lessons while considering the language and communication needs of students and their families.
• Provides support and training to school staff to increase opportunities for students to access, participate in and progress in the general education curriculum.
• Maintains discipline in the classroom conductive to effective learning.
• Attends and actively participates in staff meetings, professional development and serves on special committees.
• Provides input regarding the planning of instructional goals, objectives and methods.
• Performs other related duties as assigned within the same classification or lower.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing from a regionally accredited college or university required.
• Master's Degree in Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing from a regionally accredited college or university preferred.
• Experience teaching the deaf and/or hard of hearing preferred.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of school organization, goals and objectives with special emphasis on teaching techniques related to providing instruction to students who are deaf and/or hard of hearing.
• Knowledge of materials, current trends and research in field of specialization.
• Knowledge of varied language and communication modes and methods used by students who are deaf and/or hard of hearing.
• Knowledge and facility of signing and interpreting.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and engage diverse parents/guardians with varied communication styles, levels of skill and experience to support their child’s education experience.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with diverse populations.
• Demonstrated proficiency with business technology applications (e.g. Video/Web Conferencing, Microsoft Office Suite -Word, Excel, Outlook, and/or PowerPoint preferred).

Skills

• Speaking and writing effectively.
• Interacting effectively with students, staff and parents.
• Employing a variety of teaching styles to respond to the needs of diverse learners.

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