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The Program Specialist – BVI or DHH supports and guides APSEA teachers and specialists to develop and implement programs and an environment that is developmentally and culturally appropriate. They focus on individual and group professional learning that will expand and refine understanding about research-based effective instruction. The Program Specialist - DHH or BVI delivers instructional programing to learners in a virtual or in-person group setting in areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum (BVI) or Developmental Skills Inventory (DHH).
- Collaborates with the EST-DHH and/or EST-BVI, APSEA employees, and educational teams to support Tier 1, 2, 3 inclusive programming for learners who are Deaf or hard of hearing and/or blind or visually impaired who are eligible to receive APSEA services.
- Provides coaching, modeling, instructing and collaborative support that is responsive to the identified needs of APSEA employees in their department.
- Conducts observations and provides appropriate coaching, modeling, and feedback on the implementation of instruction that supports learner progress.
- Provides leadership and support to employees within their department through professional learning, identification of research-based resources, instructional strategies and progress monitoring techniques.
- Provides supportive feedback on caseload management and assessment practices. Assists APSEA employees with maintaining student data and preparing pertinent reports to document program impact as requested.
- Serves on the APSEA Service Delivery Team and the APSEA Program Planning Team.
- Assists APSEA Service Delivery Teams and school-based education Teams in the implementation and monitoring of effective instructional and comprehensive assessment practices.
- Fosters respectful, collaborative relationships between families and professionals.
- Supports processes to create a safe, equitable, positive, and supportive learning environment in which diversities are valued.
- Participates in ongoing professional learning.