St. Leo Centre
Department of Learning Services

6220 Lakeview Drive SW, Calagry

Overall Accountability

The Audiologist works collaboratively to support and educate students with hearing difficulties in an educational setting by evaluating the student’s hearing, listening, and auditory processing deficits that can affect their academic success, communication abilities and psychosocial well-being. The Audiologist will also educate children/students, teachers, and parents on management of hearing loss; monitoring students to ensure appropriate equipment and amplification where applicable. The Audiologist will support Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) children/students with their technology and learning environment.

The Audiologist interacts with teachers, Education Assistants, other members of the school learning team, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists and Department of Learning Services to develop in-class, inclusive programs, to monitor the child’s/student’s progress, evaluating the hearing of children/students, the outcomes as well as changing and adapting programs as required and assist those with hearing impairments to enable them to succeed in the classroom.

Specific Accountabilities

• Provide diagnostic services to evaluate hearing and auditory processing and identify the need for amplification and hearing assistance technology including candidacy for personal hearing aids and/or assistive listening devices to support children/students in their education environment

• Maintains and/or coordinates maintenance of auditory equipment such as auditory trainers and equipment designed for auditory diagnoses. Maintains inventory of equipment. Conducts routine check and repair of equipment and forwards to service agencies as required.

• Supports children/students and parents/legal guardians to implement programs, develop skills to allow greater success in the classroom, and to permit carry-over from classroom learning to the home setting and into the community, and also provides consultation and training on equipment needs and use to parents, teachers and students

• Adapts the environment to make it more accessible and easier for the child/student to participate in activities

• Provides educationally relevant interpretation of audiologic findings and makes recommendations for interpreters/translators. Evaluates and selects personal FMs. Determines appropriate equipment for DHH students.

• Provides counseling to parents and children/students regarding audiologic findings, hearing loss impact, and amplification benefit, collaborates with colleagues and parents to share information and expertise to plan and implement effective student programs

• Provide training about hearing, hearing loss, and other auditory disorders for school personnel, children/students, and parents to facilitate a better understanding of the impact of auditory impairments on language, learning, literacy, and social development

Qualifications

• Masters’ degree or equivalent in Audiology and experience as noted below or

• Bachelor’s of Science in Occupational Therapy and experience noted below

• MSc Audiology - one (1) to three (3) years’ experience as an Audiologist or early childhood hearing intervention; including pediatric audiology experience (diagnostics and rehabilitation) and experience with FM (Frequency Modulated) systems

• BSc Audiology - minimum of seven (7) years’ experience as an Audiologist or early childhood hearing intervention; including pediatric audiology experience (diagnostics and rehabilitation) and experience with FM (Frequency Modulated) systems

• Educational Audiology and knowledge of equipment specific to use in schools - preferred

• Registered with the Alberta College of Speech - Language Pathologists and Audiologists (ACSLPA); continuing professional development as per ACSLPA guidelines

• Valid Alberta Driver’s License and a vehicle in good operating condition

• Must be able to read and interpret Audiology reports, hearing aid/FM system specifications and operating instructions

• Excellent communication, organization, interpersonal and prioritization skills

• Proven collaboration and team building skills

• Maintain professional relationships with colleagues and parents of DHH children/students

The Calgary Catholic School District is committed to fair and accessible employment practices and considers catholicity, equity, diversity, and inclusivity to be foundational to its institutional success.

The Calgary Catholic School District seeks to foster a workplace that reflects the full breadth of the communities it serves.

If selected as the successful candidate for this position, please be aware that you will be required, as a condition of employment, to submit to the District a police information check (PIC) prior to your start date . The check must be issued at the time of the job offer or within the past six months. Please note, the cost of the police information check will be the responsibility of the candidate. NOTE: Applicants who live in Calgary can apply for Police Information Check (PIC) electronically by visiting the following CPS website: https://www.calgary.ca/cps/public-services/police-information-checks.html