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Possible Speech Therapist / Speech-Language Pathologist

JobID: 418

Position Type:
  Student Support Services/Speech and Language Pathologist


Date Posted:
  4/2/2025


Location:
  Castlewood Elementary / Castlewood High Schools


  Title:   Speech Therapist / Speech – Language Pathologist
 
Position Purpose
Under the general supervision of the Director of Special Education, to actively participate in the process of development, implementation, and coordination of the school district's speech therapy program for students with disabilities or other identified impairments by developing individualized programming based on performance deficits in communication, including articulation, expressive language skills, receptive language skills and pragmatic language skills.
 
Essential Functions
• Screens, evaluates and monitors students with disabilities and/or other impairments for the purpose of providing educational programs, therapeutic intervention, and transition and exit planning and enhancing their ability to perform in the area of communication.
• Collaborates with staff to ensure team understanding of student performance, strengths, and needs, as well as student outcomes.
• Evaluates the student's ability and formulates the student's communication profile, providing written reports that reflects strengths and barriers to student participation in the educational environment and guides evidence-based intervention.
• Participates in the development of Individualized Education Programs.
• Provides targeted, evidence-based therapeutic intervention to facilitate student participation and communication within the school environment.
• Assesses the need for assistive technology and equipment and makes recommendations for its use at school to help students function as independently as possible.
• Documents speech therapy services, and maintains records in accordance with school district policies, as well as state and federal laws and regulations.
• Supervises speech therapy assistants and/or interns as needed.
• Plans, coordinates, and conducts continuing education for school staff, parents, and students as required.
• Continues to acquire professional knowledge and learn of current developments in the educational field by attending seminars, workshops or professional meetings, or by conducting research, and by maintaining professional relationships.
Additional Duties
• Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Director of Pupil Services and other administrators as designated by the Superintendent.
Note:         The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities.  It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.
 
Equipment
• Uses standard office equipment such as personal computers, printer, copy and fax machines, and telephone.
Travel Requirements
• Travels to school district buildings and professional meetings as required.
 
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Knowledge and use of speech therapy theories, models of practice, principles, and evidence-based practice to guide intervention decisions.
• Knowledge of human development throughout the life span and integrates with student's unique developmental status.
• Knowledge of the influence of disabilities, socio-cultural and socioeconomic factors on student's ability to participate in occupations.
• Knowledge of Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Section 504, and other federal and state laws and regulations regarding education and students and speech therapy practice in schools.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Skill in selecting and providing a wide range of intervention strategies and monitoring their effectiveness.
• Effective computer skills as needed for work (e.g., ability to effective use Microsoft Office suite).
• Ability to determine the need for a speech therapy evaluation and to select and administer appropriate assessment tools to evaluate the student.
• Ability to organize and coordinate work.
• Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to performance and professional growth.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
• Ability to lift, push, pull, and/or carry up to 35lbs. 
 
Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards
• Works in standard office and school building environments.
Note:   Also see the Summary of Physical, Sensory and Environmental Requirements Needed to Perform Essential Functions for this position.
 
Qualifications Profile
 
Certification/License:
• State Certification to practice in the public school environment as evidenced by holding a valid school speech-language pathologist license issued by the Virginia Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
• Motor Vehicle Operator's License or ability to provide own transportation.
Education:
• Bachelors from an accredited college or university in related field.
• Graduation from an accredited program for Speech-Language Pathology.
 
Experience:
• Successful prior experience working as a Speech Therapist, preferably in an educational or other pediatric practice setting.
 




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