Speech Pathologist FY 2026-2027

About the role

The Speech Pathologist works under the guidance of the Principal and is responsible for preventing, identifying, assessing, and providing intervention for students with speech, language, and related impairments and disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide aid in prevention of a speech disability through consultation and possible in-service training.
• Identify a speech or language disability through pre-referral interventions, and referral process.
• Be responsible for vision and hearing screening.
• SLP evaluates student by giving a standardized and possible informal assessment.
• SLP makes recommendations to the IEP team and if the student qualifies for speech, SLP is responsible for preparing the student's individual education program in accordance with goals.
• Work with other professionals to coordinate programs for therapy purposes.
• Provide intervention in an individual pull-out speech session, group session or classroom session.
• Keep data documentation of the student's performance in relation to goals and objectives.
• Prepare and give the students' parents progress reports every 9 weeks.
• Evaluate goals on an annual basis.
• Be responsible for 3-year re-evaluation for speech-language category.
• Participate in the post high school transition planning for the student.
• Select and requisition needed speech materials and supplies.
• Attend various continuing education conferences and in-services.
• Assists with special projects.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• Valid Oklahoma Teaching Certificate in Speech/Language Pathology
• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC)
• CPR and CPI certification preferred

Supervisory Responsibilities

Students

Qualification Requirements

• Education and/or Experience: Master's Degree
• License and Registrations: Current driver's license in good standing.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The employee regularly is required to stand, sit, and walk.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Primarily inside working conditions; some exposure to environmental conditions during outside duty. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.