Speech Language Pathologist / Therapist

Speech Pathologist

Mississippi Teaching Certificate with a 215 Endorsement is required. Master’s Degree or beyond is required. Individuals with a Bachelor's Degree and 216 Endorsement will also be considered.

About the role

Comprised of students with an L/S ruling. Services are provided by means of individual or group therapy.

Responsibilities

• Helps students learn speech and language skills that contribute to their development as mature, able and responsible men and women.
• Aids and guides teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language impairments.
• Provides thorough assessments and diagnoses of speech, voice, hearing, and language impairments.
• Performs screenings to identify speech handicapped children at regular intervals and at specific levels.
• Affords appropriate individualized programs of therapy to meet individual students' needs and correct existing speech or language handicaps.
• Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement therapy through suggestions for the student’s daily activities.
• Provides information and counseling to parents and families when appropriate.
• Offers in-service education and serves as a consultant to teachers and school staff members on topics concerning speech improvement.
• Keeps thorough ongoing records for the individual student receiving therapy or other school-provided speech services.
• Maintains lists of referred, screened, and eligible students as well as a directory of outside agencies, consultants, specialists, and related services.
• Compiles case history data on those cases where additional family history, health history, early developmental history, and environmental history are deemed appropriate.
• Assumes primary responsibility for requisitioning and maintaining needed equipment and supplies.
• Prepares and administers the annual budget for speech therapy services.
• Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as may be assigned by his/her supervisor.

Requirements

Reports to: Site Principal or designee
Supervises: Staff members designated by the site principal

Qualifications

Mississippi Teaching Certificate with a 215 Endorsement is required. Master’s Degree or beyond is required. Individuals with a Bachelor's Degree and 216 Endorsement will also be considered.

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Salary and work year to be established by the Board.

Schedule

Not specified