Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership
Speech Language Pathologist - All Levels Part-Time (0.4 FTE)
Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership, Springfield, Massachusetts, us, 01119
Speech Language Pathologist – All Levels Part‑Time (0.4 FTE)
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The speech‑language pathologist is responsible for evaluating and providing speech‑language services to students with Individual Education Programs in the schools.
Key Responsibilities
Supervises speech‑language assistants as per state regulations.
Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program to promote students’ receptive and expressive language skills for school success.
Provides an individualized education program to meet the individual needs of speech‑language disabled students.
Assists and guides teachers in the understanding of normal and disordered developmental milestones and referring suspected and identified speech‑language disabilities.
Provides a thorough assessment and diagnosis of speech‑language disorders and disabilities using culturally and linguistically appropriate methods.
Provides screening to identify students with suspected speech‑language disabilities.
Assists in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community as appropriate.
Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement age and linguistically appropriate accommodations and intervention strategies in the classroom.
Provides information, support, and counseling to parents and families when appropriate in a multicultural and multilingual setting.
Provides in‑service education and serves as a consultant to teachers and school staff members on topics concerning first and second language acquisition and speech‑language disorders/disabilities.
Keeps thorough ongoing records for individual students receiving speech‑language services.
Maintains lists of referred, screened, and eligible students, as well as a directory of outside agencies, consultants, specialists and related services.
Compiles case history data on those cases where additional family history, health history, early developmental history, and environmental history are deemed appropriate.
Keeps track of and inventories speech‑language evaluation tools and intervention materials in the schools.
Minimum Requirements
Maintains and manages a caseload comprised of speech‑language disabled students in the schools.
Works collaboratively with the Evaluation Team Leader and school team to develop educationally based IEPs for speech‑language disabled students.
Qualifications
Masters Degree in Speech‑Language Pathology
Certificate of Clinical Competence or Clinical Fellowship Candidacy, ASHA
MA DESE License and MA State License in Speech‑Language Pathology (All Grade Levels)
"If you BELIEVE, we have a place for YOU on our team! Come work for us!"
If there is something that you would like to know specifically about the position that you are applying for or assistance with matching your skills to a position, Carmen Molina‑Figueroa will be happy to assist you at molina‑figueroac@springfieldpublicschools.com.
NONDISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or pregnancy related conditions, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, or marital status.
Springfield Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or homelessness. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
Springfield Public Schools Title IX Coordinator: Katie O’Sullivan, Senior Administrator of Human Resources, 1550 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103, 413-787-7100 ext. 55428, titleix@springfieldpublicschools.com.
For enrollment and enrollment equity matters, contact the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights at https://ocrcas.ed.gov/contact-ocr.
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The speech‑language pathologist is responsible for evaluating and providing speech‑language services to students with Individual Education Programs in the schools.
Key Responsibilities
Supervises speech‑language assistants as per state regulations.
Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program to promote students’ receptive and expressive language skills for school success.
Provides an individualized education program to meet the individual needs of speech‑language disabled students.
Assists and guides teachers in the understanding of normal and disordered developmental milestones and referring suspected and identified speech‑language disabilities.
Provides a thorough assessment and diagnosis of speech‑language disorders and disabilities using culturally and linguistically appropriate methods.
Provides screening to identify students with suspected speech‑language disabilities.
Assists in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community as appropriate.
Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement age and linguistically appropriate accommodations and intervention strategies in the classroom.
Provides information, support, and counseling to parents and families when appropriate in a multicultural and multilingual setting.
Provides in‑service education and serves as a consultant to teachers and school staff members on topics concerning first and second language acquisition and speech‑language disorders/disabilities.
Keeps thorough ongoing records for individual students receiving speech‑language services.
Maintains lists of referred, screened, and eligible students, as well as a directory of outside agencies, consultants, specialists and related services.
Compiles case history data on those cases where additional family history, health history, early developmental history, and environmental history are deemed appropriate.
Keeps track of and inventories speech‑language evaluation tools and intervention materials in the schools.
Minimum Requirements
Maintains and manages a caseload comprised of speech‑language disabled students in the schools.
Works collaboratively with the Evaluation Team Leader and school team to develop educationally based IEPs for speech‑language disabled students.
Qualifications
Masters Degree in Speech‑Language Pathology
Certificate of Clinical Competence or Clinical Fellowship Candidacy, ASHA
MA DESE License and MA State License in Speech‑Language Pathology (All Grade Levels)
"If you BELIEVE, we have a place for YOU on our team! Come work for us!"
If there is something that you would like to know specifically about the position that you are applying for or assistance with matching your skills to a position, Carmen Molina‑Figueroa will be happy to assist you at molina‑figueroac@springfieldpublicschools.com.
NONDISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or pregnancy related conditions, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, or marital status.
Springfield Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or homelessness. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.
Springfield Public Schools Title IX Coordinator: Katie O’Sullivan, Senior Administrator of Human Resources, 1550 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103, 413-787-7100 ext. 55428, titleix@springfieldpublicschools.com.
For enrollment and enrollment equity matters, contact the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights at https://ocrcas.ed.gov/contact-ocr.
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