SY 23-24 Classroom Assistant Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Minimum Acceptable Training and Experience
• High School Diploma or GED.
• Pass the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Highly Qualified test.
• Two years of full-time, paid experience working with school-age children or adults with
disabilities which include impaired hearing requiring the use of American Sign Language,
or three years of volunteer experience working with school-age children or adults with

disabilities which include impaired hearing requiring the use of American Sign Language
in an institutional, educational or childcare setting.
OR
• Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• One year of full-time, paid experience working with school-age children with school-age
children or adults with disabilities which include impaired hearing requiring the use of
American Sign Language, or two years of volunteer experience working with school-age
children or adults with disabilities which include impaired hearing requiring the use of
American Sign Language in an institutional, educational or childcare setting.
OR
• Completion of 60 credit hours as a matriculated students at an accredited college or
university.
• One year of full-time, paid experience working with school-age children or adults with
disabilities which include impaired hearing requiring the use of American Sign Language,
or two years of volunteer experience working with school-age children or adults with
disabilities which include impaired hearing requiring the use of American Sign Language
in an institutional, educational or childcare setting.
OR
• High School Diploma or GED.
• Possession of the Credential of Competency for Special Education Paraprofessionals
issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
• One year of full-time, paid experience working with school-age children with disabilities
which include impaired hearing, two years of volunteer experience working with schoolage
children with disabilities which include impaired hearing requiring the use of
American Sign Language in an institutional, educational or childcare setting.
Note: Experience using American Sign Language to communicate with a member of the
household with impaired hearing may be substitutes for the one year of experience.
Certificates//Licenses
• Possession of valid certificates documenting the completion of approved courses in First
Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) upon appointment and during tenure of
appointment.
Physical Demands
• Involves climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, talking and hearing, reaching,
handling and fingering.