Silver Stage Elementary Speech Therapist 2025 / 26

Silver Stage Elementary Speech Therapist / 26

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SPEECH THERAPIST
Range: $49,000 - $89,000 annually with Employer-paid retirement, dependent upon previous experience.
Terms of Employment: 9 Months, full-day schedule.
FLSA STATUS: NON-EXEMPT, This is a salaried position assigned to the Licensed Employee Salary Schedule.

POSITION SUMMARY: The Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) provides diagnostic, remedial, and consultative services for students with receptive/expressive communicative disorders.

The SLP participates as a member of the special services and academic multidisciplinary teams.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Identification of children with speech or language impairments.
2. Diagnosis and appraisal of specific speech or language impairments.
3. Referral for medical or other professional attention necessary for the habilitation of speech or language impairments.
4. Provision of speech and language services for the habilitation or prevention of communicative impairment.
5. Counseling and guidance of parents, children, and teachers regarding speech and language impairments.
6. Follow approved therapy guidelines as established by the State, the District, or the School.
7. Evaluate goals and modify Individualized Educational Plans when necessary.
8. Develop and execute appropriate therapy strategies to guide therapy progress to accomplish long-range goals.
9. Recognize the relationship of the speech therapy program with other disciplines and reinforce during therapy.
10. Plan for and participate in professional improvement activities.
11. Identify potential speech and language problems through screenings of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.
12. Provide diagnostic evaluations for students selected from screenings or referrals.
13. Utilize diagnostic evaluation results in preparing an individual educational plan for remediation of the speech and/or language problems.
14. Provide timely feedback to all students regarding their performance.
15. Assess student progress at the end of each session and use this information for future therapy planning.
16. Assign and monitor homework, when appropriate, as an extension and reinforcement of therapy lessons.
17. Promote discipline and responsibility in students.
18. Communicate with students at their level of comprehension.
19. Work as part of the multidisciplinary team in making recommendations for appropriate educational plans.
20. Inform parents and the administrator of the results of evaluations, therapy goals, and therapy progress.
21. Maintain professional competence through ongoing development.

Position Requirements:

Education and Training: Master's Degree from an accredited college or university.
Preferred but not mandatory: Board of Examiners State License, ASHA certification.
Licenses and Certifications: Must possess or be able to acquire a license issued by the Nevada Department of Education and be certified in the relevant subject area.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical and mental requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

1. Strength, dexterity, coordination, and vision to use keyboard and video display terminal for prolonged periods.
2. Strength and stamina to bend, stoop, sit, and stand for long periods of time.
3. Dexterity and coordination to handle files and single pieces of paper.
4. Some reaching for items above and below waist and head level.
5. The manual dexterity and cognitive ability to operate a personal computer and other educational technology.

Working Conditions:

Work is performed under climate-controlled classroom settings to outside weather with temperatures ranging from mild to extreme cold/heat. May involve exposure to noise levels ranging from moderate to very loud.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

The Lyon County School District is an equal opportunity employer and will not knowingly discriminate in any area of employment.