Position Type:
Student Support Services/Speech and Language Pathologist
Date Posted:
5/4/2023
Location:
Three Oaks Elementary School
Date Available:
08/21/2023
Closing Date:
Until Filled
District:
Cary Community Consolidated School District 26 - website
Reports: Building Principal and Special Ed Program Coordinator
Date: School Year 2023-2024
Qualifications include:
- ISBE Professional Educator License (PEL) with endorsement in Speech/Language Therapy
- Master’s Degree from accredited university
- ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence preferred.
- Knowledgeable about language acquisition.
- Flexible, excellent interpersonal communication skills, a positive attitude, to promote the speech and language needs of students.
Position Responsibilities:
- Providing high quality direct speech-language therapy services to students according to students’ IEPs, 504 plans or other intervention plans.
- Conducting assessments, analyzing results, and writing reports to determine strengths and concerns in areas such as speech, voice, fluency, pragmatics, and language.
- Ensuring evaluations, treatment plans and service delivery are aligned with school district policies as well as state and federal guidelines.
- Participating in the Problem Solving Process through the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).
- Assisting and guiding teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language delays/disorders.
- Consulting with teaching teams to develop and implement of curriculum modifications and appropriate classroom strategies and accommodations.
- Ensuring students’ skills are generalized across settings by collaborating with teaching teams and other related service providers.
- Completing treatment notes and progress reports in timely manner in accordance to school policy.
- Documenting all aspects of work with students according to school and state guidelines.
- Maintaining appropriate, confidential, records and provide timely reports of progress, consistent with legal mandates and district policy.
- Keeping abreast of best practices in speech and language therapy and language development and implementing best practices in compliance with district policy, Federal Laws, and State Regulations.
- Participating in the collaborative process with speech/language therapist colleagues through participation in regularly scheduled Speech/Language Pathologist meetings.
- Engaging parents and families in their student's learning.
- Contributing productively to the school as a whole.
- Other duties as assigned