Description
Teach academic, language, and social-emotional skills to preschool children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Develop and implement IEPs, adapt curriculum, and use ASL and/or listening and spoken language approaches. Manage hearing technologies and classroom acoustics, and collaborate with families and specialists to support communication, early literacy, and inclusion.
- • Arrange classroom and play areas to optimize visual access, acoustics, and safety.
- • Attend to children's basic needs while ensuring communication access during routines.
- • Communicate using ASL, spoken language with visual supports, or other modes for comfort and reinforcement.
- • Confer with parents, guardians, teachers, counselors, or administrators to address communication, behavioral, or academic concerns.
- • Develop individualized education programs (IEPs) with goals for language, listening, and early academics.
- • Implement strategies tailored to students’ hearing levels, language modes, and additional disabilities.
- • Use visual, tactile, and auditory strategies to build listening, speechreading, language, cognition, and memory.
- • Encourage persistence and exploration to prepare students for later grades.
- • Establish and communicate clear lesson objectives to students and families in accessible formats.
- • Establish and enforce behavior rules and routines using visual cues and consistent procedures.
- • Instruct and monitor safe use and care of classroom materials and hearing equipment.
- • Adapt preschool curriculum and materials for deaf and hard of hearing learners.
- • Monitor and coach teacher assistants and interpreters to support IEP goals and communication access.
- • Observe and assess language, listening, social development, behavior, and health indicators.
- • Organize play and movement activities with visual signals to promote physical, social, and language development.
- • Plan and supervise experiential learning, ensuring auditory and visual access and safety.
- • Prepare classrooms with visual schedules, manipulatives, and sign or picture resources.
- • Prepare objectives, units, and lesson materials aligned to curriculum and communication goals.
- • Present lessons with visual media, captioned content, and interactive technologies.
- • Conduct shared reading with sign-supported or spoken narration and visual props.
- • Support snack and meal routines while modeling communication and social language.
- • Teach basic concepts, self-care, and social skills using accessible communication.
- • Teach socially appropriate behaviors using positive reinforcement and visual supports.
- • Teach self-advocacy, independence, and age-appropriate device care.
- • Administer and interpret assessments of hearing access, language, and early academics.
- • Attend professional meetings and trainings on deaf education, ASL, and early childhood practices.
- • Collaborate with teachers and administrators to design inclusive, communication-rich preschool programs.
- • Partner with families, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and administrators to develop and review IEPs.
- • Manage inventories of classroom materials and hearing assistive technologies.
- • Coordinate mainstream opportunities and interpreter or captioning support as appropriate.
- • Maintain accurate records of student progress, accommodations, and daily listening or device checks.
- • Meet with families to discuss progress, share strategies for home communication, and connect to community resources.
- • Display student work with clear visuals and language scaffolds.
- • Assign and guide tasks for assistants, interveners, or interpreters.
- • Prepare required reports on student progress, assessments, and classroom activities.
- • Set up, check, and troubleshoot FM/DM systems, hearing aids, and cochlear implant accessories, and ensure access to visual alerts.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
