Competencies Critical to Teachers of Students with Hearing Impairments

Abstract

it is essential that the knowledge and skills acquired during the preparation program be those needed by future teachers once they are delivering services to students with hearing impairments. A national survey of teachers in nonintegrated classes in residential schools and day programs, teachers in integrated settings in regular public schools, and itinerant teachers who work in regular public schools but who travel from school to school was conducted to determine perceptions of the competencies most critical to their job. The results of this study suggest that there are many similarites and some important differences in teacher competencies across service delivery models.