K-5 educator

State of North Carolina•Wilson, NC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide academic instruction at the elementary school level for students who are deaf and hard of hearing in their primary mode of communication within a residential education setting.

Requirements

Effective sign language skills, receptive and expressive, in order to communicate with deaf students, employees, parents, and visitors
Ability to communicate effectively, courteously, and tactfully with all people
Employee must have dexterity skills to use sign language
Employee must have mobility and endurance to keep up with students and their movements around campus
Employee must have mobility and the endurance to get down on and up off the floor with children if applicable and necessary
Must have mobility and the ability to assist children with hygiene needs if applicable and necessary
Employee must have vision (with or without correction) within the normal functioning range for the purpose of reading and understanding sign language and for the purpose of supervising children.
Employee must have the ability to express one’s intent as well as instruct others through the use of sign language.
Employee must have dexterity skills to use sign language.
Accountability and responsibility pertaining to IEP documents, materials, and supporting documentation; assessment documentation and materials; state testing materials and documentation; and DPI resources, materials and documentation.

Nice To Haves

Depending on the individual needs of assigned students

Responsibilities

Individual and small group instruction in academic areas such as reading, math, science, etc. as well as any non-academic areas, if necessary, which may be addressed by the IEP for students K-12 depending on placement at Supervisor’s discretion.
Effective instruction requires becoming knowledgeable about and implementing assigned curricula, implementation of daily-prepared lessons, utilization of acquired and accumulated materials, resources, and manipulatives as well as assessing and documenting students’ progress and performance.
Perform related activities such as: planning instructional activities; preparing IEP’s, attending to individual problems relating to student progress, performance, or behavior; preparing report cards; supervising and instructing teaching assistants; gathering and /or preparing instructional materials; supervising student teachers and/or observers from various colleges; participating in school related activities; attending committee meetings and in–service workshops; planning and implementing field trips; administering formal and informal test/assessments.
Communicate with other programs (residential, student support, etc.) on & off campus.
Serve as liaison between the residential and academic staff, between academic staff and parents, between academic staff and local educational agencies, etc. and serve as resource person for other schools.
Administering, proctoring, compiling, submitting any and all state mandated tests, portfolios, & inventories.
Daily contact with supervisor concerning duties to be performed
Contact office concerning daily bus duty or Friday bus duty
Daily student contact (giving out passes, getting students to appointments, getting information from students, etc.)
Disseminating information on daily/weekly/monthly reports
Completion of confidential information to other agencies, determining (with guidance when uncertain) what may and may not be released
Receiving, compiling, filing and disseminating information from other on and off campus service providers pertaining to middle school students
Assisting the supervisor in verifying and updating the campus inventory as it pertains to the middle school
Ensuring students are safety at all times in all situations
Reporting concerns related to safety (student or staff) to the supervisor
Adhere to Directive 21 and attend appropriate sign language classes