Speech Language Pathologist

Speech Language Pathologist

Job : 5350472

Final date to receive applications: Jun 30, 2026 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time)

Posted: Aug 25, 2025 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

Watson Chapel School District

Department: TBD

Job Status: Full Time

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports To: Director of Special Education

Grade/Level: K-12 Certified

Amount of

Travel Required:

Varies

Job Type: Regular

Positions Supervised: None

Work Schedule: 190‑day contract. Teachers are on‑duty for 7 hrs, 40 minutes per day but may periodically be required to attend after‑school or evening events as a normal expectation of their position.

Speech‑language pathologists (SLPs) work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive‑communication, and swallowing disorders in students.

• Speech disorders occur when a person has difficulty producing speech sounds correctly or fluently (e.g., stuttering is a form of disfluency) or has problems with his or her voice or resonance.
• Language disorders occur when a person has trouble understanding others (receptive language) or sharing thoughts, ideas, and feelings (expressive language). Language disorders may be spoken or written and may involve the form (phonology, morphology, syntax), content (semantics), and/or use (pragmatics) of language in functional and socially appropriate ways.
• Social communication disorders occur when a person has trouble with the social use of verbal and nonverbal communication. These disorders may include problems (a) communicating for social purposes (e.g., greeting, commenting, asking questions), (b) talking in different ways to suit the listener and setting, and (c) following rules for conversation and story‑telling. All individuals with autism spectrum disorder have social communication problems.
  
  Social communication disorders are also found in individuals with other conditions, such as traumatic brain injury.
• Cognitive‑communication disorders include problems organizing thoughts, paying attention, remembering, planning, and/or problem‑solving. These disorders usually happen as a result of a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or dementia, although they can be congenital.
• Swallowing disorders (dysphagia) are feeding and swallowing difficulties, which may follow an illness, surgery, stroke, or injury.
• Additionally, SLPs:
• Provide augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for individuals with severe expressive and/or language comprehension disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder or progressive neurological disorders.
• Work with people who do not have speech, language, or swallowing disorders, but want to learn how to communicate more effectively (e.g., work on accent modification or other forms of communication enhancement).
• Prepare paperwork for Medicaid Billing.
• Conduct Speech Evaluations.
• Prepare IEP Paperwork.
• Other duties as assigned.

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Accountability – Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Accuracy – Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Adaptability – Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Communication, Oral – Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Communication, Written – Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
• Conflict Resolution – Ability to deal with others in an antagonistic situation.
• Creative – Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea.
• Decision Making – Ability to make critical decisions while following district procedures.
• Detail Oriented – Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Diversity Oriented – Ability to work effectively with people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or other differences.
• Energetic – Ability to work at a sustained pace and…