PRIMARY FUNCTION:  This position is responsible for providing diagnostic and prescriptive instruction to those students evaluated and screened for the hearing impaired program.

REPORTS TO: Principal

SALARY SCHEDULE:  Teacher

WORK DAYS:  190

REQUIREMENTS:

Educational Level:  Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.

Preferred:

Experience, Skill and Certification: 

            Required: Valid certification in Deaf Education

          Preferred: Experience as a classroom teacher

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

1. Performs all responsibilities of the Classroom Teacher for students with hearing impairments.
2. Works with staff of Exceptional Children Programs and student services to identify and screen those students needing special placement in the area of hearing impairment.
3. Provides a diagnostic-prescriptive program to meet students' individual needs.
4. Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to coordinate work with other subject areas.
5. Provides information, support, and counseling to parents and family when appropriate.
6. Keeps, maintains, and files such reports as required, including attendance reports, case evaluations, and the like.
7. Assumes responsibility for obtaining textbooks and other teaching materials necessary through the procedures established.
8. Keeps informed in a systematic way of trends and new methods in education, remaining always alert to possibilities inherent in such information for adaptation to the particular needs of homebound instruction.
9. Attends in-service programs as required.
10. Performs other duties as necessary for the effectiveness of the organization and the safety of students.

Terms of Employment

Incumbents will receive an annual contract. The work calendar will be 190 days. Salary will be determined based on level of certification and allowable experience.     Rev. 03-16 

Non-Essential Responsibilities

A responsibility is considered to be “non-essential” (for the purposes of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act) if:

• it is shared between multiple incumbents in the job; or
• it could be performed by an employee in another job within the workgroup.

Note the responsibility number from the list in the “Duties and Responsibilities” section for those responsibilities that could be considered “non-essential” based on this definition.

Physical and Sensory Demands

Most jobs in the District have physical and sensory demands that can be described by one of the two categories noted below. For jobs that require more physical or sensory effort, please list the requirements in this section. The category applicable for this position is listed below.

CLASSROOM Employees in this category spend at least most of the workday in a typical classroom or related educational environment. There will be prolonged periods of standing or walking, and there may be frequent bending, stooping, or stretching. There are occasions that require the lifting or pulling of equipment or supplies. Reading, listening, writing, and speaking are requirements. There are few exceptional physical or sensory demands, but there may be occasions that require the lifting, transporting or restraint of a student.