Distirct Speech Language Pathologist SLP

Position PurposeSpeechLanguage Pathologists (SLPs) are essential school members contributing to educational equity by identifying and implementing appropriate assessment methodologies and approaches that lead to accurate disability determinations regardless of the students cultural linguistic or socioeconomic background. The SLPs work includes prevention assessment intervention and program design efforts integrated within the school. The SLP works with students exhibiting the full range of communication disorders including those involving language articulation (speech sound disorders) fluency voice/resonance and swallowing. Myriad etiologies may be involved. The SLP may address personal social/emotional academic and vocational needs that impact the attainment of educational FunctionsOther duties may be SpeechLanguage Pathologistoffers assistance in addressing the linguistic and metalinguistic foundations of curriculum learning for students with disabilities and other learners at risk for school failure or those who struggle in school significantly to the literacy achievement of students with communication disorders and other learners at risk for school failure or those who struggle in school that all students receive quality culturally competent assessments in collaboration with others that help identify students with communication disorders and inform instruction and interventions appropriate to each students age and learning needs and is selected through an evidencebased decisionmaking schoolwide programs that employ a continuum of service delivery models in the least restrictive environment for students with disabilities and other students as accountable for databased decisionmaking including gathering and interpreting data with individual students and overall program responsible for meeting federal and state mandates and local policies in performing duties including Individualized Education Program (IEP) development Medicaid billing report writing and treatment plan/therapy log collegially with general education teachers who are primarily responsible for curriculum and instruction; reading specialists special education teachers occupational therapists physical therapists school psychologists audiologists guidance counselors and social workers in addition to others. works with the school and district administrators in designing and implementing programsengages families in planning decisionmaking and program implementationactively engages students in goal planning intervention implementation progress monitoring and selfadvocacy appropriate to age and ability supervise student SLPs and clinical fellows as well as in mentoring new SLPs. provides Professional Development to educators including administrators teachers other educational specialists and teacher assistants in the collaborative effort to enhance students school training to parents of students with communication development and :Supervises Students and Directly Reports to the Principal and the Director of Student EnvironmentThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. The employee is directly responsible for the safety wellbeing and work output of students. QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the required knowledge skill and/or ability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential and experienceMasters degree in SpeechLanguage PathologyCERTIFICATES LICENSES AND REQUIREMENTS:Certification: Certificate of Clinical Competence from the America SpeechLanguageHearing AssociationLicense: Current License as SpeechLanguage Pathologist Speech Language and Hearing Disorders (Levels: All)(a) Initial degree in speechlanguage pathology from a program accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American SpeechLanguageHearing Association (ASHA).Eligibility for Clinical score on the Communication and Literacy Skills of a clinical practicum consisting of 100 onsite hours in a public school or an approved private school to the Code of Ethics of the American SpeechLanguageHearing Association.(b) Professional of an Initial and maintenance of the license to practice speechlanguage pathology through the Massachusetts Board of Registration of SpeechLanguage Pathology and of the Clinical Fellowship in speechlanguage pathology.A passing score on the National Examination in SpeechLanguage Pathology and years of employment under the Initial Speech Language and Hearing Disorders Education RequirementFor Department of Education licensure individual professional development plans must include 150 professional development points (PDPs) every five years including at least 15 PDPs related to SEI or English as a Second Language 15 PDPs related to training in strategies for effective schooling for students with disabilities and instruction of students with diverse learning styles 15 PDPs in the content area of the license and 15 PDPs in pedagogy.