District Overview
Driven by our desire to help students thrive in their academic and personal lives, the Saanich School District provides quality educational programs and a safe and nurturing learning environment for the over 7,000 culturally diverse students within its 18 schools. Serving the Saanich Peninsula located just north of Victoria, BC, the district has one of the highest graduation rates in the province and a student body that consistently scores well on annual assessment tests, thanks in large part to the dedication and efforts of our 900 teaching and support staff.
Position - Temporary Teacher
Assignment Type - Temporary
FTE/Point Time - 1.0 Point Time
Schedule: November 13, 2026 to January 13, 2027, or the return of the incumbent. As of January 13, 2027 to June 30, 2027 Temporary.
Teacher of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (TDHH)
The TDHH will:
- Work directly with deaf and hard of hearing students who require assistance in their auditory, speech, language, academic, social and emotional development.
- Have a willingness to continue professional development in order to meet the ever-changing technological and intervention needs of students who are deaf and hard of hearing;
- Build capacity of school-based teams that include classroom teachers, support teachers, and education assistants so they may use effective approaches to inclusive education of deaf and hard of hearing, students in the classroom;
- Coordinate and direct services of classroom transcriber, Interpreter, Communication Facilitators, and Education Assistants as needed and FM/DM and sound field system management and trouble shooting.
- C ollaborativ ely plan within a multi-disciplinary team including classroom teachers, school-based personnel, itinerant district specialists, and Provincial Outreach Program staff.
- Travel between schools and will be part of our itinerant team of teachers.
In addition to working closely with school staff, the TDHH teacher will collaborate with other members of the District Team in support of students. The work of the itinerant TDHH teacher includes:
- Providing consultative services to parents, teachers, counsellors, educational assistants, and other personnel.
- Providing workshops to staff and to students, to promote a greater understanding of hearing loss and its educational implications.
- Providing liaison services with community agencies (Island Health Hearing Clinic) and support groups.
- Attending the IEP meetings.
- Assisting in formulating hearing and language goals for the student’s IEP.
- Providing support and maintenance of hearing aids and FM/DM communication equipment.
- Providing Sound Field equipment, and instruction on its use, upon the recommendation of the students’ audiologist.
- Monitoring classroom acoustics and making recommendations for modifications.
- Collaborating with classroom teacher and/or EAs to ensure pre-teaching and post-teaching of curriculum content
- developing auditory skills with the student (auditory discrimination skills, auditory processing skills, auditory memory skills, etc.)
- Collaborating with classroom teacher and/or EAs around filling in the language gaps the student may have because of missed incidental learning.
- Teaching the student communication repair strategies September 2021.
- Developing self-advocacy skills in the student as related to hearing loss.
Qualifications
The successful applicant will possess:
- Bachelor of Education (Elementary).
- Valid BC Teaching Certificate, membership in the BC Teachers Regulation Branch, and eligibility for a TQS Card.
- Masters Degree or Diploma in the education of the deaf and hard of hearing or certification by the Canadian Association of Educators of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CAEDHH).
- Successfully completed university level courses in the following areas: teaching students with special needs, assessment/testing theory and practice, and strategies for adapting and modifying curriculum to meet the diverse needs of students. American Sign Language would be considered an asset.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal, communication and collaborative skills.
- Demonstrated wide range of teaching and management strategies.
- Current and detailed knowledge of methods for evaluating and selecting instructional materials suitable for students with a variety of unique needs.
- Demonstrated ability to understand and carry out a variety of assessments, including classroom observation, assessment for learning practices, curriculum-based assessment and diagnostic teaching methods, administration and interpretation of norm-referenced assessment instruments to level B testing.
- Ability to develop, implement, and evaluate an IEP in consultation with the classroom teacher(s), parents, students and district and community resource personnel and to contribute to the IEP in ways mentioned above.
- Demonstrated ability in using a variety of up to date a technology, to enhance learning (including FM systems hearing aids, Smart Boards and other assistive technologies).
- Current and detailed working knowledge about how to manage district FM systems and their basic repair.
- Be able to philosophically and pedagogically meet the needs of a broad range of students with varied hearing abilities and varied communication modes.
- A valid BC Driver License and a reliable vehicle for transportation during the workday.
Please Note: Thank you in advance for applying. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All postings close at 10:00 am on the listed closing date unless otherwise specified. If you have any questions regarding this posting please contact hr_teaching@saanichschools.ca
