Job Description
Pay Scale: Administrative - Instructional 4
Primary Purpose:
Plan and provide speech-language pathology services to students with speech, voice, or language disorders. Assess students and provide therapeutic intervention to eliminate or reduce problems or impairment that interfere with their students’ ability to derive full benefit from the educational program.
Qualification Guidelines
- Education/Certifications: Master’s degree in speech-language pathology from an accredited college or university.
- Valid license as a speech-language pathologist granted by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) or Bachelor’s degree and valid Texas Education Agency speech therapy certificate.
- ASHA Certificate of Clinical competence.
Experience: One year supervised clinical speech-language pathology experience.
Special Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
- Ability to use the accepted tests and measurements to assess communication disorders and conditions.
- Knowledge of evaluation, habilitation, and rehabilitation of speech-language disorders and conditions.
- Ability to instruct and manage student behavior.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Upon agreement with Special Services Executive Director, may direct and monitor the work of speech-language pathology assistants. Supervisors of licensed speech-language pathology assistants must be licensed by SBESLPA as speech-language pathologists. A person with a TEA certificate who is not licensed may not supervise a licensed speech-language pathologist.
Position Type: Full-Time
Salary: $299.41 to $422.70 Per Day
Job Requirements
- At least 1 year(s) of relevant experience preferred.
- Bachelor degree preferred.
- Citizenship, residency or work visa required.
Contact Information
- Kelli Cotton, Executive Director of Special Services
- SPECIAL SERVICE DEPT
- Phone: 361-788-9242
- Email: kelli.cotton@visd.net