Paraeducator – Hearing Impaired; Oral Speech

Para educator Hearing Impaired (Oral Speech)

Current vacancy for immediate hire: 1 - Para educator Hearing Impaired (Oral Speech) for 5.75 hours per day, 183 workdays per year. Under the general direction of the Manager of Special Education, acts as an aide for hearing impaired students in an oral speech program and assists students within the student's assigned educational environment; facilitates communication between deaf and/or hard of hearing students and hearing persons;

and performs a variety of duties relative to assigned area of responsibility.

• Facilitates communication between hearing impaired students, teachers, and other students in the classroom and during recreational activities;

• Integrates the hearing impaired student into the educational program of the classroom through the use of speech, reading, writing, gestures, pictures, and other methods;

• Provides instructional support to the hearing impaired students, as required;

• Assists students by explaining vocabulary and basic concepts from lessons and readings; takes notes as needed;

• Assists the teacher in all communication needs, including the promotion of safety and the encouragement of acceptable behavior and maintenance of discipline;

• Observes and reports progress of students as required; observes and controls behavior of students according to approved procedures;

• Assists students by providing proper examples, emotional support, friendly attitude, and general guidance;

• Confers, as needed, with teachers concerning programs and materials to meet the students' needs;

• Assists the teacher in providing parents with skills to aid in communicating with their hearing impaired children in support of the classroom instructions;

• Provides support to the teacher by setting up work areas, displays and exhibits, operating various educational equipment as needed, and distributing and collecting papers and supplies;

• Assists hearing impaired students become self-reliant.

Other related duties may include a variety of clerical duties such as preparation of instructional materials, scoring papers, recording grades, taking role and maintaining records and files; assisting non- and limited English speaking students with language development skills; traveling to multiple classrooms/schools to work with students; and performing related duties and responsibilities as required.

Experience and Training Guidelines Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Education and Training: Consistent with the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and other related legislation, paraprofessionals working in a program supported with Title I funds must meet the following standards:
The equivalent of graduation from high school and one of the following:

Experience: Two years of experience working with hearing impaired students or children in a school, health services, or other instructional environment.

License or Certificate:

• Possession of, a valid California Driver's license may be required for some positions.
• Possession of, a CPR and first aid certificate.

This is a Dual Certification recruitment:
Candidates who attain a passing score on each examination part will be placed in rank order on an eligibility list after promotional credits are added to the composite test scores of promotional candidates. These examinations are open to permanent employees and the public.

DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION Requests for reasonable accommodations for the testing process must be made no less than three (3) days prior to the examination. Requests…