Speech Language Pathologist Special Education Services

School Year

Speech Language Pathologist

Salary Range: $116,136-$152,454/annually

Calendar: Full Time / Full Year

Who We Are

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh largest school district in California, serving more than 50,000 students who speak more than 44 documented languages across 121 schools in the city of San Francisco every year. We aim for every student who attends SFUSD schools to discover his or her spark, along with a strong sense of self and purpose, and that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career, and equipped with the skills, capacities and dispositions outlined in SFUSD’s Graduate Profile.

Every day in our quest to achieve this mission we provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21st century.

What It Means to Work Here

The SFUSD community is unified by our Core Values:

• Student-centered:
  We put students’ needs first
• Fearless:
  We persist through challenges
• United:
  We celebrate and build on each other’s strengths
• Social Justice:
  We stand with those most vulnerable in our community
• Diversity-driven:
  We respect and seek to understand each person

We are also inspired by Vision, Values and Guardrails which captures our aspirations and vision for the future of public education in San Francisco. Alongside the District’s strategic plan. SFUSD is reimagining how public education will change over the next decade to meet the dynamic future of San Francisco. As a CORE district, SFUSD is also a leader in critical systems change for more comprehensive school accountability and innovations that help strengthen the instructional core, which is the foundation of our strategic plan and Vision 2025.

Who We Want

We want talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who are inspired by our mission, steeped in equity, and who are motivated to unleash our children’s potential. We want people who are strong collaborators, skilled communicators, and problem solvers who are comfortable in a community of continuous learning.

The school-based speech-language pathologist is responsible for the prevention, identification, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of children/students birth through 21 years of age exhibiting communication disorders.

• Consult with parents, teachers, and community agencies concerning normative speech and language development and behavioral manifestations of a student “at risk” for a communication disorder or delay
• Observe and informally interact with referred students in the classroom setting as needed
• Informally assess learning environments in relation to communication and assist staff with developing optimal learning environments for the facilitation of communication skills within the classroom setting
• Consult with parents regarding the development of speech/language communication programs/activities, including recommendations for home support of school goals
• Consult with parents regarding methods to facilitate optimum communication behaviors
• Recommend environmental modifications or strategies for children who are not identified as eligible for special education or related services
• Educate and collaborate with site personnel regarding classroom strategies that will enhance communication for all Students
• Consult with site personnel regarding appropriateness of referral, and identification processes and procedures;
  Monitor appropriate referrals
• Participate as a member of the Student Success Team (SST) in providing suggestions for intervention strategies within the classroom setting for those children with suspected disabilities in the area of communication
• Participate as a member of the Student Success Team (SST) in identifying students who may be in need of assessments to determine possible eligibility for special education and related services

• The speech-language pathologist facilitates the identification of students with communication handicaps by consulting with parents and teachers regarding behaviors that indicate suspected speech, language or hearing disorders; and by screening, observation and standardized (norm…