Speech and Language Pathologist

MCHENRY COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT 15 VACANCY NOTICE

Job Title:

Speech and Language Pathologist

SCHOOL:
District

REPORTS TO:

Building Principal

CERTIFICATION:
Current and Valid Illinois Professional Educator License

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 180 Day Position – Full Time

START DATE:

School Year

• Current and Valid Illinois Speech Language Pathologist Teaching or Non-Teaching Endorsement.
• Master’s degree required from a program accredited by the American Speech-Language Association.
• Able to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.

• Provide support services to elementary school students.
• Coordinate or serve as a member of a diagnostic team and educational planning and placement committee.
• Serve as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program for oral communication and speech improvement.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement therapy suggestions for students’ daily activities.
• Assist and guide teachers in observing, describing and referring suspected and identified speech and language impairments.
• Perform casework services with parents as an integral part of assisting students. Increase parents’ understanding and participation in resolving their child’s needs and informing them of appropriate resources available.
• Responsible for writing and implementing individual education plans and have familiarity with response to intervention.
• Ability to make home visits for the purpose of gathering information on a student’s background and needed interventions.
• Maintain accurate and timely records for the purpose of monitoring student progress.
• Assess student progress towards targets and standards for the purpose of providing feedback to students, parents and administration throughout the learning process.
• Communicate and collaborate with instructional staff, school personnel, parents and a variety of community resources for the purpose of improving the overall quality of student outcomes.
• Understand various formal and informal assessment strategies and use them to support the continuous development of students.
• Perform such other appropriate duties as may be assigned by the building principal.

• Salary will be commensurate with professional training and experience according to salary schedule.
• Full health insurance program with major medical.
• Life insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement for approved graduate programs of study.