Position Type: Ancillary / Speech and Language Pathologist
Date Posted: 4/18/2024
Location: EDC/Service for Exceptional Students
Closing Date: Open until filled
Title: Speech Language Pathologist (Multiple positions available)
Classification: Ancillary
Work Hours: 7.5 hours per day – 37.5 hours per week
Contract Length: 203 days
Salary: Level I = $61,361, Level II = $73,635, Level III = $85,906
Supervisor: Director of EDC/SES
To facilitate reduction of speech, language and aural impairments that interfere with the individual students' ability to benefit from the District's educational program.
Supervision Received and Exercised:
Receives general direction from the Special Education Director or assignee. May exercise technical and functional supervision over supervisory, professional, technical and clerical staff.
Essential Function Statements: Essential duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Administer appropriate assessments for each area of suspected speech language impairment.
- Develop therapy programs and materials to remediate communication delays and/or deficiencies; and intervention techniques.
- Confers with other teachers and specialists to discuss, plan and determine course of action in providing treatment.
- Deliver services in a variety of models: individual, group, consultation, collaboration with classroom teachers.
- Conduct and participate in in-service training and staff development programs; and participate in establishing and maintaining a safe, orderly and therapeutic environment.
- Makes medical referrals to outside agencies for further evaluation and possible treatment, as appropriate.
- Develop and maintain the instructional component of the IEP according to the results of the evaluation and ongoing assessment of progress.
- Responsible for the care and safety of students during treatment.
- Attends professional seminars, meetings, conferences; and confers with other practitioners and technical experts in field of specialization, to broaden knowledge, acquire specific information or obtain advice or consultation.
- Maintain compliance with all regulations, laws, professional ethics and practices; and comply with state standards and district policies in the processes of screening, referral and placement of students identified as needing speech language/aural evaluation.
- Documents student evaluation, progress, and attendance. Prepare comprehensive reports on the results of speech language evaluation and student progress to be placed in the permanent records.
- Provide consultation services to teaching staff and other District professionals or specialists.
Qualification Requirements:
Knowledge of: Principles and techniques of communication disorders, identification and treatment. Methods and techniques of administering, scoring and interpreting a variety of tests currently accepted as effective in diagnosing and treating speech language impaired students.
Ability to:
- Diagnose speech language problems.
- Develop and apply speech and language intervention strategies.
- Plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate intervention strategies, which can include counseling, remediation, group techniques, and specific behavior management techniques.
- Utilize and understand formal assessment instruments, procedures and techniques for evaluation and remediation of communication disorders.
- Understand statistical analysis and evaluation, testing materials and results, counseling and interpersonal relations.
- Interpret and apply Federal, State and local policies, laws and regulations.
- Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
- Maintain mental capacity which allows the capability of making sound decisions and demonstrating intellectual capabilities.
- Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities.
Experience and Training Guidelines:
Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Experience: Some related work experience in a school setting or professional capacity is desirable.
Education: Must have a MA degree and possess or have ability to obtain a NM Speech Language Pathologist license through the State of New Mexico. NM Public Education Department licensure requirement: SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST, PRE K-12. Official transcripts from all Universities/Colleges attended with degree(s) posted AND possess certification from the NM Speech Language Pathology Board.
** All Applicants must upload copies of official transcripts or evaluation of foreign transcripts from any and all accredited colleges/universities attended by you for review in order to be considered for this position.
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