Certified - Area - Other

Job Number : 2300209307

Start Date :

Open Date : 04/09/2021

Closing Date :

ABOUT OUR DISTRICT:

The Syracuse City School District is undergoing a new phase of innovation and transformation with the goal of ensuring that all students graduate high school with the skills needed to be ready for college and career. For Syracuse, all means all - including students who fall behind or have been considered "hard to serve" for a host of reasons. The School Board and Syracuse community have charged Superintendent Jaime Alicea with improving student achievement, and he is seeking a dedicated and diverse team of school leaders and teachers to partner with him in moving the district toward its goals. The Syracuse City School District represents 34 schools and 4 alternative education programs, serving 21,000+ students Pre-K-12 of whom 77% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 18% are served by the Office of Special Education and 78% are students of color.

REPORTS TO:

Director of School Health Services

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:

The work involves responsibility for providing screening and diagnostic assessment of students' hearing for a school district and interprets the educational implications of hearing loss to school personnel. The audiologist provides professional screening of students' hearing utilizing specialized instrumentation as mandated by the New York State Department of Education. Work involves the diagnostic assessment of students found to have a hearing loss to evaluate the degree, type and nature of the hearing disorder. The audiologist is also responsible for interpreting test results and the nature of student's hearing loss to school personnel and how this hearing disorder affects the student's functioning in school and in everyday activities. Work includes acting as a consultant for classroom teachers and special education teachers in recommending techniques and Hearing Assistive Technology (HATS) to better aid the education of hearing-impaired children. Work is performed with little direction and wide latitude given for independent action and judgement. Work is reviewed through conference and reports. Does related work as required.

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:

• Organizes and implements a hearing screening program k-12 according to guidelines for pure-tone and tympanometric screening established by the New York State Department of Education.
• Administers hearing screening tests annually and as requested on students.
• Administers further diagnostic testing on students who fail hearing screening tests by utilizing specialized methods and instrumentation to determine the degree, type and nature of the hearing disorder. (These tests may include: pure-tone threshold, air-conduction, bone-conduction threshold, conditioned play audiometry, otoscopic examination, tympanometry and acoustic reflex testing).
• Refers students with hearing disorders for treatment by informing parents of test results and recommending that they seek medical assistance from their doctor, clinics and/or audiologists in the community.
• Interprets test results for school personnel by describing what the specific hearing disability means for the individual student in terms of how he or she functions in the classroom and in everyday activities.
• Provides assistance and advice to school personnel for the improved education of hearing-impaired students of different levels by recommending techniques to help the student and by training both student and teacher in the use of the Hearing Assistive Technology and personal amplification (i.e. hearing aids).
• Assists special education personnel in setting up programs for students needing special attention by interpreting test results and the meaning of the specific hearing disorder and acting as a consultant as needed.
• Recommends improvements in the education of hearing-impaired children through participation on CSE and 504 committees by encouraging needed recommendations, in-service training and identifying areas of concern.
• Supervises the use of Hearing Assistive Technology by training students and teachers in its use, maintaining inventory of the equipment, and performing maintenance and minor repairs as needed.
• Maintains and calibrates audiometric equipment as able and sends equipment to factory for major repairs and yearly calibration.
• Prepares health records of hearing tests results for each student and compiles monthly statistical reports of the hearing screening program.

FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:

• Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of audiology.
• Good knowledge of the pathological and social-economic factors affecting hearing disabilities.
• Good knowledge of the educational and learning problems associated with hearing disabilities.
• Working knowledge of community resources available with rehabilitative audiology programs.
• Ability to interpret the results of hearing tests in terms of educational needs.
• Ability to secure the cooperation of students being tested.
• Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with others.
• Ability to prepare accurate reports.
• Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.

LOCATIONS:

This position will be based at McKinley-Brighton Elementary School.

WORKING HOURS:

This position will work 32.5 hours per week, 10 months per year. The working hours for this position are 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM. These hours are subject to modification.

SALARY/COMPENSATION:

The current starting salary for SCSD Teachers is $48,500. With proof of outside related experience and college transcripts, the salary will be increased pursuant to the Unit 1 contractual agreement.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• This position will be hired provisionally . All candidates must meet the minimum qualifications on the Onondaga County Civil Service job description for this title. When the exam for this title is offered, the successful candidate must pass the exam and be reachable on the resulting eligibility list, in order to be retained.
• Licensed and currently registered by the New York State Education Department as an Audiologist. Also must have ASHA CCC-A maintained to do Medicaid program requirements.
• Proven experience accelerating measurable student learning in urban schools (preferred)
• Training and or experience with Culturally Relevant Education (preferred)
• Prior demonstration of exemplary attendance is expected of any candidate for hire.
• Once offered, you will be required to declare that all previous obligations with an employing school district have been met and you are not seeking this position with the intent of resigning from a previous commitment in which you have not served.
• The successful candidate will be required to pass a fingerprint-based background check, at the cost of $102.00 to the candidate.
• City Residents are encouraged to apply!

*The Onondaga County Civil Service job description can be viewed by clicking here.

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