Posting # 1169

Posting date: May 8, 2023

Closing date: Open until filled

Start Date: July 11, 2023

Location: East Region, O'Brien, Cherokee, Ida, Crawford County area

Overview

Northwest AEA provides visionary leadership and quality, student-centered services through relationships with families, schools, and communities. In short, our focus can be summed up in these four words: Inspiring Learning. Changing Lives.

Our vision is to be the first contact for timely and ongoing support to improve the performance outcomes and well-being of all learners.

About the Agency

Northwest AEA provides special education and school improvement services to 34 public school districts and 32 accredited, non-public schools. The agency serves 45,000 students and more than 5000 educators in a 10-county area of Northwest Iowa (Lyon, Osceola, Sioux, O'Brien, Plymouth, Cherokee, Woodbury, Ida, Monona, and Crawford).

Our headquarters is located across from the Morningside College campus in Sioux City with regional offices in Cherokee, Denison, Le Mars, Onawa, and Sioux Center.

Why Northwest AEA?

Our vision, mission, and anchors guide our actions. Staff at Northwest AEA believe that what they do inspires learning and leads to changed lives for the students, staff, and families we serve. Our work is anchored in building positive, professional relationships with stakeholders and with one another. We embrace responsiveness in how we serve so that students, staff, and families can see improved results.

Essential Functions:

• Administer pure tone and impedance screenings.
• Use available technology to complete and disseminate appropriate documentation of screening results.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Coordinate screening schedules with local school and AEA staff.
• Adhere to department screening protocol as described in the hearing department procedures manual.
• Provide otoacoustic emission (OAE) screening that follows department procedures.
• Communicate screening results to audiologists to ensure appropriate audiological follow up.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Computer skills, especially word processing and spreadsheets

If you are an internal candidate interested in this position you must complete the application process associated with this position.

It is the policy of Northwest Area Education Agency not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status in its educational programs and its employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or a grievance related to this policy, please contact Jerome Schaefer, Equity Coordinator, 1520 Morningside Avenue, Sioux City, Iowa, 51106, 712-222-6114.