SOESD - Speech Language Pathologist; Birth

SOESD - Speech Language Pathologist (Birth - Age
5)

• Position Type: Early Childhood Services - Licensed
• Date Posted: 1/23/2026
• Location: Grants Pass Early Childhood Services Office

Southern Oregon Education Service District (SOESD) Early Childhood Services (ECS), a widely recognized early childhood special education program committed to inclusion, family partnership, and developmentally appropriate practices, invites applications for a Speech & Language Pathologist at the Gilbert Creek Child Development Center in Grants Pass.

ECS has been designated a 5-star program through Spark, Oregon's quality rating and improvement system. Our transdisciplinary team of 25 dedicated teachers, assistants, family consultants, therapists, evaluators, and office professionals are focused on authentic and supportive relationships, professional growth through coaching and mentoring, and maintaining a "family feel" to our workplace. We intentionally implement a tiered approach for developing children's early language, literacy, and social-emotional skills, and have designed a variety of environments and experiences to address the unique and varied learning needs of the children we serve.

Bilingual/bicultural applicants encouraged to apply. We welcome diversity in our work environment.

Josephine County, located in scenic southern Oregon, offers easy access to mountain, river, forest, and coastal exploration, as well as vineyards and breweries, and a thriving regional arts community. The Rogue River, which runs through Grants Pass, has Wild and Scenic River designation, and is renowned for its kayaking, rafting, and fishing adventures. Rogue Community College has its main campus in Grants Pass, and Southern Oregon University is located in nearby Ashland.

The city of Grants Pass, population 37,000, the location of the ECS office and the Gilbert Creek Child Development Center, offers a small-town atmosphere with high-quality restaurants, cultural opportunities, relaxing parks, and very little traffic. Skip the commute and spend your time enjoying your family and friends, and all the beauty our area has to offer. When you need a "city fix", Eugene is just 2 hours away, Portland 4 hours, and San Francisco 6 hours.

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Position Goal: To help students communicate appropriately through the planning, implementation, and evaluation of individualized education programs.

• Assessing individual educational speech-language needs of students and making recommendations
• Preparing individual educational programs and materials.
• Delivering effective speech-language therapy to identified students.
• Consulting with parents to integrate home and school goals.
• Assisting schools in multidisciplinary, IEP, placement, intervention, and other educational decisions.
• Providing consultations to teachers regarding speech-language interventions.
• Establishing and maintaining positive, flexible, and cooperative relationships with ESD and local district staff.
• Making independent decisions within established policies and procedures.
• Preparing accountability records regarding services provided.
• Communicating clearly and appropriately.
• Participating in professional growth activities.
• Complying with local district and ESD rules and policies.
• Performing physical requirements unaided or with the assistance of reasonable accommodation.
• Performing job-related tasks as designated by the supervisor.
• Successful completion of an approved speech pathology program.
• Oregon teachers' license with speech impaired endorsement and acquire Oregon Health Board of Examiners' speech pathology license, or
• Oregon Health Board of Examiners' speech pathology license.

Location: In person at ECSE Ramsey Learning Center at 711 SW Ramsey Ave Building A, Grants Pass, Oregon 97527

Length of Position: 0.6-1.0 FTE / 190 days (academic year)

Salary: Per licensed collective bargaining agreement for  school year: $60,987.34 to $ annually.

Immediate Supervisor: Department Administrator

• Southern Oregon ESD contributes up to $2,045.00 per month…