Special Education Resource Room Teacher

Founded in 1982, Northwest School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children (NWSDHH) uses Signing Exact English (S.E.E.) and oral communication to prepare deaf and hard‑of‑hearing children (D/HH) to be self‑confident, articulate and academically competitive learners, and engaged community members. Our program serves children who are D/HH, preschool through 8th grade and live within a 2‑hour radius of our campus, in a day school setting.

Students are taught on‑site by a Teacher of the Deaf (TOD) in collaboration with a S.E.E. Interpreter/Teaching Assistant, and students may be mainstreamed in their neighborhood school from kindergarten and up as directed by their IEP. All students wear amplification and use state‑of‑the‑art Digital & Soundfield systems. Class sizes are small. NWSDHH is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

Join a devoted, passionate and caring team! A Special Education Teacher with experience signing American Sign Language (ASL) or Signing Exact English (S.E.E.) is sought to collaborate with outstanding colleagues, including Teachers of the Deaf, interpreters/teaching assistants, an audiologist, a speech language pathologist, and administrative team. NWSDHH is a fantastic place to work for those seeking a caring, mutually supportive workplace dedicated to best practices in deaf education.

• 1.0 FTE, September-June
• SALARY $79,669 - $137,837, depending on level of education and experience
• BENEFITS:
  Generous PTO;
  Health, Dental, Vision; 403b plan with company matching;
  Short-term/Long-term disability

• Support Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (D/HH) students as a resource room teacher for all early childhood, elementary and middle school subject areas while integrating listening, articulation practice and English grammar into lessons
• Implement and modify established curriculum, collaborating with TODs, specialists, and general education teachers
• Monitor student performance via daily & weekly data collection
• Report progress via trimester report cards and communicating with parents/guardians
• Attend area parent/guardian & general educator trainings
• Develop and implement IEPs
• Participate in triennial re-evaluations with the supervision of administration

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Special Education or equivalent
• Experience signing American Sign Language (ASL) or Signing Exact English (S.E.E.)
• Washington State Teaching Certification or provisional equivalent
• Demonstrated strategies to develop speech, auditory, and English abilities in learners
• Excellent instructional skills in early childhood or elementary curricula
• Ability to modify general education materials and curricula to meet the language & learning needs of students who are D/HH
• Excellent classroom behavioral and social skills management
• Desire to work in a positive, successful, collaborative school community that not only supports children who are D/HH and their families, but the staff as well

• Master's Degree in Special Education
• Familiarity with up-to-date personal amplification, cochlear implants, Digital and Soundfield systems
• A working knowledge of the Common Core and Washington State Standards
• Knowledge of classroom technology (Smart Boards, Chromebooks, iPads, etc.)
• Demonstration of instructional strategies commonly used in special education