Speech Language Pathologist (2026-2027 school year) - District

Education and experience as required by state certification authorities. The appropriate speech/language certification is required for this position.

Reports To: Director of Exceptional Education

Job Goal: To help or eliminate communication impairments that interfere with the individual student's ability to derive full benefit from the district's educational program.

Skills / Effort:

• Ability to provide instruction to students through explanation, demonstration, and/or supervised practice.
• Ability to supervise students and maintain order in various classroom and instructional activities and situations.
• Ability to operate general office equipment in the performance of daily activities.
• Ability to prepare lesson plans, tests, and instructional materials for classroom activities.
• Ability to identify student adjustment and/or academic problems, provide counseling and/or recommend appropriate remedial action to parents.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students and their parents, district staff, and all other groups involved in the activities of the job.

Working Conditions:

• Conducts duties in a classroom environment with no significant exposure to environmental conditions.
• Requires ability to work under a degree of stress-related duties that require constant attention and working with students.
• Physical demands are restricted to classroom work requiring lifting/moving of items up to 25 pounds.
• Occasional local travel is required; no overnight travel is required.
• Job requires the operation of standard office equipment.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Provide a program of therapy to meet individual needs of speech/language and hearing impaired children.
• Employ reliable assessment procedures, techniques, and standardized tests necessary for thorough and accurate diagnosis and assessment of pupil needs and behaviors related to voice, fluency, articulation and hearing.
• Provide screening to identify speech/language handicapped children at regular intervals and specified levels.
• Provide appropriate individualized programs of therapy to meet individual student's needs and correct existing speech or language impairments.
• Serve as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program for speech/language improvement.
• Assist and guide teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language impairments.
• Assist in proper referrals of individuals to general practitioners, audiologist, and otolaryngologists in the community as appropriate.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement therapy by suggestions for the student's daily activities.
• Provide in-service education and serve as a consultant to teachers, school staff members, and parents on topics concerning speech/language improvement.
• Keep thorough ongoing records for the individual students receiving therapy or other school-provided speech/language services through evaluations, IEP's, etc.
• Maintain lists of referred, screened, and eligible students as well as a directory of outside agencies, consultants, specialists, and related services.
• Evaluate the condition of work facilities and equipment in relation to pupil needs and make recommendations to the appropriate supervisor and/or administrator.
• Provide and follow schedules for assigned schools and inform appropriate personnel of any departure from the schedule.
• Participate in self-designed and district staff development activities in order to promote own professional growth.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Performs other related duties as required.