SY 26-27 Speech Language Pathologist

About the role

Work with school system personnel and community to develop and provide an appropriate special education program to eligible exceptional children.

Responsibilities

• Complete designated follow-up procedures for students referred for special education service.
• Develop, implement, monitor and review the Individual Education Program (IEP) of each handicapped student on the caseload, at least annually.
• Work with parents in all aspects of their child’s educational program and facilitate improved communication skills.
• Collect and maintain accurate and descriptive records on all students on caseload.
• Provide appropriate speech/language screening and diagnostic service.
• Collaborate with regular education and/or special education educators on an ongoing basis.
• Refer students to other specialists as needed.
• Assure all due process procedural safeguards are afforded students and their parents.
• Provide effective therapeutic services according to established program guidelines and through appropriate service delivery models.
• Use special methodology for instruction, according to the population needs.
• Stay informed on new techniques and methods.
• Use carefully designed behavior management strategies, as indicated.
• Administer, on an on-going basis, evaluations of student progress towards mastery of established goals and objectives specified by system’s recommended program report guidelines.
• Serve as a resource to the regular education teachers and administrators regarding the needs of all communicatively handicapped children.
• Perform special duties required for meeting the unique needs of specific populations, i.e., lifting physically handicapped.

  Requirements

  • Complete an approved program at the Master’s degree level or higher in Speech-Language Pathology.
  • Possess or be eligible for proper certification from the state licensure agency.

  Qualifications

  • Valid and appropriate license, certificate and/or credential as may be required for this position.

  Skills

  • Ability to work with school system personnel and community.
  • Ability to develop and provide an appropriate special education program.
  • Ability to work with parents and facilitate improved communication skills.
  • Ability to collect and maintain accurate and descriptive records.
  • Ability to provide appropriate speech/language screening and diagnostic service.
  • Ability to collaborate with regular education and/or special education educators.
  • Ability to refer students to other specialists as needed.
  • Ability to assure all due process procedural safeguards are afforded students and their parents.
  • Ability to provide effective therapeutic services.
  • Ability to stay informed on new techniques and methods.
  • Ability to use special methodology for instruction.
  • Ability to use carefully designed behavior management strategies.
  • Ability to administer evaluations of student progress.
  • Ability to serve as a resource to the regular education teachers and administrators.
  • Ability to perform special duties required for meeting the unique needs of specific populations.

  Benefits

  Fringe Benefits: FICA is paid by the employee and matched by the School District. Temporary workers do not qualify for employee benefits.

  Pay

  Salaried; Exempt

  Schedule

  Regular work schedule