What are the responsibilities and job description for the Speech Language Pathologist position at Franklin County Schools?
Adapt educational materials and equipment to provide intervention and/or meeting the individual student's needs.
Assist in facilitating meetings/communications between therapist, site staff, parents, etc. to develop plans and/or to provide information regarding students' goals.
Collect data on student achievements to document activities, preparing reports and/or updating IEP logs.
Consult with speech/language pathologist, teachers, etc. to provide requested information, developing plans for services.
Instruct individual students with instruction appropriate supervisor(s) (e.g., phonetic alphabet, vocabulary and language, fluency, oral motor exercises, etc.) to implement goals for remediation of speech and language deficits.
Maintain and prepare a wide variety of manual and electronic materials (e.g., charts, logs, records and/or reports) to document activities, providing written reference, conveying information; and/or complying with mandated requirements.
Maintain augmentative communication devices and equipment to ensure the availability of required tools.
Order materials (e.g., catalogues, testing materials, warehouse orders, etc.) to ensure that supplies are available to users.
Participate in parent/teacher meetings, in-service trainings and/or research projects to receive and convey information related to job responsibilities. Perform site visits at multiple work sites to provide therapy and assistance as required.
Research resources and methods to address students' functional goals.
Perform other related duties as assigned to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
To ensure the safety and welfare of students and staff, the district shall require criminal history background checks and fingerprinting of applicants for teaching positions and any other positions that require proximity to children.
Additionally, satisfactory results from a required pre-employment drug screen as well as checks with various state/federal registries are required before an applicant is actually employed by Franklin County Schools.