JOB TITLE Exceptional Children Spoken Language Facilitator

FLSA STATUS Non-Exempt

REPORTS TO Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Director of Exceptional Children's Programs

NATURE OF WORK

 The employee in this position supports students who have verbal language needs to meet IEP goals and succeed in the general curriculum.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Facilitate communication between assigned students and peers, the classroom teacher, and other school personnel.
• Focus on linguistic input conducive to language learning by modeling speech and language skills/stimulating verbal interactions/assuming roles for language input.
• Demonstrate proficient knowledge of language facilitation strategies for the classroom.
• Encourage emergent literacy skills (symbol and word relationships, print awareness, name recognition, rhyming, etc.).
• Provide high-quality input of passive and active messages in diverse contexts and interactions.
• Deliberate use of words, grammar, and sounds commensurate with the student's level to stimulate language development.
• Provide repetition of important linguistic concepts and repetitive input of targets.
• Monitor student's comprehension, document needs, and problems encountered, and report to the appropriate staff.
• Oversees daily maintenance and use of devices and performs simple troubleshooting as needed.
• Actively participate in the teaching process by modifying instruction and tasks when appropriate, providing demonstrations, and manipulatives (sentence frames, visual demonstrations, etc.) as needed to enhance understanding.
• Delivery of Language Facilitation services following each individual student's IEP              
• Travel between school locations as necessary.
• We have written check-in/check-out at each school, according to each school's procedures.
• The Spoken Language Facilitator is not responsible for behavior management or physical restraint. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Willingness and ability to learn new skills.
• Ability to display calmness, patience, and firmness in managing problem behavior.
• Ability to accept and follow directions of students' IEP.
• Ability to show respect for all students, regardless of skills or needs
• Dependability and promptness.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be willing to assist on field trips.
• Work regularly requires speaking or hearing and frequently requires standing, walking, and sitting.
• Work has standard vision requirements.
• Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and accurately conveying detailed or important instructions to others. 
• Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels, receive detailed information through oral communications, and/or make fine distinctions in sound.
• Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data.
• Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g., business office, light traffic).

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT

• Associate's degree or equivalent required hours.
• Completion of NC DPI Spoken Language Facilitation Canvas Course (or willing to complete asap)

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT 

Ten months; full-time; full benefits

EVALUATION

Performance of this job will be evaluated annually following provisions of State and Local policies on the Evaluation of Personnel.

DISCLAIMER

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.