BIL SPEECH THERAPIST (0.4)

Illinois School District U-46; Streamwood (IL); On-site; USD 54,620 - 66,757; Full time

Job summary

Illinois School District U-46 is hiring a Speech and Language Pathologist at Tefft Middle School. The role requires collaboration with parents, students, and staff to address oral communication problems through assessment, intervention, and case management. A Master’s degree, state certification, and appropriate license are required. The starting salary is $60,689. Candidates should be prepared to work in dynamic school environments, handling various tasks with unscheduled interruptions.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in Speech Language Pathology is required.
• Illinois Certificate with Speech and Language Pathology endorsement is needed.
• License from Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Prevent, identify, evaluate and remediate oral communication problems.
• Consult with parents and staff for intervention strategies.
• Conduct assessments and document progress as per IEP requirements.
• Collaborate with teachers and manage case loads efficiently.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Assessment

Consultation

Education

Master's degree or higher in Speech Language Pathology

Illinois Certificate with Speech and Language Pathology endorsement

Illinois Speech Language Pathologist License

Job description

Position / Title

Speech and Language Pathologist

Location

Tefft Middle School

Job 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 caseload 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.
• Occasional stooping, bending, and reaching.

Term of Employment

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