Speech and Language Pathologist -26/27 School Year Vista Horizon/Vista Charter Middle School

JOB DESCRIPTION: Under the direction of the school site principal and the Director of SPED, the SLP will
screen, evaluate and provide treatment for students with a variety of communication needs including but not
limited to speech sound disorders, receptive/expressive language impairments, social language deficits, voice
disorders, and fluency disorders; monitor, assess and adjust treatment in response to student needs and
progress; meet, consult and confer with parents, staff, faculty, administrators, and others concerning the
speech, language and other communication needs of students.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 Provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services to individuals with a wide variety of speech,
language, and swallowing differences and disorders within the above-mentioned domains that range in function from completely intact to completely compromised
 Integrate the highest quality available research evidence with practitioner expertise and individual preferences and values in establishing treatment goals
 Utilize treatment data to guide decisions and determine effectiveness of services
 Integrate academic materials and goals into treatment
 Serve on multitiered systems of support (MTSS)/response to intervention (RTI) teams to help students successfully communicate within academic, classroom, and social settings
 Serve as case manager, service delivery coordinator, members of collaborative, multidisciplinary team
 Serve on early intervention (TK) and school pre-referral and intervention teams to assist with the development and implementation of individualized education programs (IEPs)
 Discuss, evaluate, and address negative emotions and thoughts related to communication disorders including but not limited to: articulation/phonological, language, fluency, and voice disorders
 Educate parents, teachers and other school-based professionals about the clinical markers of language impairment and the ways in which these impairments can impact a student’s reading and writing skills to facilitate early referral for possible evaluation and assessment services
 Educate parents and school personnel about the SLP role in addressing the semantic, syntactic, morphological, and phonological aspects of literacy disorders across the lifespan Administer standardized and/or criterion-referenced tools to compare individuals with their peers. The assessment process can include, but is not limited to, culturally and linguistically
appropriate behavioral observation and standardized and/or criterion-referenced tools; use of instrumentation; review of records, case history, and prior test results; and interview of the individual and/or family to guide decision making

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
 Conduct full-scale speech and language assessments including but not limited to culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral observations and standardized and/or criterion-referenced tools, review of records, case history, and prior test results; and interview of the individual and/or family to guide decision making
 Drafting of IEPs
 Understanding and use of evidence-based practices
 Prepare and deliver professional development presentations relating to communicative disorders within speech-language pathology
 Maintain records and prepare reports
 Knowledge of Welligent preferred
 Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others

Requirements:
 Master’s Degree from an accredited Program in Communicative Disorders or comparable education (must be ASHA approved)
 Valid California Speech-Language Pathologist License
 Valid California Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential
 Spanish language fluency preferred, not required