EDUCATIONAL AUDIOLOGIST - (Part-time)
ESC of Central Ohio
- Location
- Columbus, Ohio
- Employment type
- part_time
- Source
- schoolspring
- Posted
- 11/9/2026
Minimum Qualifications:
Valid Ohio Teaching Certificate/License for the position
Note: This assignment may require a valid driver's license and access/availability of a reliable vehicle. Employees must meet all prerequisites and ongoing qualifications to be covered by the service center's insurance carrier.
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Reports To: Director of Student Services and Coordinator of Special Education.
Job Objectives: To deliver a full spectrum of hearing services to all children, including the diagnosis, management, and treatment of hearing and balance problems. Complies with state and Federal laws pertaining to the education of students with disabilities.
Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
"The following duties are representative of performance expectations; however, the list below is not ranked in order of importance or intended to be all-inclusive."
Perform comprehensive, educationally relevant hearing evaluations and make recommendations to enhance communication access and learning.
Provide training about hearing, hearing loss, and other auditory disorders for staff, students, and parents to facilitate better understanding of the impact of auditory impairments on language, learning, literacy, and social development.
Help implement school hearing screening programs.
Determine children's needs for group and individual amplification, including the selection and fitting of appropriate hearing assistance technology and evaluating the effectiveness of amplification.
Measure classroom noise, evaluate acoustics, and make recommendations for improving the classroom listening environment.
Assist in program placement decisions and make recommendations to address students' listening and communication needs.
Facilitate and provide direct intervention for listening and auditory training, communication strategies, and self-advocacy skills for students with auditory needs.
Administer relevant assessments to measure central auditory processing function and make appropriate educational recommendations.
Provide counseling and guidance to children, parents, and teachers regarding hearing loss.
Work cooperatively with general education classroom teachers, interpreters, and other service providers, assisting with research-based interventions and modifying the curriculum as necessary.
Collaborate with schools, parents, staff, and community agencies to ensure delivery of appropriate services.
Comply with Federal and state model policies and procedures for the education of students with disabilities, complete all required reports and record keeping in accordance with timelines and deadlines, and maintain confidentiality.
Uphold ethical and professional responsibilities (e.g., Complies with Governing Board Policy, district, state, and Federal regulations, maintains satisfactory attendance and punctuality, promotes a favorable image of the Agency, etc.).
Adapt to unique circumstances and factors such as travel, extended hours, student behaviors, etc.
Complete other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee.
Working Conditions:
Exposure to the following situations may range from remote to frequent based on circumstances and factors that may not be predictable.
Duties may require bending, crouching, kneeling, reaching, and standing.
Duties may require lifting, carrying, and moving work-related supplies/equipment.
Duties may require operating and/or riding in a vehicle.
Duties may require traveling to meetings and work assignments.
Duties may require using a computer keyboard and monitor.
Duties may require working extended hours.
Duties may require working under time constraints to meet deadlines.
Potential for exposure to adverse weather conditions and temperature extremes.
Potential for exposure to blood-borne pathogens and communicable diseases.
Potential for interaction with aggressive, disruptive, and/or unruly individuals.
Performance Evaluations:
Job performance is evaluated according to the policy provisions adopted by the Governing Board of the EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER OF CENTRAL OHIO.
Conduct:
Each staff member shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance and abuse of any prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the Agency.
Terms of Employment:
Each staff member shall be a role model for students to conduct themselves as citizens and responsible, intelligent human beings. Each staff member has a legal responsibility to help instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values.
The employees are responsible for maintaining proper certification/licensure and initiating the renewal process in sufficient time to receive the updated certificate/license before the present certificate/license expires.
The Educational Service Center of Central Ohio Governing Board does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, or age in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities. This job description summary does not imply that these are the only duties to be performed. This job description is subject to change in response to funding variables, emerging technologies, improved operating procedures, productivity factors, and unforeseen events.
Job Application Procedure:
Please apply online at www.escco.org/careers