SPEECH/LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST Teacher Salary schedule + Stipend (if eligible) Primary Function: Under the general direction of the Principal and/or Director of Special Education, the Speech & Language Pathologist identifies, assesses, and provides therapy to students with speech and language delay disorders. Major Duties and Responsibilities: •Screens, identifies, assesses, and develops recommendations for students with language, speech and hearing deficits •Collaborates and participates in Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meetings, student study team meetings and conferences as appropriate •Notifies teachers and administrators of identified language, speech, and hearing students, and develops an efficient schedule for working with such students •Implements and monitors Individualized Education Plans (IEP) •Consults and collaborates with community agencies and services as general resources •Researches new information regarding intervention/treatment techniques, methods, assessment materials, available resources and regularly communicates to staff and parents via consultation, collaboration, and inservices and/or workshops •Cooperates with other staff in assessing and helping students solve health, attitude, and learning problems •Monitors speech/language instructional assistants and maintains speech aide programs for children identified as communicatively handicapped •Provides individual and group stimulation of speech and language abilities, utilizing behavior modification, oral facilitation, phonemic vocalization, vocabulary development, and expressive language, social skills, semantics and pragmatics •Performs a variety of non-instructional duties, therapy, and instructional development activities, student supervision, and advisory and/or consultative functions •Provides appropriate and effective language and speech therapy experiences for students from a wide range of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds and with varying mental, social, and emotional abilities QUALIFICATIONS GUIDE •Eligibility for a valid California Clinical or Rehabilitative Services Credential OR 1. Masters Degree in communicative disorders, and 2. valid license issued by the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board, and 3. passage of the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST), and AND •Must demonstrate knowledge with programs designed to improve communication function •Must possess knowledge of modern principles, trends and practices of language disorders ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS : •Visual ability to read handwritten or typed documents, and the display screen of various office equipment and machines •Able to conduct verbal conversation •Able to hear normal range verbal conversation (approximately 60 decibels) •Able to sit, stand, stoop, kneel, bend and walk •Able to sit for sustained periods of time •Able to climb slopes, stairs, steps, ramps and ladders •Able to lift up to 25 pounds •Able to carry up to 25 pounds •Able to exhibit full range of motion for: •shoulder external rotation and internal rotation •shoulder abduction and adduction •elbow flexion and extension •shoulder extension and flexion •back lateral flexion •hip flexion and extension •knee flexion •Able to operate office machines and equipment in a safe and effective manner •Able to demonstrate manual dexterity necessary to operate calculator, typewriter, and/or computer keyboard at the required speed and accuracy While the ideal candidate will possess all these abilities, duties assigned can be modified to accommodate some physical restrictions.