Teacher Consultant - Deaf and Hard of Hearing

The WISD's Mission

is to educate, serve, and advocate with students, families, schools and the community. We disrupt racial inequities, build just educational systems, and expand access for all learners. We value human potential while striving to support current and future generations of Washtenaw County to enrich as many lives as we possibly can.

is to be a leader in empowering, facilitating, and delivering high-quality, boundary-spanning, educational system that educates all children through an equitable, inclusive, and holistic approach.

The Teacher Consultant evaluates, plans, and implements services for students who are deaf and hard of hearing within the education/community setting. The Teacher Consultant works with and instructs classroom staff, related services staff, and parents in the implementation of programming. This position may include some classroom teaching responsibilities (DHH classroom).

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, social justice, and inclusion in all practices and position responsibilities.
• Demonstrates the ability to examine how his/her/their position (directly or indirectly) impacts educational inequities in student achievement outcomes.
• Engages in reflection and ongoing learning and development on critical concepts and terms identified in the Washtenaw ISD Educational Equity Policy including concepts such as cultural proficiency, racial equity, and systemic and structural inequities.
• Demonstrate operational knowledge of Internet and Web-related technologies.
• Demonstrates skills and comfort using the latest instructional online tools and technology.
• Consults with case coordinator providing a supportive and interpretive liaison service among parents, school personnel and students.
• Provides materials and consultant services to the parents and educational staff so they may better understand and appreciate the nature and degree of hearing loss.
• Provides specialized instruction in areas where necessary.
• Provides the use of specialized auditory equipment where need is indicated. Supports, educates and monitors the use of specialized auditory equipment.
• Provides parents with information to assist them in helping their child adjust to his/her hearing loss; helps secure annual otological and audiological evaluations and provides information regarding financial aid from public and private agencies.
• Attends and participates in IFSP, IEPT, Services plans and Section 504 meetings for students as appropriate.
• Assists in evaluating supports for students.
• Collaborates with building administration, instructional staff, medical staff and other agencies to integrate students into the school and/or community, with emphasis on involving families, adapting curriculum, facilitating natural supports and focusing instruction on long-term outcomes.
• Maintains contact with parents of students.
• Works collaboratively with the team and summarizes student progress toward achievement of IEP goals/objectives.
• Develops, maintains and adapts instructional material.
• Uses appropriate technologies to accomplish instructional objectives.
• Participates in building level activities, staff meetings, student/staff meetings, program meetings, in-service activities and other meetings as determined necessary.
• Participates in District level staff meetings, in-service activities, staff development/special programs, school improvement teams and planning committees as appropriate to the assignment.
• Performs billing functions for Medicaid reimbursement where applicable.
• Works cooperatively and communicates with District and constituent district staff, students and parents/guardians.
• Regularly documents student progress using assessment tools, monitoring through observations/evaluation and/or collecting data; utilizes student progress data to improve instruction.
• Adheres to District health and safety rules, policies, and procedures.
• Supports WISD vision and mission to enhance achievement for all students.
• Supports a team-based approach to problem solving.
• Provides direct service to students with disabilities. Activities may include academic tutoring to ensure success in regular classroom setting; provision of auditory training and language concepts to those students who would benefit; teaching of lip-reading skills to those students who would benefit; repairing and using hearing aids.
• Provides consultation to general education teachers who have students with disabilities in their classrooms.…