Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teacher (DHH Teacher)

Day-to-day tends to involve direct instruction, IEP work, collaboration with general education teachers, language and communication support, and ongoing assessment of each student's academic and language progress. The work draws on specialized knowledge — language development for deaf students, audiology basics, sign language fluency, and the technologies that support access.

Coordination tends to happen with families, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, classroom teachers, interpreters, and the IEP team. Communication mode decisions carry real weight for families — ASL, listening and spoken language, total communication — and you're often part of conversations about what each child needs to thrive.

People who tend to thrive here are patient, deeply curious about language and communication, and committed to deaf education as a craft. If you want a high-paced general classroom or struggle with the small specialized field dynamics, the role can feel insular. If you find satisfaction in opening up access for students whose path through school depends on someone like you, the work can be deeply consequential.