BIL SPEECH THERAPIST

Illinois School District U-46; United States; On-site; USD 54,620 - 66,757; Full time

Job summary

Illinois School District U-46 is seeking a Speech and Language Pathologist to work at Highland Elementary, offering a starting salary of $60,689. In this role, you will collaborate with parents, students, and staff to identify and remediate communication disorders. You will assess student needs, manage case loads, and develop Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). A Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology and relevant Illinois certifications are required. The position involves working in a dynamic school environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in Speech Language Pathology.
• Illinois Certificate with Speech and Language Pathology endorsement (Type 73 or Type 10 or Type 03/09).
• Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Speech Language Pathologist License.

Responsibilities

• Work with parents, students, and staff to prevent and identify oral communication problems.
• Conduct assessments and determine eligibility for services.
• Manage case loads and develop IEPs.
• Maintain student evaluations using a web-based program.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers on academic and social issues.

Skills

Collaboration in a team setting

Communication skills

Client consultation

Assessment and evaluation

Education

Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology

Illinois Certificate with Speech and Language Pathology endorsement

Illinois Speech Language Pathologist License

Job description

• Position Type: Related Services/ Bilingual Speech Therapist
• Date Posted: 5/4/2026
• Location: Highland Elementary
• Date Available: 08/24/2026

Position/Title: SpeechandLanguage Pathologist

BargainingUnit: ETA

Department/Location: SpecialEducation

WorkDays: 184

ReportsTo: AssistantDirectorofSpecialEducation

JDRevisionDate: 06-14-2023

Supervises: N/A

Function/Position Summary

Toworkwithparents, students,andstaff inordertoprevent,identify, evaluateandremediateawiderangeof oral communication problems, including articulation, voice, fluency and language disorders.

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Prevention can include consultation, in service training, and speaking with parents and parent groups.
• Identification can include pre-referral (student support teams), screenings, and referrals for the evaluation process.
• Assessment may include data collection through standardized or non-standardized measures, interpretation, report writing, sharing results with parents and staff, determining eligibility for services, and developing IEP's.
• Intervention can include case load management (scheduling), direct remediation within the educational setting, pull out services, consulting on academic and social issues, developing ongoing goals, documenting progress, collaborating with classroom teachers, and holding annual review meetings.
• Completing case load records for special education funding.
• Maintaining student IEP's and evaluations on web-based computer program.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting.

Education

• Illinois Certificate with Speech and Language Pathology endorsement (Type 73 or Type 10 or Type 03/09).
• Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Speech Language Pathologist License.
• Master's degree or higher in Speech Language Pathology.

Environmental Conditions

• Must work in noisy and crowded environments.
• Indoors or outdoors in a busy school environment.
• Frequently work at a fast pace with unscheduled interruptions.
• May be required to leave main work site to attend meetings.
• Public contact requiring appropriate business-like apparel.

Physical Demands

• Requires prolonged sitting or standing.
• Occasionally requires physical exertion to manually move, lift carry, pull, or push heavy objects or materials.
• Ocationalstooping, bending, and reaching.

Terms of Employment

• The starting salary for this role is $60,689.