HAVERHILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HAVERHILL MASSACHUSETTS 01830
ANTICIPATED OPENING
ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION
HAVERHILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT AND IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ALL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION
Title of Position: SPEECH & LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST (SLP)
Bilingual Preferred
Work Year: August June
Effective Date of
Employment: School Year
Salary:
Placement on the Teachers Salary Scale according to education and experience.
Organizational Relationship
or Line of Authority:
Responsible to the Principal in all matters pertaining to the building the Director of Special Education in all areas of Special Education and the Superintendent of Schools and/or his/her designee.
Statement of Duties:
- The speechlanguage pathologist is responsible for providing clinical supervision to speechlanguage assistants evaluating students with suspected communication disabilities and providing speechlanguage services to students with Individual Education Programs in the schools.
- Deals with treatment or applications of remedies for the cure alleviation or prevention of speech disorders.
- Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program to promote students receptive and expressive language skills for school success.
- Provides an individualized education program to meet individual needs of speechlanguage disabled students using evidence based multisensory approaches.
- Uses evidence based practices to consult with teachers about students who demonstrate communication disabilities.
- Keeps thorough and ongoing records using qualitative and quantitative data for individual students receiving speechlanguage services.
- Organizes speech program in assigned schools.
- Plans the therapy schedule including pupils in groups or individual depending upon their classification and severity.
- Provides evaluations for Team Evaluations.
- Notifies parents of findings and progress via semiannual reports.
- Attends TEAM meetings when requested.
- Keeps accurate individual records.
- Completes individualized education plans when requested.
- Responsible for other instructional and general duties as indicated by the Principal the Director of Special Education and the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designees and policies of the Haverhill School Committee.
Qualifications:
- Licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Speech Language and Hearing Disorders Required
- Licensed by the Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure Speech Language Pathologist Required
- Possession of a Masters Degree in SpeechLanguage Pathology
- Such alternatives as determined by the Superintendent of Schools.
Closing Date for Receipt
of Application: December 15 2024
Applicant Tracking Posting #:
Address all Applications and
Letter of Intent to:
Haverhill Public Schools
Human Resource Department
4 Summer Street Room 104
Haverhill MA 01830
An Equal Opportunity Employer
The Haverhill Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is in compliance with Federal regulations prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race color religion national origin age gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation or disability.