Speech & Language Pathologist - Summer Moody

Anticipated Opening - Position is contingent on funding and student enrollment

Summer Program: ESY Special Education - Moody

Dates/Hours:

June 30th - August 7th

Monday - Thursday

8:00 am - 12:00 am (4 Hours)

Subject to change based on student enrollment; start and stop times

Organizational Relationship

or Line of Authority:

Directly responsible to the Summer ESY Coordinator and/or the Exexcutive Director of Student Support Services and/or his/her designee

Statement of Duties:

• The speech-language pathologist is responsible for providing clinical supervision to speech-language assistants, evaluating students with suspected communication disabilities, and providing speech-language services to students with Individual Education Programs in the schools.
• Deals with treatment or applications of remedies for the cure, alleviation, or prevention of speech disorders.
• Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program to promote students' receptive and expressive language skills for school success.
• Provides an individualized education program to meet individual needs of speech-language disabled students using evidence based multi-sensory approaches.
• Uses evidence based practices to consult with teachers about students who demonstrate communication disabilities.
• Keeps thorough and on-going records, using qualitative and quantitative data, for individual students receiving speech-language services.
• Organizes speech program in assigned schools.
• Plans the therapy schedule including pupils in groups or individual, depending upon their classification and severity.
• Provides evaluations for Team Evaluations.
• Notifies parents of findings and progress via semi-annual reports.
• Attends TEAM meetings when requested.
• Keeps accurate individual records.
• Completes individualized education plans when requested.
• Responsible for other duties as indicated by the Superintendent of Schools, or his/her designees and policies of the Haverhill School Committee.

Qualifications:

• Licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - Speech Language and Hearing Disorders - Required
• Licensed by the Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure - Speech Language Pathologist - Required
• Possession of a Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology
• Bilingual Preferred
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent of Schools may find appropriate and acceptable.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The Haverhill Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is in compliance with Federal regulations prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or disability.