Speech Language Pathologist

Organization Overview

Excel Academy is a network of 5 schools in Massachusetts and Rhode Island that prepares students in grades 5-12 to succeed in high school and college and engage productively in their communities. The majority of our 1,700 students identify as Latinx or Hispanic and will be the first in their families to graduate from college. Families choose Excel because our students consistently outperform their peers in growth and achievement and are 5x more likely to graduate from college.

At Excel, we believe that every student—regardless of race, zip code, or economic status—deserves access to a free, high quality holistic education. During their middle school journey with us, students grow at a pace faster than most peers in their state. This is possible through a combination of high expectations, rigorous instruction, and individualized support. At our nationally ranked high school, students achieve at the highest level and are poised for success in their chosen college or career path.

Everyday, our team members choose to be positive, drive their own growth, uplift one another, and hold the highest possible beliefs for what students can achieve.

The Network Speech Language Pathologist position is designed to encompass all aspects of supporting students with speech and language needs, including referral, learning and instruction, and compliance.

60 - 95k commensurate with experience

Direct Support of Student Learning:
Ensure students receiving special education and/or 504 accommodations make significant academic gains towards meeting their IEP or 504 plan goals, in line with the school’s Big Goals

• Plan and provide speech and/or language therapy to students on caseload
  • Support students’ development in pragmatic, receptive or expressive language, language memory, articulation, etc. as dictated by their learning profile and IEP
  • Ensure that implementation of any Speech and Language services is in compliance with student IEP requirements
  • Provide speech and language support in the context of students’ content classes
  • Support and innovate methods of intervention to support students’ progress in language development and content classes (assistive technology, accommodations, explicit strategies)
  • Collect and keep progress monitoring data on all students
  • Communicate regularly with Learning Specialists and core teachers to ensure that students receive meaningful and pertinent instruction

Administrative Responsibilities:
With support of Learning Specialists, manage administrative aspects of providing a special education service

• Child Find Responsibilities
  • Monitor GLT discussions of at-risk students, especially when special education referral or assessment is likely
  • Use screening tools to determine current speech/language skills, and share data with Child Study Team/Specialists
• Evaluation and IEP Process Responsibilities
  • Act as part of an evaluation and diagnostic team for new and three-year evaluations, or for articulation screens
    • Schedule testing, coordinate with learning specialists, write comprehensive evaluation report of results, attend evaluation meetings and present findings
    • Use assessment tools to determine student present levels of educational performance, eligibility for special education services and for speech and language services, and to develop recommendations for the student’s IEP team if appropriate. More specifically:
    • CELF, TOWL, TOPS, TONL, CASL
  • Contribute to all required paperwork (e.g. IEPs, 504s, IEP Progress Reports etc.) ensuring deadlines are met and information is accurately recorded
    • Write IEP goals that align with service delivery, monitor and report on progress towards goals each Trimester / Marking Period

• Maintain and document regular contact with families of students receiving services, informing them of successes and setbacks, and always acting as an available resource for questions/concerns
• Gather feedback from families of Special Education students with end-of-year evaluation surveys

• Consult with Learning Specialists to support instruction for students with speech and language…