Speech Language Pathologist

Overview

Compensation package for Speech Language Pathologists starting at $79,000*

* The starting compensation package shown for a Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist includes a $5,000 Bilingual Stipend. Must meet additional requirements.

This role includes 2 remote days weekly!

The mission of ILTexas is to prepare students for exceptional leadership roles in the international community by emphasizing servant leadership, mastering the English, Spanish, and Chinese languages, and strengthening the mind, body and character.

Plan and provide speech-language pathology services to students with speech, voice, or language disorders. Assess students and provide/coordinate therapeutic intervention to eliminate or reduce problems or impairments that interfere with the student’s ability to derive full benefit from the educational program.

Education/Certification:

• Master’s degree in speech-language pathology from an accredited college or university
• Valid Texas license as a speech-language pathologist granted by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for Speech-Language Pathologists (TDLR)

Special Knowledge/

Skills:

• Ability to use the accepted tests and measurements to assess communication disorders and conditions
• Knowledge of evaluation, habilitation, and rehabilitation of speech-language disorders and conditions
• Ability to instruct and manage student behavior
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

Therapy

• Conduct independent evaluations to assess students with speech or language disorders and conditions and provide appropriate individual and group therapy to students consistent with speech and language goals contained in Individual Education Plans (IEP). Evaluate student progress and make determinations regarding therapy services.
• Develop clinical management strategies or procedures and diagnostic statements.
• Participate in the Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee. Assist in interpreting assessment data, appropriate placement, and goal setting for students with communication disorders or conditions according to district procedures.

Consultation

• Consult with colleagues, students, and parents regarding the accomplishment of therapy goals, the needs of the student, and involvement in the remedial process.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers to plan and implement classroom activities to improve students' communication skills.
• Provide professional development in assigned schools to help school personnel identify and work more effectively with students with communication deficits.

Student Management

• Create an environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the maturity level and interests of students.

Program Management

• Develop and coordinate a continuing evaluation of speech-language pathology services and make changes based on the findings.
• Participate in the selection of equipment and instructional materials.
• Compile, maintain, and file all physical and computerized reports, records, and other required documents.
• Actively participate in assessment team organization and planning to ensure timely implementation of all federal and state expectations for evaluation and ARDs for your campuses.
• Comply with policies established by federal and state laws, State Board of Education rules, and board policies. Comply with all district and campus routines and regulations.
• May supervise licensed speech-language pathology assistant(s) or speech aide(s). *

Additional Duties:

• Any and all other duties as assigned by immediate supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• May direct and monitor the work of speech-language pathology assistant(s) or speech aide(s). *

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

• Tools/Equipment Used: Standard testing equipment; standard office equipment including computer and peripherals
• Posture: Frequent sitting, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
• Motion: Frequent walking, grasping/squeezing, wrist flexion/extension
• Lifting: Regular light lifting and carrying (under 15 pounds), occasional heavy lifting (45 pounds or more) and positioning of students with physical disabilities; controlling behavior through physical restraint; assisting non-ambulatory students
• Environment: Exposure to biological hazards, bacteria, and communicable diseases; may require district wide travel
• Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under pressure

* Supervisors of licensed speech-language assistants must be licensed by TDLR as speech-language pathologists. A person with a TEA certificate who is not licensed may not be a supervisor of a licensed speech-language pathology assistant.