Lower School Speech Language Pathologist

The IDEAL School of Manhattan

Job Description: Lower School Speech Language Pathologist-Full Time/5 Days Per Week

The IDEAL School of Manhattan is an inclusion school dedicated to creating a diverse community that affirms and accepts the full identities of all people, while inspiring academic excellence, creative leadership, and a desire to build a more just and equitable world.

Title: Lower School Speech Language Pathologist, Full Time

Supervisor: Director of Therapies

Position Description

The IDEAL School is seeking a talented, enthusiastic, dedicated, and caring Speech Therapist to work with students in Grades K-5 beginning August 23, 2022. Candidates must be passionate about and skilled at working with children, including those with global delays, in a school setting. Therapists at IDEAL provide individual and group services to students, collaborate with teachers to ensure goals and interventions are developed and carried over into the classroom and curriculum, and provide informal, ongoing assessments of students as needed. They also partner with administrators to work with CSE teams.

Requirements

Essential Qualities

• Appreciation for the school’s mission, in particular its inclusive learning environment and commitment to social justice

• A desire and eagerness to make a difference in the school--to contribute time and talent outside of therapy sessions to the growth of students and to the broader work and life of the school

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• The ability to collaborate as a part of a team, flexibility, and a sense of humor

• Master’s degree and NY State License

• Trained in PROMPT preferred but not required

• Proficient in American Sign Language

Essential Qualities Appreciation for the school’s mission, in particular its inclusive learning environment and commitment to social justice A desire and eagerness to make a difference in the school--to contribute time and talent outside of therapy sessions to the growth of students and to the broader work and life of the school Strong written and verbal communication skills The ability to collaborate as a part of a team, flexibility, and a sense of humor Master’s degree and NY State License Trained in PROMPT preferred but not required Proficient in American Sign Language