This position will design, develop, implement and teach ASL Staff Program for TLC Employees. At TLC, the primary language of communication is ASL. Some of our employees have either limited or minimum ASL proficiency or require additional training in ASL to meet our deaf students and families’ needs. Some key positions are chronically challenging to recruit job applicants who are ASL-fluent and are highly qualified in their fields. This position aims to build a robust, in-house ASL instruction program for our staff to continue to reduce systemic barriers to serving our own and other deaf students, families, and staff in a fully linguistically-accessible, culturally-competent manner. Successful implantation of this work will create a fully accessible bilingual campus where the primary language of interaction is ASL and ultimately reduce interpreter use for employee staff meetings over time. TLC aims to provide support and accountability in ASL proficiency levels of all employee members.

Supervisor: ASL Program Analyst

Functions and Responsibilities:

Teach ASL classes for TLC staff that are learning ASL at The Learning Center in American Sign Language on a virtual platform and fulfill other responsibilities related to instruction, including but not limited to: advising and assist students, prepare class materials, review and evaluate student progress, record class attendance, and provide class surveys and evaluations.

Provide modeling for teaching ASL classes, if needed

Provide language modeling and instruction in both academic ASL and conversational ASL

Formally assess TLC employees’ ASL proficiency and keep track of their progress through evidence and data collection and organization.

Recommend a plan for the next steps for TLC employee’s ASL acquisition and receptive proficiency to ensure they become high-quality language models for DHH students

Develop ASL-based materials to supplement the pace of ASL learning

Work with ASL Program Strategist and ASL instructors to improve course and assessment of staff language acquisition.

Encourage and advise ASL-related participation and activities to maintain ASL fluency and promote Deaf culture competency among TLC staff.

Stay abreast of new developments in ASL usage and instruction, academic language in ASL, and technological and video applications through participation in professional development and perusal of new research findings.

Report to the ASL Program Analyst with concerns or issues from the classes

Perform other duties as assigned by the ASL Program Analyst

*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

**TLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and all employees and applicants for employment are afforded equal opportunity in every area of hiring and employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity, age, criminal record (inquiries only), handicap (disability), mental illness, retaliation, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, genetics, active military, and any other legally protected characteristic.

**TLC embraces and celebrates a spirit of inclusion and diversity, and reasonable accommodations and modifications will be made whenever possible.