Speech Specialist 2026-27 School Year

Panama-Buena Vista Union School District invites well-qualified candidates to apply for the position of Speech Specialist. The District is looking for a speech specialist who evaluates and treats school-aged children with verbal communications (speech and hearing) and cognitive disorders. Provides assessment consultation and in-service training to other caregivers and instructional support. The Speech Specialist is a professional position that requires specific training in speech and language therapy.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
* Copy of Transcripts
* Letter of Introduction ( Cover Letter)
* Letters of Recommendations (2x)
* Resume

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Using generally accepted tests and assessment techniques and procedures diagnoses and treats the communicative abilities of students in at least these areas: articulation/phonology cognition motor speech dysphasia voice fluency craniofacial anomalies hearing and child and adult language.
2. Works with multi-disciplinary team that includes teachers and paraprofessionals to develop individual education plans based on assessments. The plans include instructional and remedial exercises.
3. Develops short and long range therapeutic goals and treatment programs to meet students individual needs in physicians audiologists psychologists social workers physical and occupational therapists couselors and teachers conjunction with individual education plans.
4. Educates students and parents of the behaviors and activities that can characterizecommunicative disorders and develops exercises learning and social experiences andindividual education plans to enhance communicative abilities.
5. Integrates services with instructional technology and consistent with common corecurriculum and methods to help students accomplish academic goals.
6. Follows up with students who have been dismissed from special programs to evaluateacademic and behavioral progress.
7. Serves as a resource member on a student study team for one or more schools.
8. Participates in multi-disciplinary staff conferences with school county and community professionals.
9. Educates school administrators teachers and support staff with speech/language and hearing pathology services and appropriate interventions.
10. Plans and facilitates parent and teacher conferences that involve verbal and cognitivespeech/language and hearing matters. Confers with parents and professional staff on afrequent and timely basis regarding each students progress.
11. Participates in the development and/or selection of materials that enhance learning andenhancement of communicative skills and abilities.
12. Works and interacts with peers as individuals and/or in team/group settings in aprofessional manner that contributes to the Districts academic achievement goals.
13. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of new developments in the profession includingmethods that would serve education goals.
14. Provides in-service demonstrations andassistance to other teachers and support staff on processesand techniques that reinforcespeech and hearing therapies.
15. Performs other duties as assigned that support the overall objective of the position.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIILITIES:

1. Attends professional conference workshops and advanced courses in communicative and allied professional fields
2. Reads current journals and literature in communications and allied professional fields
3. Reviews new materials and equipment
4. Actively participates in local state and national professional speech and hearing organizations
5. Attends local meetings when requested and scheduled professional staff meetings
6. Speaks to professional parent and community groups as requested.

1. Bachelors degree from a regionally-accredited college or university in Speech-Language Pathology Communicative Disorder or a closely aligned field or a valid California Multiple Subject Teaching Credential Education Specialist Instruction Credential or older equivalent credential.
2. Verification of application efforts to Commission-approved SLP Services Credential program.
3. Ability to relate positively to children and instill in them a desire to improve.
4. Ability to relate positively to parents school personnel and other lay and professional people.
5. Ability to conduct oneself in a professional manner; present a favorable personal appearance; and demonstrate personality characteristics which enhance effectiveness in a school setting.
6. Ability to communicate effectively with a pleasant voice and correct articulation; use appropriate professional language skills in writing and speaking.
7. Demonstrate positive attitude and desire to improve professional knowledge and competence.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
More than one interview may be required. Not every qualified candidate can expect to be interviewed for the opening. All requested information must be includedto be considered for an interview.

As required by California State Law should you be employed by the district your fingerprints will be submitted to the Justice Department and the FBI for a background check. Processing fee will be at the applicants expense.

Panama-Buena Vista Union School District prohibits discrimination harassment (including sexual) intimidation and bullying in educational programs activities or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry age color disability gender gender identity gender expression nationality race or ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation parental pregnancy family or marital status or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. P-BVUSD requires that school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when he or she witnesses an act of discrimination harassment intimidation or bullying. Questions or complaints of alleged discrimination harassment (including sexual) intimidation and bullying or title IX equity and compliance concerns should be directed to the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services at or 4200 Ashe Road Bakersfield CA 93313.