Position Overview:The Central Falls School District seeks to hire a talented knowledgeable and highly innovative certified educator to fill the Districtwide Speech and Language Pathologist position for theschool year. All CFSD educators are expected to carry out the Districts core values of EQUITY EMPOWERMENT and EXCELLENCE as they work towards building relationships with students/colleagues delivering personalized highquality instruction cultivating strong partnerships with our families and community and meeting all position expectations and District policies. Certified staff is expected to abide by the Rhode Island Professional Teaching Standards and the CFSD/CFTU collective bargaining agreement policies and procedures. Guided by the Districts Strategic Plan we strive to prepare all students for success!Successful candidates must have demonstrated success with and be knowledgeable about various interventions and have training and experience with administering and interpreting a wide range of assessments and evaluation tools. In addition to direct student services the speechlanguage pathologist is responsible for testing and evaluating students initially referred or for reevaluations of caseload and RESPONSIBILITIES: Including but not limited to:Provide consultation to classroom teachers on speech and language strategies especially as it relates to multilingual learners that need to be implemented in the classroom. Assist teachers and teacher assistants in developing languagebased classroom activities and follow through on their implementation. Assist parents in learning ways to increase language stimulation in the home by providing activities as needed. Plan and organize 1:1 small group and whole group speech and language therapy for students with speechlanguage disorders Autism Spectrum and socialemotional and complex learning disabilitiesConsult with teachers on the use of assistive technology in their classroom and make adjustments as needed. Fill out referral forms for assistive technology evaluations and attend evaluation meetings. Assess needs in the area of speech language and hearing and prepare diagnostic reports using unbiased bilingual assessments tools. Present diagnostic reports to the Evaluation Team as well as families. Read and interpret reports from other school districts or other countries. Serve as a member of the team that will develop an Individual Education Program for each of the pupils enrolled who require speech services. Communicate with parents School Administrators teachers and other support staff for the coordination of services. Demonstrate ethical behavior and a genuine concern for others under all circumstances; model what is expected of students backgrounds in the lesson plan and understands how to linguistically make connections with prior native language development. Identify new approaches and strategies to learning and teaching that are based on wellresearched data studentcentered and always focused on improving a stewardship of collaborative learning and leadership in and out of the classroom distributing knowledge and expertise in a skillful way that empowers and supports analyze and evaluate information and make connections among multiple factors data points ideas learning styles personalities and potential solutions to make the best decision a positive and engaging learning environment that promotes academic social and personal wellbeing of all other duties as deemed necessary by the Director of Student Services.