Senior Speech & Language Pathologist

Senior Speech & Language Pathologist

Richmond City Public Schools Exceptional Education – Richmond, Virginia Open in Google Maps

• Job : 5676114
• Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
• Posted: Apr 28, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date: Jul 1, 2026

Job Title: Senior Speech & Language Pathologist

Grade Level/Terms of Employment: Grade 125 /12 Month (260 days)

FLSA Status: Exempt

Work Location: Exceptional Education

Immediate Supervisor: Associate Director, Exceptional Education

General description: The Senior Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) at Richmond Public Schools provides comprehensive speech and language services to students with communication disorders while also serving in a leadership and supervisory capacity. This role involves evaluating, diagnosing, and treating speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders, as well as overseeing and mentoring a team of speech language pathologists across the district.

• Participates in the recruitment, selection, assignment, and retention of speech language pathologists.
• Participates in the procurement of speech language pathologist vendors.
• Supervises division-wide speech-language programs and services in schools and private settings.
• Facilitates supervisory roles for ASHA’s clinical fellows and university practicum students. Ensures participation of speech-language pathologists in division-wide professional development activities.
• Convenes speech language pathology staff meetings.
• Oversees implementation of procedures and supporting documents necessary to comply with federal, state, and division regulations and guidelines.
• Organizes, presents, and disseminates information regarding current therapy/treatment practices, assessment techniques, forms, procedures, and professional opportunities for speech language pathologists and other staff as appropriate.
• Facilitates departmental teams for professional development, purchasing, and technology applications.
• Collaborate with the division's Educational Audiologist to ensure that equipment used for hearing screenings division-wide is available and calibrated for the SLPs' use as required.
• Evaluates speech language programs and services and provides recommendations as needed.
• Completes performance evaluations of speech language pathologists consistent with procedures in the Richmond Public Schools Teacher Performance Evaluation System.
• Completes performance evaluations of vendor speech language pathologists consistent with procedures in the Richmond Public Schools Teacher Performance Evaluation System.
• Serves as a parent /community liaison and resolves parental concerns.
• Supervises and provides support for speech-language pathologists’ participation in billing Medicaid.
• Organizes staff for extended school year services.
• Collaborates with specialists and school professionals during, before, or after IEP team meetings for which communication skills are an inherent or related component.
• Participates in continuing education to remain current in all aspects of speech-language pathology and stay abreast of educational issues.
• Assists the Executive Director in procurement processes related to speech pathology in accordance with Richmond Public Schools’ protocols and internal controls.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• A Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited institution.
• 5 years’ experience delivering speech-language services in a school setting and a Speech Language Pathologist License with the Virginia Department of Health Professions or a valid license by the Virginia Board of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology (BASLP) is required.
• A Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) (or ability to obtain CCCs within 90 days).
• Bilingual to include Spanish preferred.
• The ability to communicate and work in a collaborative and cooperative manner with diverse groups in schools and the community is essential.
• Must have a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge, skills, and processes of communication, oral and written, as defined in the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) and how these are interrelated in forming a sound…