Outreach Consultant Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Billings

Typical Duties -

To promote appropriate educational practices and interventions for Deaf and Hard of Hearing* children in Montana. To
provide consultation and technical assistance to education professionals, families, and other service providers about service
options, resources and best practices as they relate to Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. The successful candidate must have an
understanding of and be able to communicate the continuum of communication options between American Sign Language and
Listening and Spoken Language.
*It is common in published articles to capitalize Deaf and Hard of Hearing to identify members of the Deaf Community. This
job description refers to children and students who identify with the Deaf Community and those that do not. Therefore, "deaf
and Hard of Hearing" will be written in lower case letters throughout unless used in a title such as Consultant for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing.
 

• Classroom Support, Consultation, and Technical Assistance - Improve access to instruction and environment by
  providing recommendations to school staff, Have a basic working knowledge of a variety of assistive listening
  technology and the basic ability to interpret audiological records. Assists in the development of the IEP and participates
  in the IEP meetings, Works with district if requested to provide support in hiring sign language interpreter, Conducts
  necessary trainings with small groups and school-wide staff.
• Early Childhood Education and Intervention - Collaborates with Part C to participate in intake activities, Provides
  advising and instruction to families of children who are aged birth to three regarding child development, communication
  and language options and opportunities, and meeting developmental goals and other needs of children who are deaf, hard
  of Hearing, or deafblind, Works with families and other service providers to develop and implement the Individual
  Family Service Plan (IFSP), Interpret audiological information reports, Establishes and monitors Family Advisor
  program including recruitment, training, mentoring, reporting, approving invoices, and general oversight.
• Assessment and Evaluation (specific to Consultants of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing), - Assists in obtaining and helping
  teams understand audiological reports, Performs assessments and evaluations related to educational needs to suggest
  appropriate accommodations and modifications to the classroom and/or curriculum (assessments and evaluations might
  be formal or informal - i.e. resources from Success for Kids with Hearing Loss)
• Extension Programs and Other Services - Assists in the planning, facilitation, and recruitment of families and students to
  attend annual Family Learning Weekends, Deaf Enrichment weekends, and Summer Camp, Works with the MSDB
  Admissions Coordinator in facilitating referral of students who can be appropriately served by MSDB's on-campus
  programs.
• Office Duties and Organization - Maintains and manages student files and data within a centralized data system,
  Completes follow-up reports, recommendations, phone contacts, and/or emails in a timely manner, Organizes and
  facilitates issue-specific training opportunities for students, Prepares reports as required or requested, Develops
  relationships and maintains contacts with office/school/service agencies via email and other technologies, phone contacts
  and maintains a record of those contacts, Complete and maintain annual accounting of students served on caseload.
• Travel to various Local Education Agencies (LEAs) within given caseload - may entail overnight stays while on the road.
  Travel to campus for majority of monthly meetings and Outreach Events held on campus.
• Performs related and other duties as assigned.

 Skills and knowledge related to Deaf Education and providing accommodations in regular classrooms
is required. Bachelor's Degree or higher in Deaf Education, ASL, Deaf Studies, Special Education or related degree is highly
preferred. Bachelor's Degree or higher from an accredited Interpreter Training Program or Master's in Speech and Language
Pathology (with experience working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing students) might be considered. Degree in Audiology might
be considered. Ability to obtain Montana Teaching Licensure is preferred.

For more detailed information on this vacancy, please see our website: MSDB Job Opportunities