Speech Language Pathologist - Secondary

Job Description

Position Title: Speech Language Pathologist - Secondary

Location: District – Middle and High Schools

Department: Special Education

Reports To: Director of Special Education and Building Principal

Term: For remainder of  School Year with potential for ongoing contract beginning following school year.

Schedule: Mon-Fri Full-time. Following school hours of operation.

Salary: Positions follows the  Teacher Salary Schedule. Please see Summary for additional information.

Date of last review: December 2025

Summary: Utilizing leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, school-based speech-language pathologists provide prevention, assessment, and remediation services for learners who exhibit difficulties in the areas of language, speech, voice, and fluency. These services are designed to help learners meet their educational goals.

Salary Details: In addition to the salary for the  school year, this position offers a Medicaid-funded stipend of $10,000. More information on funding, availability, and continuity of the stipend can be provided by Director of Special Education. The position also offers an annual $2,000 stipend for maintaining Certificate of Clinical Competence in order to bill Medicaid.

To Apply: Please complete the application and provide a letter of interest, a resume, and three letters of recommendation. Please also include your transcripts and a copy of your teaching license, if applicable.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required for the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Serves as a member of the multidisciplinary team in the referral/diagnostic process.
• Supports hearing screening program and provides input assistance when needed.
• Develops positive, effective working relationships with learners and staff.
• Provides consulting services to guardians and educators.
• Connects and shares ideas through appropriate/applicable formats to express thoughts and ideas with integrity.
• Understands the complexities of cultural and global issues and how they relate to employee and learners’ experiences.
• Partners with others to resolve potential controversy and conflict through respectful discussion.
• Proactively seeks to understand the ideas, opinions, and skills of others.
• Connects with team members and shares ideas in an effort to improve the overall learner and employee experience.
• Establishes a screening program for speech/language services as appropriate (i.e. articulation tracking for elementary, new referrals, three-year comprehensive reassessments).
• Performs and interprets diagnostic evaluations to determine eligibility and appropriate recommendations.
• Reasons, interprets, and analyzes information to generate new knowledge and understanding.
• Ensures professional growth and support is maintained.
• Maintains communication with supervisor and director regarding general feedback, career advancement opportunities, and areas of growth opportunities.
• Maintains composure while dealing with stressful situations.
• Proactively seeks out resolutions and takes initiative to resolve knowledge gaps.
• Implements building therapy schedules.
• Provides direct/indirect therapy for identified learners.
• Provides therapy through continuous evaluation and annual updating of individual educational plans (IEPs).
• Maintains learner status through the use of charts, records, and progress reports.
• Abides by Board policies and other state and federal regulations concerning learners with disabilities.

• Regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, bend, talk, and hear.
• Specific vision abilities required: close and peripheral vision.
• May be required to lift up to ~30 pounds.
• Must work with the public and various WFPS staff while simultaneously managing several competing demands.
• May come in contact with blood borne pathogens or other bodily fluids on rare…