What are the responsibilities and job description for the Speech and Language Pathologist 1.0 FTE position at Forest Hills Public School District?
Speech and Language Pathologist - 1.0 FTE
Student Services
Reports To: Director of Student Services
Salary: Per the FHEA Master Agreement Salary Schedule
Schedule: Beginning with the 2026-2027 School Year
Job Summary: Provide expert speech and language pathology services to students.
Required Qualifications:
- Meets State of Michigan requirements as a Speech and Language Pathologist.
Preferred Qualifications:
- ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence
- Teaching certification
- Experience and knowledge of language articulation development, fluency, and voice intervention/remediation strategies
- Experience and knowledge of speech and language development in special populations including students with early childhood developmental delays, cognitive impairments, and autism spectrum disorders
- Familiarity with Michigan Speech-Language Hearing Association and Kent Intermediate School District speech and language guidelines
- Knowledge of Response to Intervention initiative and strategies
- Prefer experience and knowledge with a wide range of school-age students
Essential Job Functions:
- Ability to relate positively and work cooperatively with students, school staff, and parents
- Provide diagnostic, consultative, and direct speech and language services to students in both individual and small group settings; establishing goals based on assessments, data, and student need; and documenting student progress on goals and objectives
- Provide speech and language assessment and diagnostic services and effectively functioning as an evaluation team member
- Function as speech and language consultant for special and general education teachers regarding the integration of language instruction into the curriculum
- Organize and balance a variety of complex job responsibilities including therapy, consultation, and compliance
- Ability to understand and fulfill special education requirements by law
- Collaborate with the IEP team to create a comprehensive plan to support the needs of the student while working toward their IEP goals and objectives. This includes assisting with all areas of the student’s disability related needs including evaluations
- Relate positively and work cooperatively with students, school staff, and parents
- Attend and participate in all special education meetings
- Participate in professional development activities aimed at current trends and best practices
- Consistent and reliable attendance
- Other duties as assigned
Physical Requirements:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment). The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust/focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
Work Environment:
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate. Work may be performed indoors and/or outdoors. The employee is directly responsible for the safety, well-being and work output of students.
Mental Functions:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate.
Benefits & Evaluation:
In accordance with the FHEA Master Agreement.
Terms of Employment:
The employee will remain free of any alcohol or drugs throughout his/her employment with the district as outlined in Board Policy #4210.
The Forest Hills Public School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, or sexual orientation), marital status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally prohibited basis in its employment decisions or the provision of services.