K-12 Educator for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Job Description The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB) invites you to consider an enjoyable and gratifying employment opportunity with our agency. We are looking for a caring and motivated Elementary Educator for the Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing, at Jean Massieu School of the Deaf, located in Salt Lake City.

Principal Duties As an Instructor you will: -Focus on providing behavior support to our students and teachers. -Take initiative and lead on schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports system at JMS and facilitate PBIS meetings/events. -Work with school leadership, mental health partners, teachers, and other school staff to support students via teacher consultation and various team meetings including working on and implementing Behavior Intervention Plans. -Provide evidence-based social emotional supports in the form of small groups and push-in supports. -Maintain and ensure upkeep of the sensory room. -Collaborate with school leadership and mental health partners to assess, develop, and implement school-wide initiatives to address positive school climate and culture. -Plans learning experiences utilizing school curricula, IEP goals and objectives, and other appropriate materials and activities. -Develops lesson plans and uses a variety of assessment techniques that incorporate the Utah State Core -Curriculum, adapts curriculum to meet individual student needs, and utilizes effective teaching techniques in translating lesson plans into productive student learning experiences for a wide range of students’ needs. -Create an inclusive classroom environment using individualized instruction (academics, language, behavioral) to assist students with varying needs. -Ability to understand and use current technology and other technological classroom support equipment in student instruction and experience. -Collaborate and communicate frequently with families and staff regarding student progress and needs. -Collect data and provide assessments to develop and complete students IEP in a timely manner and implement IEPs. -Work collaboratively with related services providers for language planning and needs of individual students. -Ability to teach Kindergarten through 12th grade elective classes. Some classes may include but are not limited to: Physical Education, Art, Computer Graphics, and STEM.