I didn’t expect to find a job in these Kentucky mountains, especially in the field of deaf education. When we learned about this possible call in Kentucky, I immediately started looking. In the state of Kentucky, all teaching jobs are posted on the Kentucky Department of Education website. So I looked at that website every week for a possible position. Nothing was available in this area; it’s always somewhere else. By mid-July, I started to give up on teaching and moved on to looking at newspaper ads. One day, I had to take a double-look and found an ad for a teacher of the deaf in the newspaper. From there, I sent in an application and resume, went to the interview, and volia! I got a job.

I’m an itinerant teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing, which means I’m traveling many miles from home to one school to the next school. I work with the student based on his/her IEP and consult with his/her teachers and staff. It’s so different from classroom teaching. I’m adjusting to this teaching position with its own challenges, i.e. making one own’s schedule. Every day, it gets better.