TITLE: Hearing Impaired Itinerant
QUALIFICATIONS: Type 10 Illinois Certificate in
Hearing Impaired
REPORTS TO: Director of Kendall County Special
Education, Assistant Director
and Coordinator
FUNCTION: To provide services to identified
students with hearing loss so that
educational progress can be enhanced and
programming established for the future.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. Instructional Planning
1. Plans and prepares for
assigned students.
2. Provides written
intervention plans or IEP's on each student.
B. Competency in Subject Matter
1. Teaches content and skills
to assigned student utilizing KCSEC and district
curriculums
and approved courses of study.
2. Strives to improve
expertise in areas of specialization.
C. Instructional Methods and Practices
1. Participates in IEP
conferences including behavior management plans, functional
analysis of
behavior, placement, and annual reviews.
2. Develops strategies for
maintaining a classroom environment conducive to
effective
learning and utilizes effective teaching methods and employs a
variety
of
instructional techniques appropriate to the maturity,
interests, and needs of the
students.
3. Provides appropriate
diagnostic testing, identifies student capabilities and
monitors
student progress on a regular basis.
4. Maintains accurate and
complete records as required by law and KCSEC policies.
5. Communicates with parents
on an individual or small group basis.
6. Consults with appropriate
professional staff regarding a student's educational
program.
7. Initiates, facilitates and
monitors mainstreaming into student's program when it is
appropriate
and consults with teacher to whom student is mainstreamed in
the
Least
Restrictive Environment.
8. Provides direction and
guidance to teacher's aide (when assigned).
D. Classroom Management
1. Establishes strategies for
maintaining orderly classroom behavior on an individual
and group
basis.
2. Takes all necessary and
reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment,
materials
and facilities.
E. Relationship with Students, Parents and
Staff
1. Works to establish and
maintain open and positive lines of communication with
students
and their parents concerning academics, language and
behavior.
2. Establishes and maintains
cooperative relations with other members of the staff.
3. Assists the administration
in upholding and enforcing school rules and policies.
F. Professional Responsibilities
1. Meets accepted standards
of professional behavior.
2. Observes and follows all
KCSEC policies and procedures.
3. Exhibits professionalism
and commitment through punctuality and attendance.
4. Performs other duties as
assigned by the KCSEC administration.
EVALUATION: Formal and informal classroom
observations and conferences shall occur
as needed or desired by the professional staff
member or Director of Kendall County
Special Education, Assistant Director and
Coordinator and shall be an ongoing process.