Job Summary Speech-Language Therapist SLP Certification Job Description / Essential Elements Description: To help reduce or eliminate speech and/or language problems that interfere with the individual student's ability to derive full benefit from the District's eductional program.
Duties:
- Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program for oral communication and speech improvement.
- Provides a therapeutic program to meet individual needs of speech and hearing handicapped children.
- Assists and guides teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language impairments.
- Provides a thorough assessment and diagnosis of speech, voice, hearing and language impairments.
- Provides evaluations to identify speech and language handicapped children at regular intervals and at specified levels.
- Assists in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community as appropriate.
- Provides appropriate individualized programs of therapy to meet individual students’ needs and improves existing speech or language handicaps.
- Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement therapy by suggestions for the student’s daily activities.
- Provides information, support, and counseling to parents and families when appropriate.
- Supervises Instructional Assistant-Speech (bilingual).
- Provides in-service education and serves as a consultant to teachers and school staff members on topics concerning speech improvement.
- Keeps thorough ongoing records for the individual student receiving therapy or other schoolprovided speech services.
- Maintains lists of referred and screened students, as well as a directory of outside agencies, consultants, specialists, and related services.
- Compiles case history data on those cases where additional family history, health history, early developmental history, and environmental history are deemed appropriate.
- Writes individual educational plans as required by state and federal law.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Employment Standards:
- A Masters Degree or Equivalent
- A valid California credential to practice as a Speech and Language Specialist
- Possess the following personal qualities: a. Ability to meet district standards for physical and mental health b. Evidence of good moral character c. Satisfactory recommendations from training supervisors or other professionals who have observed the candidate’s personal characteristics, scholastic achievement and job-related performance.
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the district may find appropriate and acceptable Reports to: Manager, Special Education
Terms of Employment:
Salary, benefits and work year as provided by contract between the Board of Trustees and the designated exclusive bargaining unit. Assignment is designated as 182 days.
Evaluation:
The evaluation and assessment of performance of the Speech and Language Therapist will be conducted by the Administrator, Pupil Services, in accordance with the provisions of Education Code 44660-44665 and Oxnard School District Board Policy 5450. Requirements / Qualifications
Required Documents:
Resume Letter of Introduction Appropriate Credential 2 Letters of Recommendation Interviews will be held on regular basis as qualified applications are received Comments and Other Information EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: The Board of Education is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals in district programs and activities. District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination against an individual or group based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital, pregnancy, parental status, reproductive health, decision making, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, veteran or military status, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE: The Oxnard School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability or affiliation with the Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups or any other basis protected by law or regulation, in its educational program(s) or employment. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Dr. Scott Carroll, Acting Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, Title IX Coordinator, 1051 South A Street, Oxnard, CA 93030, (805) 385-1501, scarroll@oxnardsd.org;