Wage/Hour Status: Exempt

Reports to:  Director of Special Education                                  

Dept./School:  Campus As Assigned                                            

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

Qualifications:

     Education/Certification:

• Master’ s degree in speech-language pathology from an accredited college or university

• Valid Texas license as a speech-language pathologist granted by the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (SBESLPA)

        or

• Bachelor’s degree
• Valid Texas Education Agency speech therapy certificate 

      Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Ability to use the accepted tests and measurements to assess communication disorders and conditions

• Knowledge of evaluation, habilitation, and rehabilitation of speech-language disorders and conditions

• Ability to instruct and manage student behavior

• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

     Experience:

• One year supervised clinical speech-language pathology experience

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

• Therapy
• Assessment
• Consultation
• Student Management
• Program Management
• Administration

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• May direct and monitor the work of speech-language assistant(s) or speech aide(s)

Working Conditions:

• Mental / Physcial Demands / Environmental Factors: 

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