Position Type:
Audiologist Assignment/Audiologist (2039)
Date Posted:
7/28/2022
Location:
Student Services
Date Available:
TBD
Closing Date:
08/12/2022
Position Title: Educational Audiologist
About CPS:
Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) is Greater Cincinnati’s largest school district and Ohio’s third largest, serving about 36,000 students (preschool to 12th grade) in 65 schools spread across a 91-square-mile district in southwest Ohio. CPS is Ohio’s fastest-growing urban district, with enrollment up more than 20 percent since 2012-13.
CPS offers families high-quality educational choices and a variety of academic programs. Our innovative approach to education, an investment in effective and caring teachers, and a vast array of collaborative partnerships have accelerated student’s achievement to the highest level in decades-ensuring that students thrive and graduate prepared to enter college, the military and the workforce.
Cincinnati Public Schools seeks creative, innovative and passionate problem-solvers to join our team. We want our employees to have positive impacts on our children and families, and to serve as role models while experiencing excellent career opportunities.
Overview:
The Educational audiologists deliver a full spectrum of hearing services. The Educational Audiologist will diagnose, manage and treat hearing and balance problems. An educational audiologist is a member of the school multidisciplinary team who facilitate listening, learning and communication access via specialized assessments; monitor personal hearing instruments; recommend, fit and manage hearing assistance technology (HAT); provide and recommend support services and resources; and advocate on behalf of students.
Job Duties:
- Perform comprehensive, educationally relevant hearing evaluations and make recommendations to enhance communication access and learning;
- Provide training about hearing, hearing loss and other auditory disorders for school personnel, students and parents to facilitate a better understanding of the impact of auditory impairments on language, learning, literacy and social development;
- Support school hearing screening programs;
- Determine children's needs for individual amplification, including selecting and fitting appropriate hearing assistance technology and evaluating the effectiveness of amplification;
- Measure classroom noise, evaluate acoustics and make recommendations for improving the classroom listening environment;
- Assist in program placement decisions and make specific recommendations to address students’ listening and communication needs;
- Facilitate and provide direct intervention for listening and auditory training, communication strategies and self-advocacy skills for students with auditory needs;
- Administer relevant assessments to measure central auditory processing function and make appropriate educational recommendations;
- Provide counseling and guidance to children, parents and teachers regarding hearing loss;
- Collaborate with schools, parents, support personnel, relevant community agencies and professionals to ensure delivery of appropriate services.
Core Responsibilities/Essential Duties:
- Work collaboratively with school teams and outside agencies.
- Provide coaching, training and development to instructors served on an on-going basis
- Model proper work habits and skills
- Assure ongoing positive relationships between individuals served in the community
- Guide instructors on how to use data to support transition planning
- Foster a teamwork environment
- Maintain open communication with students, staff and families
- Implement and comply with all of CPS’ organizational policies and procedures
- Provide student coaching during community work experiences
- Maintain high level of ethical and confidentiality of information about the student
- Attend and participate in student meetings
- Follow work schedule and CPS calendar
- Maintain high ethical standards; serve as a cooperative and productive team member within assigned team
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Department of Student Services Manager
Qualifications:
- Doctoral Degree with additional certification in education
- Ohio Department of Education professional licensure
- Ohio Speech, Language and Hearing Professional Board Licensure
The intent of this job description is to provide a representation and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
Certain jobs at Cincinnati Public Schools may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation are available upon request from Human Resources.
All interested applicants are invited to submit an online application at www.cps-k12.org / Apply online.
Cincinnati Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and is subject to federal regulations pertaining to employment. The district has a continuing non-discrimination policy which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status. We hire only United States citizens and aliens lawfully authorized to work in the United States.
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