What are the responsibilities and job description for the Speech Language Pathologist (2 positions available) position at JENNINGS COUNTY SCHOOLS?
Speech - Language Pathologist
JOB TITLE: SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
JOB DESCRIPTION: Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children. This employee is responsible for organizing and implementing a therapy program to meet the needs of speech, language, and hearing-impaired students and fulfilling the duties of teaching as outlined in laws and policies.
Duties of this position include but are not limited to:
JOB TITLE: SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
JOB DESCRIPTION: Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children. This employee is responsible for organizing and implementing a therapy program to meet the needs of speech, language, and hearing-impaired students and fulfilling the duties of teaching as outlined in laws and policies.
Duties of this position include but are not limited to:
- Planning:
- Designing the exceptional student education program so that it is consistent with the total educational philosophy of the district.
- Continuing professional growth through educational meetings, visiting related facilities, reading professional literature, and exchanging ideas among the district staff.
- Working in coordination with other special education staff in planning and developing the program.
- Programming:
- Preparing educational plans annually for each student based on individually assessed needs in accordance with district procedures.
- Conducting grade-wide hearing screenings once a year in grades stipulated in the Jennings County District Procedures for Exceptional Student Education.
- Preparing therapy plans for each student.
- Providing appropriate schedules for exceptional students involving school personnel as required.
- Conducting speech and language screening once a year for all kindergarten students and all students not previously enrolled in school.
- Seeking a variety of services through community resources and agencies to meet the needs of exceptional students.
- Participating in the in-school staffing and screening processes as appropriate.
- Participating on evaluation teams for speech, language, and hearing-impaired students as appropriate.
- Screening all special education candidates for hearing loss.
- Providing speech and/or hearing screenings for students as needed.
- Providing diagnostic/evaluation testing for students failing speech screening.
- Public Relations:
- Cooperating with school personnel in coordinating special education services within that school.
- Inform classroom teacher of the goals and objectives of the special education program and ways of achieving them in the school setting.
- Conferring with the classroom teacher as requested concerning any educational needs of the student.
- Making available to teachers instructional ideas that are appropriate for exceptional students within the classroom situation.
- Providing information to community groups and parents concerning special education programs as requested or needed.
- Reporting:
- Ensuring that each student in the program has necessary evaluation records in his/her permanent folder.
- Furnishing the principal with current special education schedules.
- Completing progress reports on each student in the program.
- Supplying progress reports to school personnel and to parents of special education students as necessary and requested.
- Completing appropriate reports for local, state, federal and educational agencies.
- Referring those students who require further evaluation or follow-up services to the appropriate school personnel or community agencies.
- Master's degree
- Valid Indiana state license for the position.
- Certificate of Clinical Competence (ASHA).
- Experience in public schools.