Early Childhood Special Educator

Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in education is seeking an Early Childhood Special Educator to join their dynamic team. This role involves creating a nurturing classroom environment for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, focusing on their development of listening and spoken language skills. The ideal candidate will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, implement engaging lesson plans, and support families in their educational journey. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of young learners and are committed to innovative teaching practices, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• NYS certification in Deaf/HH Education or Early Childhood Special Education required.
• Bachelor's degree is the minimum educational requirement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement daily lesson plans for preschool children.
• Assess and observe students' development and progress.
• Collaborate with professionals to support students' auditory access.

Skills

NYS certification: Deaf/HH Education or Early Childhood Special Education

Excellent written/spoken English communication

Experience with preschool age group

Commitment to listening and spoken language approach

Interest in obtaining LSL Cert AVT or AVEd certification

Bilingual communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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Early Childhood Special Educator

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Job Type

Full-time

Description

Location: New York City

Position Description: This is a full day preschool classroom position, filled by a Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing or Early Childhood Special Educator, supporting children who are deaf/hard of hearing who are learning to listen and use spoken language. The classroom teacher is part of a multidisciplinary team comprised of teachers, speech-language pathologists, educational audiologists, OT, PT, and families. Team collaboration, family involvement, diagnostic teaching, and professional learning are essential components of the program, leading to support for professionals and optimal outcomes for students.

This is a full time, exempt position with general hours of 8:00 am- 4:00 pm, 35 hour per week, for both the academic school year and the 6-week summer program.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Develop and implement daily lesson plans that are developmentally appropriate, use a wide range of active learning approaches and activities and reflect NYS’s Early Learning Guidelines and PreK Learning Standards, Clarke’s curriculum (Highscope, Learning Without Tears, CASLLS) and each child’s IEP.
• Create a classroom environment that aligns with developmentally appropriate practices, fostering independence, confidence, creativity, respect for materials and people and is conducive to experiential learning.
• Identify and use authentic materials for learning and literacy reflecting culturally appropriate and diverse sources and representation.
• Engage individual students, small groups, and large groups in activities that contribute to the development of listening and spoken language skills.
• Assess and observe students throughout the school day during structured and informal activities, collecting language samples and observations of learning and development related to all aspects of the child’s development to be used for developing appropriate goals and tracking student progress using state standards, CASLLS, and the Work Sampling System.
• Collaborate with other Clarke professionals to provide diagnostic information about auditory, speech, and language skills of students who are deaf or hard of hearing using formal testing, differentiated instruction, and observations.
• Support students’ optimal auditory access and use of amplification by conducting daily listening checks, monitoring amplification use through the day, troubleshooting equipment, communicating with audiologists, SLP, and parents about amplification use and function, being knowledgeable about students’ hearing loss, aided hearing, and equipment and supporting each child’s age-appropriate independence with their own equipment.
• Provide guidance, direction, support and training to the classroom Teacher Assistant to maintain the health, safety, and educational well-being of the students in the classroom.
• Provide a comfortable and supportive environment that welcomes parents and caregivers into the school community and empowers them in parenting their child with hearing loss.
• Perform any other tasks as assigned by the director to support the functioning of the school
  
  

Requirements

Education, licenses, certifications, skills, and experience

• NYS certification: Deaf/HH Education or Early Childhood Special Education
• Bachelor’s degree (at minimum)
• Experience in similar roles or with the preschool age group is preferred
• Commitment to Clarke’s mission and the listening and spoken language approach required
• Interest in learning about and obtaining LSL Cert AVT or AVEd certification
• Excellent written /spoken English communication
• Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Title IX Notice of Nondiscrimination: Clarke Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex in admission, administration of its educational programs or activities or employment. Clarke Schools is required by Title IX and its implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 not to discriminate on the basis of sex in admission, administration of its educational programs or activities or employment. The Chief Human Resources Officer, Andrea Harkins, BS, SHRM-CP, 45 Round Hill Road, Northampton, MA 01060, telephone number 413-582-1155, has been designated as the employee responsible for coordinating Clarke Schools efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under Title IX. Inquiries concerning the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 to Clarke Schools may be referred to Andrea Harkins or to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, at 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-1100, telephone number 800-421-3481.
  
  

EOE

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$60,000.00-$65,000.00/annually

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