2022-23 Speech Language Pathologist
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SALARY SCHEDULE: NEGOTIATED SALARY SCHEDULE
DEPARTMENT: SPECIAL SERVICES
FLSA STATUS: EXEMPT
SAFETY-SENSITIVE: YES
POSITION SUMMARY:
To work in cooperation with appropriate district administrators, teachers, parents and students. The Speech-Language Pathologist shall be responsible for providing diagnostic and intervention services for students with speech, language and hearing disorders, helping students to access the general education curriculum.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Master’s degree;
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) certification (Clinical Fellowship Year considered);
- Oklahoma State Department of Education certification in Speech-Language Pathology; Oklahoma State Board licensure in Speech-Language Pathology.
- Knowledge of speech and language needs of individuals from 3 – 21 years.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provided speech-language evaluations for students referred by school personnel, parents, and coordinating agencies.
- Recommend appropriate placement and service delivery for students eligible to receive speech-language services.
- Provide appropriate speech-language management of communicative disorders.
- Refer for additional speech-language evaluation and consultation when indicated.
- Provide consultative services to school staff by sharing and demonstrating specific techniques and working with multidisciplinary teams to facilitate relevant and consistent interventions for targeted students.
- Attend professional meetings, in-services, and workshops that provide information regarding communication disorders.
- Develop and implement Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for students with speech/language impairments and assist with IEPs for students with speech/language as a related service.
- Provide opportunities for student observation and supervise graduate students during their clinical practicum from state colleges and universities.
- Maintain and submit information/records including progress reports for all students.
- Additional duties that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. To ensure continuity of services, remote work may be necessary in the event of a health crisis or disruptive situation that requires the closing of school and/or office buildings. An employee’s eligibility for remote work will be determined by the superintendent of schools. Expectations and guidelines for remote work will be distributed by the employee’s supervisor, based on his/her role and responsibilities.
DISCLAIMER:
Please note that job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair hiring and pay decisions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.