Teacher Deaf Hard of Hearing DHH - Chattanooga TN

Thrive Therapies Group is a pediatric healthcare organization that delivers care exclusively in schools because school is where clinical care becomes transformative for kids with disabilities. Where therapy turns into learning, friendships, and belonging. Built by providers, for providers.

We have immediate openings in the greater chattanooga, tn area starting july 27, 2026 continuing into the 26-27 school year.

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Position Summary

As a Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing you provide direct instruction and specialized support to students K-12 with hearing loss across the full communication spectrum. You assess communication and academic needs, develop and implement IEPs, adapt curriculum for auditory access, and collaborate with families, audiologists, SLPs, and general educators to ensure every student with hearing loss has full educational access.

• Key Responsibilities
• Conduct or contribute to educational assessments of students with hearing loss: communication skills, language development, auditory functioning, academic performance, and social-emotional development
• Develop and implement IEPs with measurable goals addressing language development, literacy, auditory skill building, academic access, self-advocacy, and social communication
• Provide direct instruction using students preferred communication modality: ASL, spoken English, Sim-Com,
• Cued Speech, or augmentative approaches
• Manage and support hearing assistive technology: hearing aids, cochlear implant integration, FM and DM system setup, and sound-field amplification
• Collaborate with audiologists on audiological findings, technology recommendations, and hearing health monitoring
• Partner with ASL interpreters, educational transliterators, and note-takers to ensure communication access
• Consult with general education teachers on classroom accommodations: preferential seating, captioning, visual alerting systems, and acoustic modifications
• Facilitate IEP meetings and provide family support and parent education on hearing loss and technology management

• Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Special Education Hearing Impairment or Deaf Education, or related field. Master's preferred. Valid Tennessee teaching license with Endorsement Code 063 Deaf and Hard of Hearing K-12, or eligibility to obtain