Speech Language Pathologist (2025-2026 School Year)

Lockhart Independent Sch Dist; Lockhart (TX); On-site; USD 58,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockhart Independent School District seeks a Speech Language Pathologist for the 2026-2027 school year to provide speech-language pathology services to students with communication disorders. The role involves IEP-based therapy, evaluations, ARD participation, and collaboration with staff and families.

Applicants should have a Bachelor degree (preferred) and be prepared for district-wide travel within Lockhart ISD. The position is full-time with daily pay in a school setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and provide individual and group therapy to students per IEP.
• Evaluate progress and determine readiness for termination of therapy.
• Conduct independent evaluations to assess eligibility for services.
• Develop clinical management strategies or statements from observations and data.
• Participate in ARD Committee to assist in placement and goal setting.
• Counsel and involve parents in remedial process.
• Collaborate with teachers to plan classroom activities to improve communication skills.
• Provide professional development in assigned schools on communication deficits.
• Create an environment conducive to learning and manage student behavior.
• May supervise licensed speech-language pathology assistants and coordinate evaluations.

Education

Bachelor degree

Job description

Speech Language Pathologist (2026-2027 School Year)

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Job Details

• Job ID: 5037226
• Application Deadline: Posted until filled
• Re-Posted: Jul 07, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date: Immediately
• Position Type: Full-Time
• Salary: $313.67 to $377.92 Per Day
• Job Categories: Special Education > Speech/Language Pathologist

Job Description

The Lockhart ISD Mission

The mission of Lockhart Independent School District is to cultivate innovative learners and empower bold leaders who are prepared for a future yet to be imagined.

Lockhart’s Leaders

Across Lockhart ISD, each of our leaders are guided by three core themes embodied in our leadership definition and their corresponding behaviors:

• Having aLock“heart” for Peoplewhich is focused on developing one's relational capacity;
• Unlocking Potentialwhich is centered on the development and empowerment of both the self and others; and,
• BeingLocked on Excellencewhich means that every person will have a relentless pursuit for results

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 impairments with their students’ ability to derive full benefit from the educational program.

Major Responsibilities and Duties

Therapy

• Plan and provide appropriate individual and group therapy to students consistent with speech and language goals contained in Individual Education Plans (IEP).
• Evaluate student progress and determine readiness for termination of therapy services.
• Conduct independent evaluations to assess students with speech or language disorders and conditions to determine eligibility for services.
• Develop clinical management strategies or procedures and diagnostic statements by interpreting observations or data.
• Participate in the Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) Committee to assist in interpretation of assessment data, appropriate placement, and goal setting for students with communication disorders or conditions according to district procedures.

Consultation

• Counsel and involve parents in remedial process.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers to plan and implement classroom activities to improve communication skills of students.
• Provide professional development in assigned schools to help school personnel identify and understand communication defecits in students.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues , students, and parents regarding the accomplishment of therapy goals and needs of the student.

Student Management

• Create an environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the maturity level and interests of students.
• Establish control and administer discipline according the Student Code of Conduct and student handbook.

Program Management

• *May supervise licensed speech-language pathology assistant(s) or speech aide(s).
• Develop and coordinate a continuing evaluation of speech-language pathology services and make changes based on the findings.
• Assist in the selection of equipment and instructional materials.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None.

Working Conditions

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Maintain emotional control under stress. Regular districtwide travel to student homes and multiple work locations as assigned. May be required to lift and transfer students to and from wheelchair or assist with positioning students with physical disabilities.

* Supervisors of licensed speech-language assistants must be licensed by SPESLPA as speech-language pathologists. A person with a TEA certificate who is not licensed may not be a supervisor of a licensed speech-language pathology assistant.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor degree preferred.

Contact Information

• Shelby Nelson
• 419 Bois D'Arc St.
• Lockhart, Texas 78644
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]