speech and language pathologist - Berwyn Township, IL , USA, United States - Illinois Association Of School

Description

Duties


JOB GOAL:

To diagnose and remediate articulation, language, voice, and fluency impairments, which negatively impacts students' classroom functioning and/ or overall communications skills.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To participate in the District's annual multidisciplinary screening of preschool children.
• To serve as a resource and consultant to school personnel and parents regarding speech and

language development, implementation of therapy, and identification and referral of children

exhibiting a communication disorder.

• To provide Response to Intervention (RtI) services to students who may benefit from

short-term intervention strategies.

• To determine, through the referral process, those students requiring a screening, initial

evaluation, and/ or re- evaluation of their speech and language abilities.

• To determine, through evaluation or re- evaluation, those students in need of direct or

consultative speech and/ or language services. To develop an annual Individualized

Education Plan (IEP) to meet the needs of children enrolled in therapy.

• To assist in the determination of need for assistive technology and/ or augmentative

communication systems for students identified with severe- profound disorders.

• To provide direct services with assistive technology and/ or augmentative communication

systems for students identified with severe- profound disorders.

• To develop a schedule to meet the needs of our caseload and of our workload.
• To provide direct and/ or consultative speech and/ or language services.
• To document therapy through logs and reports of progress entered into the District's

computer tracking system.

• To record and update Medicaid/ Fee for Service.
• To participate in Early Intervention (EI) thru eighth grade team collaboration

regarding student performance, needs, and programming (i.e. attend team

meetings, prediagnostic meetings, multidisciplinary staffings, transitions meetings,

annual reviews).

• To attend Pupil Service Team (PST) meetings at parochial schools as needed.
• To screen, evaluate, create service plans, and implement plan when services are

indicated.

• To make referrals to outside agencies as needed.
• To participate in appropriate continuing education to maintain licensure and certification

requirements.

• To provide liaison services between the school and community agencies.
• To attend afternoon and evening conferences as scheduled by the District.
• To perform such other tasks and assume other responsibilities, as negotiated between

the Administration and the South Berwyn Education Association.

• Perform other duties and assume responsibilities as may be assigned by the superintendent or

designee and in accordance with terms stipulated in the current contract.

Qualifications


QUALIFICATIONS:
Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

License from the Illinois Dept. of Professional Regulations

Illinois State Board of Education Type 10 certificate, Type 73 certificate, or Type 03 and 09 certificate with endorsement

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence/ Speech- Language or intent to begin Clinical Fellowship year

Salary/Benefits

Commensurate with Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Additional Notes


REPORTS TO:
Building Principal and Director of Special Student Services

How to Apply

Apply online via link below

School District

ILearn Link

ILearn

Report Card Link

District Report Card

Job Posting Date

5/25/2023

Start Date

N/A