Audiology, Bacteria, Communication Skills, Communicative Disorders, Consulting, Customer Support/Service, Equipment Selection, Heavy Lifting, Infectious Diseases, Interpersonal Skills, License Management, Management Strategy, Organizational Skills, Physical Demands, Project/Program Management, Regulations, Set Goals, Special Education, Special Needs, Speech and Language Pathology, Strategic Planning, Student Conduct, Test Equipment, Testing, Training/Teaching Materials, Willing to Travel
Minimum Salary: $67,696
Days: 185
Primary Purpose:
Plan and provide speech-language pathology services to students with speech, voice, or language disorders. Assess students and provide therapeutic intervention to eliminate or reduce problems or impairments that interfere with their students ability to derive full benefit from the educational program.
Qualifications:
Education
- Masters degree in speech-language pathology from an accredited college or university
- Valid Texas license as a speech-language pathologist granted by the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (SBESLPA)
- Bachelors degree and valid Texas Education Agency speech therapy certificate
Special Knowledge and Skills:
- Ability to use the accepted tests and measurements to assess communication disorders and conditions
- Knowledge of evaluation, habilitation, and rehabilitation of speech-language disorders and conditions
- Ability to instruct and manage student behavior
- Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Understanding of and commitment to customer care principles
Experience:
- One year supervised clinical speech-language pathology experience
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Therapy
- Conduct independent evaluations to assess students with speech or language disorders and conditions and provide appropriate individual and group therapy to students consistent with speech and language goals contained in Individual Education Plans (IEP).
- Evaluate student progress and make determination regarding therapy services.
- Develop clinical management strategies or procedures and diagnostic statements.
- Participate in the Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD) Committee. Assist in interpretation of assessment data, appropriate placement, and goal setting for students with communication disorders or conditions according to district procedures.
Consultation
- Consult with colleagues, students, and parents regarding the accomplishment of therapy goals, the needs of the student, and involvement in the remedial process.
- Collaborate with classroom teachers to plan and implement classroom activities to improve communication skills of students.
- Provide professional development in assigned schools to help school personnel identify and work more effectively with students with communication deficits.
Student Management
- Create an environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the maturity level and interests of students.
- Establish control and administer discipline according to the Student Code of Conduct and student handbook.
Program Management
- Develop and coordinate a continuing evaluation of speech-language pathology services and make changes based on the findings.
- Participate in the selection of equipment and instructional materials.
- Compile, maintain, and file all physical and computerized reports, records, and other required documents.
- Comply with policies established by federal and state laws, State Board of Education rule, and board policy.
- Comply with all district and campus routines and regulations.
- May supervise licensed speech-language pathology assistants or speech aides.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- May direct and monitor the work of speech-language pathology assistants or speech aides.
Mental Demands and Physical Demands
- Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions, maintain emotional control under pressure.
- Physical Demands:
- Posture: Frequent sitting, kneeling, squatting, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, and twisting.
- Motion: Frequent walking, grasping, squeezing, wrist flexion, extension.
- Lifting: Regular light lifting and carrying under 15 pounds, occasional heavy lifting 45 pounds or more, and positioning of students with physical disabilities, controlling behavior through physical restraint, assisting nonambulatory students.
Environmental Factors and Tools
- Environment: Exposure to biological hazards, bacteria, and communicable diseases, may require districtwide travel.
- Tools and Equipment Used:
- Standard testing equipment
- Standard office equipment, including computer and peripherals