Speech Language Pathologist

Position Type:Student Support Services/Speech and Language PathologistDate Posted:6/4/2025Location:Irving Elementary SchoolDate Available:August 2025 TITLE:Speech-Language PathologistQUALIFICATIONS: Master's Degree in Speech-Language PathologyLicense from the Illinois Dept. of Professional RegulationsIllinois State Board of Education Type 10 certificate, Type 73 certificate, or Type 03 and 09 certificate with endorsementAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence/ Speech- Language or intent to begin Clinical Fellowship yearJOB GOAL:To diagnose and remediate articulation, language, voice, and fluency impairments, which negatively impacts students' classroom functioning and/ or overall communications skills.REPORTS TO: Director of Special Student Services and Building PrincipalPERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:1. To participate in the District's annual multidisciplinary screening of preschool children.2. To serve as a resource and consultant to school personnel and parents regarding speech andlanguage development, implementation of therapy, and identification and referral of childrenexhibiting a communication disorder.3. To provide Response to Intervention (RtI) services to students who may benefit fromshort-term intervention strategies.4. To determine, through the referral process, those students requiring a screening, initialevaluation, and/ or re- evaluation of their speech and language abilities.5. To determine, through evaluation or re- evaluation, those students in need of direct orconsultative speech and/ or language services. To develop an annual IndividualizedEducation Plan (IEP) to meet the needs of children enrolled in therapy.6. To assist in the determination of need for assistive technology and/ or augmentativecommunication systems for students identified with severe- profound disorders.7. To provide direct services with assistive technology and/ or augmentative communicationsystems for students identified with severe- profound disorders.8. To develop a schedule to meet the needs of our caseload and of our workload.9. To provide direct and/ or consultative speech and/ or language services.10. To document therapy through logs and reports of progress entered into the District'scomputer tracking system.11. To record and update Medicaid/ Fee for Service.12. To participate in Early Intervention (EI) thru eighth grade team collaborationregarding student performance, needs, and programming (i.e. attend teammeetings, prediagnostic meetings, multidisciplinary staffings, transitions meetings,annual reviews).13. To attend Pupil Service Team (PST) meetings at parochial schools as needed.14. To screen, evaluate, create service plans, and implement plan when services areindicated.15. To make referrals to outside agencies as needed.16. To participate in appropriate continuing education to maintain licensure and certificationrequirements.17. To provide liaison services between the school and community agencies.18. To attend afternoon and evening conferences as scheduled by the District.19. To perform such other tasks and assume other responsibilities, as negotiated between