Deaf Language Coach - Education Aide

Full Job Description

Deaf Language Coach

Works directly with students at Iowa School for the Deaf (ISD) either one-on-one or in small groups to provide additional support and assistance. This is a school year position. To learn more about ISD see: www.iowaschoolforthedeaf.org.

• Works primarily with multi-disabled students. Instruct and guides students to advance an understanding of academic content, social skills, language and communication skills, and to develop motor and perceptual abilities and daily living skills.
• Prepares specialized learning activities or projects by developing or adapting, with the assistance of the supervisor, behavioral objectives, and lesson or activity plans; uses a variety of techniques to improve communicative ability.
• Interacts with students to arouse interest, stimulate participation, and encourage responses.
• Assists with behavior management issues, including relationship building and the use of specialized techniques to prevent, de-escalate and intervene in situations posing potentially harmful behaviors.
• Supervises students in class, between classes, during meal time, on transportation, and during recreation periods and field trips.
• Completes progress notes and other records; observes and assesses changes and accomplishments of students.

Hours: School day hours. Typically, 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Monday-Friday; School-year position. Schedule follows standard school calendar

A successful candidate will bring or have the ability and desire to learn:

• Knowledge of developmental stages of human, mental, physical, social, and emotional growth.
• Knowledge of behavioral modification techniques or other instructional methods.
• Ability to adapt to specific learning capabilities or disabilities of the student.
• Ability to observe, record, and evaluate a variety of information and prepare related records and reports.
• Displays high stands of ethical conduct.
• Works and communicates with others to meet their needs in a polite, courteous, and cooperative manner.
• Displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments efficiently. Works with minimal supervision. Demonstrates responsible behavior and attention to detail.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working in a school environment.
• Experience working with disabled individuals.
• Experience or knowledge of deafness.
• Iowa Paraeducator Certification
• Applicant must perform ASL skills at a minimum level of intermediate which includes:
  • Fingerspelling is fluent, error free, and signed at a normal rate.
  • Good knowledge of everyday sign language vocabulary.
  • Able to sign 3-5 sentences on topics related to work and routine social topics.
  • Signing is done at moderate to normal rate
  • Needs few repetitions and rephrasing of questions.
  • Fair to good use of grammatical structure of ASL

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Opportunities to make a difference in the lives of students at Iowa School for the Deaf.
• Collaborative, positive work environment
• Competitive salary and benefits package:

https://das.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/hr/documents/employment/Benefits_Beyond_the_Paycheck.pdf(Download PDF reader)

E-Verify and Right to Work
The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

Qualifications

Experience equal to one year of full-time work as an aide in a treatment or habilitative program for the intellectually disabled, emotionally disturbed, physically handicapped, or mentally ill or as an aide in an educational or child care setting;
any equivalent combination of the required experience and post high school education may be substituted on the basis that 30 semester hours or equivalent equals one year of experience.

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Additional Information

Designated positions in this job class require applicants to obtain the required Chauffeur's License and endorsements within a period of time as determined by the appointing authority at the time of hire.