Physical demands:

• Ability to drive between multiple schools in one day.

Education, licenses, certifications, skills and experience:

• Master’s degree in Deaf Education with an emphasis on listening and spoken language.
• Teaching experience with students who are deaf or hard of hearing and use listening and spoken language.
• Access to a vehicle and a valid U.S. Driver’s license and a clean driving record. Clarke will reimburse costs of work-related travel monthly upon submission of documentation.
• Demonstrate an understanding of, or willingness to learn about, best practices in curriculum, instruction, and assessment for students who are deaf and hard of hearing and support services and how they are managed.
• Able to communicate well with a diverse group of people, both hearing and those with hearing loss with diplomacy.
• Able to function effectively as a team member and work collaboratively with others to share information and ideas.
• Able to be flexible in dealing with families and professionals and respond to changing needs of students.
• Able to participate as a professional in IEP meetings and able to assist in writing goals.
• Able to write reports and correspondence including quarterly reports, newsletter articles, handouts and contracts.
• Able to use technology in daily work including skills to use e-mail, the internet, word processing and power point.
• Knowledge of amplification, adaptive equipment and applicable technology.

*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 Director, Human Resource, Andrea Harkins, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, 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.

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