Position Type :

Educational Services / Speech Language Specialist

Date Posted : 3 / 20 / 2024

3 / 20 / 2024

Location :

Milltown Primary School

Date Available : September 2024

September 2024

Closing Date :

Until Filled Speech Language Specialist

Tenure Track Position

Location : Milltown School

The candidate should have experience conducting speech assessments and providing individual, group, and integrated therapy to preschool students in a preschool disabilities program.

QUALIFICATIONS :

• New Jersey certification as a Speech-Language Specialist.
• Such additional qualifications as the Board of Education may deem appropriate.

REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY :

The Speech-Language Specialist is directly responsible to the building principal(s) and the Supervisor of Special Services.

JOB GOAL :

The Speech-Language Specialist conducts assessments and prepares and implements therapy programs for children with speech or language disorders.

In carrying out this function, the Speech-Language Specialist works cooperatively with such personnel as teachers, principals, district supervisors and members of the Department of Special Services.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT :

Ten-month contract consistent with the agreement negotiated with the applicable bargaining unit.

PERSONAL EVALUATION :

The Speech-Language Specialist shall be evaluated in writing in line with state requirements and Board of Education policy and regulation by any of the following or combination of the following : Building Administrator(s), Supervisor(s), the Director of Curriculum, the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, the Assistant Superintendent for Personnel, the Assistant Superintendent for Special Services, and / or the Superintendent, at least twice a year if tenured and at least three times a year if non-tenured.

The evaluation shall be based in part on the performance of the responsibilities indicated in this position description.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Specific Responsibilities
• Surveys, tests, diagnoses and classifieds speech and / or language disordered children.
• Prepares Individual Education Programs (IEPs) and implements the individual therapy programs defined by the IEPs.
• Recommends for acquisition and / or creates and constructs clinical teaching materials to meet the needs of the individual child.
• Provides group and / or individual therapy sessions.
• Provides the building staff with individual or group in-service sessions on language development and diagnostic procedures as they apply to speech therapy.
• Keeps records as to progress, attendance, conferences, and overall status of each referred child.
• Maintains liaison with other school personnel (principals, teachers, counselors, psychologists, social workers, LDTCs, supplementary teachers, school physicians and nurses.)
• Serves as a consultant to the child study team.
• Maintains contact with those outside services (physicians, orthodontists, agencies and clinics) concerned with the welfare of the children receiving language, speech and hearing therapy.
• Holds parent / guardian conferences.
• Assists building administrators in organizing and scheduling the speech and hearing programs.
• Conducts, as requested, teacher-training workshops in speech and hearing.
• General Professional Responsibilities
• Demonstrates proficiency in the use of English by communicating with reasonable clarity, conciseness and precision in both speaking and writing.
• Participates in solving classroom and school problems and seeks resolution through appropriate channels.
• Cooperates in the total school program by :
• Sharing responsibility for students' behavior throughout the building;
• Working with colleagues to improve the effectiveness of the total school program;
• Participating in school activities.
• Cooperates in curriculum development and evaluation activities by participating in the planning and implementation of programs.
• Establishes and follows an individual program of professional renewal in such areas as :
• How children learn;
• Current approaches to discipline;
• Alternative instructional strategies;
• Updated curriculum materials;
• Current theory and practice in his / her field.
• Other Duties and Responsibilities

Performs other duties and responsibilities incidental to the office or as assigned by the building principal(s) and / or Supervisor of Special Services.

Interested applicants should apply on line at www.brrsd.org

AA / EOE

Last updated : 2024-03-23