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Employment Type: Full-time Base Salary: $74,212.00 Calendar: Certified Exempt 191 workdays Benefits: Sick leave holidays matched retirement through the Arizona State Retirement System health and life insurance Performance Pay: Available annually
New Hire Experience: 500 for each full-time year of certified teaching or verified like experience New Hire Education: 65 hours of graduate level credits (MA 60 hours max) 1000 for advanced degrees (PhD. or Ed.D.)
Job Summary: To evaluate, diagnose, and provide direct therapy and instruction for students to address articulation deficits, voice quality, fluency, and language disorders. Candidates must complete an online application, which requires:
Key Responsibilities: Provide screening protocol to identify children with speech-language deficits Assist and guide teachers in observing and referring students with suspected speech and/or language deficits Administer informal diagnostic techniques and formal standardized norm-referenced testing instruments to diagnose and identify students with articulation deficits, voice fluency, and/or language disorders Provide diagnostic assessment for preschool children referred for evaluation Analyze and interpret testing results to determine the need for speech-language services Develop speech and language treatment plans, including goals, objectives, methods, frequency, duration, and modifications for the regular classroom setting Provide a therapeutic program to meet the individual needs of speech-language impaired children Develop and maintain a therapeutic environment that promotes learning Monitor student learning and pace therapy instruction accordingly Consult with classroom teachers and other staff members to offer suggestions to address speech deficits and determine accommodations within the regular education setting Keep meaningful, accurate, legible, ongoing records for individuals receiving speech and language services Provide information, support, and counsel to parents of children who have speech and language deficits Provide goals, objectives, and progress of each student to parents upon request Develop and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with students, parents, teachers, support staff, and administration Maintain documentation of referred, screened, and eligible students Document, compile, and analyze data to write required reports on speech-language services Utilize the Districts Individualized Education Plan software to write speech and language goals and objectives Attend and participate in Individualized Education Plan meetings to provide information, make recommendations, and coordinate specific learning objectives Provide documentation for Medicaid reimbursable services as verification of services provided Submit reports to meet local and state requirements Safeguard confidentiality of student records Oversee, coordinate, and plan for speech-language pathology assistants as experience allows, per Arizona statute Serve as an instructional leader in the areas of speech-language and oral communication Participate in team conferences and decisions regarding student need Assist with other assigned duties as appropriate to the area of assignment and Mesa Public Schools
Required Qualifications:
Work Environment & Physical Requirements: Office setting in a district or school building Therapy sessions are often conducted in designated speech therapy rooms, classrooms, or shared office spaces Frequent interaction with teachers, school psychologists, special education staff, and administrators Typically aligned with the school day and calendar, including summer breaks and holidays, though additional time may be required for paperwork or meetings Ability to move between classrooms, therapy rooms, and meeting spaces, which may require walking across a school campus Occasional lifting of materials or therapy equipment, e.g., books, AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) devices, or visual aids, up to 25 lbs.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement: Mesa Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination. The District strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Applicants and employees may contact Human Resources to request reasonable accommodations needed to perform the essential functions of this position.