E4D Volunteers work collaboratively with their local counterparts and communities in five focus areas:

• Building teacher capacity through Communities of Practice
• Supporting Deaf students in strengthening KSL, literacy and/or numeracy skills through direct classroom teaching
• Promoting increased involvement of families and caregivers to support Deaf students’ education
• Adapting and developing teaching/learning materials and increasing access to materials/resources to support E4D initiatives
• Building Deaf students’ capacity to protect themselves from violence, STIs, unintended pregnancies, and sexual assault

Required skills

Competitive candidates will have one or more of the following criteria:

• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education (general or with emphasis in working with people with visual or hearing disabilities.)
• OR
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in any discipline with state certification in special education (general or with an emphasis in working with people with visual or hearing disabilities.)
• OR
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in Education with experience working with people with disabilities, including physical, cognitive, emotional, and psychological disabilities.
• OR
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree in any discipline with 1 year full-time experience working in classrooms or residential homes with people with disabilities, including physical, cognitive, emotional, and psychological disabilities.