Teacher Deaf​/Hard of Hearing - Preschool

Special Education Teacher

This position will work with a team in our DHH Department and will be the sole provider for our deaf and hard of hearing students in our early intervention preschool program. The provider is a special education teacher specifically trained to teach students who are deaf and hard of hearing and address their unique language and learning needs. Provider is an expert in teaching various skills such as self-advocacy, expressive and receptive language, hearing assistive technology, vocabulary, listening, and transition skills.

In addition, they design and implement instructional plans individualized to each student's needs.

Core Impact Areas Breakdown of

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide Direct Instruction (60%)
• Instructional Plans, Conducting Assessments, and Documenting (20%)
• Family and Caregiver Communication (15%)
• Other Duties as Assigned (5%)

Candidates should have the following:

Knowledge of Child Development

Demonstrate an understanding of early childhood (birth-age
8) characteristics and needs across multiple, interrelated areas of children's development and learning including physical, cognitive, social, emotional, language, and aesthetic domains as well as learning processes, bilingual/multilingual development, and motivation to learn. Understand and value developmental variations, experiences, strengths, interests, abilities, challenges, and approaches to learning for all children—especially deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children. Base teaching practice on coherent early childhood theoretical perspectives, current understanding of the influence of theory and research about brain growth and development, executive function, motivation, the importance of play, and dispositions toward learning on development.

Apply an understanding of the multiple influences on the contexts of young children's development and learning including family, community, cultural, linguistic contexts, temperament, approaches, and dispositions to learning, motivation, attachment, economic conditions, health status, opportunities for play and learning, technology and media, and developmental variations. Understand the potential influence of early childhood programs, including early intervention, on short- and long-term outcomes for children.

Demonstrate the ability to use developmental knowledge including strengths of families and children to create physically and psychologically safe learning environments that are healthy, respectful, supportive, and challenging for children, with full family engagement in establishing the most effective environment for their child.

Knowledge of Special Education

Understand how exceptionalities may interact with development and learning and use this knowledge to provide culturally responsive, meaningful, and challenging learning experiences for individuals with exceptionalities. Demonstrate the ability to create and implement personalized, safe, respectful, inclusive, and culturally responsive learning. Demonstrate knowledge of standards used in Montana schools and the ability to use general and specialized curricula to implement individualized learning opportunities that align with the needs of students with exceptionalities.

Use multiple methods of assessment and data sources to evaluate and identify individualized learning needs and make a variety of education decisions. Select, adapt, and use a repertoire of evidence-based instructional strategies including explicit, systematic instruction, assistive technology, whole group instruction, small group instruction, and individual instruction to support and self-regulate learning. Use foundational knowledge of the field along with professional ethics and standards.

Collaborate, communicate, and advocate in culturally responsive ways with all individuals involved in the special education process to improve programs, services, and outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities and their families, including, but not limited to, facilitating meetings, scheduling services, working with para educators and related providers, and implementing accommodations and modifications. Demonstrate an understanding of the philosophical, historical, and legal foundations of special education.

Demonstrate proficiency in special education procedural competencies including knowledge of state and federal regulations, rules, and processes and knowledge of the state data collection system and state forms. Demonstrate an understanding of disability categories and characteristics to the extent necessary to use eligibility criteria to make informed decisions concerning learner identification.

Knowledge of Deaf/Hard of Hearing Pedagogy

Understand the foundations of special education services for infants, children, and youth who are deaf or hard of hearing, deaf-blind, and those with additional disabilities coexisting with hearing loss on which to base practice. Understand the impact of various hearing levels on language development. Understand research-based…