TEMPORARY - Speech Language Therapist

Essential Duties

• Communicates, collaborates, and cooperates with colleagues, supervisors, and students
• Models correct use of language, oral and written
• Demonstrates accurate and up-to-date knowledge of content
• Identifies speech and language disordered students through evaluation and analyzing communication skills of students found in the identification process
• Plans and implements developmentally appropriate interactive learning experiences
• Provides consultative services to teachers, parents, administrators, and allied agencies in order to integrate speech and language goals into the classroom, other educational programs, and the home environment
• Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior to achieve an effective learning atmosphere
• Evaluates and reports student progress for continuation or termination of services
• Participates with school administration/coordinators for effective planning, coordination, and implementation of speech/language pathology program into the total education system
• Provides assessments that measure student achievement of objectives
• Utilizes technology effectively to plan, teach, and assess
• Evaluates, selects, and modifies resources and activities to match learners’ needs and meet the curriculum standards
• Supervises

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in applicable field of education from a PSC-approved college or university
• Required: Valid service certificate in Speech and Language Pathology
• Prior experience in school or education setting preferred
• Physical demands: Stand, walk, and sit for long periods of time; lifting up to 30 pounds may be required on an occasional basis; stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling may be required
• Specific vision abilities: Close vision and distance vision