Speech Therapist 11M

Location: Hattie Mae White \n\nDepartment: Special Ed - Speech \u0026 Lang, ES1/ES2/MS \n\nArea:District Wide \n\nContract Months:11 \n\nSalary Range: $85,361.00 \u2013 $96,031.00 \n\nAcademic Year: 26-27 \n\n## POSITION SUMMARY\n\nDevelop, manage and implement a speech therapy program to facilitate the speech therapy needs of communicatively disordered students in assigned school(s).\n\n## ILLUSTRATIVE DUTIES\n\n * Obtain information to follow local, state, and federal guidelines related to providing services to speech handicapped students.\n * Assume immediate and direct responsibility for referrals for speech/language evaluations.\n * Select and administer the appropriate battery of speech therapy test for initial speech therapy referrals, dismissals, and three year re-evaluations.\n * Interpret test results to determine the diagnosis and remediation of speech therapy deficits.\n * Generate a computerized speech-language report, comprehensive individual assessment speech handicapped eligibility report and the severity rating scale of each deficit area for evaluated students.\n * Prepare required admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee meeting report forms and communications necessary to process \u201cspeech only\u201d ARD meetings.\n * Explain test results and presents speech therapy Individualized Education Plan (IEP) at speech therapy Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) for students identified, evaluated and served on each assigned campus.\n * Develop a computerized IEP of speech therapy goals and objectives used to implement services.\n * Provide pupil accounting data in SASI for each student evaluated and/or served.\n * Manage a therapeutic program with appropriate materials to meet individual needs of speech-handicapped students.\n * Utilize the Special Education Resource System (SERS) and other resources to requisition appropriate materials to meet individual students needs.\n * Design and post a speech therapy program schedule to appropriate personnel which contain the time, day and deficit area for each student served.\n * Record each student\u2019s weekly lesson plan for students based on their goals and objectives.\n * Complete and submit speech therapy report cards to principals and parents for each six/nine week\u0027s grade reporting periods. \n \n\n\n\n## ILLUSTRATIVE DUTIES CONTINUED\n\n * Formulate a weekly lesson plan for students based on their goals and objectives.\n * Complete information on School Health Related Services (SHARS) service tickets for all Medicaid eligible students.\n * Update IEP for each student after each reporting period.\n * Conduct an annual review ARD for speech handicapped only students and attends ARD for dually labeled students.\n * Maintain state folder for each student served.\n * Initiate referrals of augmentative and bilingual speech therapy assessments and implement recommendations.\n * Ensure and update the documentation of student services by submitting tracking logs and class lists to the speech therapy coordinator.\n * Compile speech therapy program data and submit a speech therapy distribution report which profiles each individual campus caseload by age, grade, deficits, severity, etc.\n * Collaborate with school administrators, classroom teachers, parents and support personnel to communicate speech therapy procedures and progress.\n * Document all contacts with parents regarding the student\u2019s status and/or progress in the program.\n * Attend staff development inservices and workshops to enhance professional skills.\n * Stimulate and maintain a professional work environment.\n * Report personal absences to home school and other schools served.\n * Interface with multidisciplinary personnel, community agencies, and outside district personnel.\n * Prepare and submit reports for end-of-the-year program review conference with speech therapy coordinator.\n * Perform other job-related duties as assigned. \n \n\n\n\n## POSITION REQUIREMENTS\n\nN/A\n\n## Education\n\n * Master\u2019s degree in Speech Pathology from an accredited college or university.\n * American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Certification and Licensure.\n * Speech and Hearing Therapy Certificate, or Speech and Language Therapy Certificate, or State Certification and licensure as a Speech-Language Pathologist. \n \n\n\n\n## Experience\n\n * No prior experience required.\n\n\n\n## Other Requirements\n\n * Ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral forms with all levels of management, both internal and external.\n * Ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into focus; judge distance (close and distant).\n * Ability to travel to schools throughout the district.\n * Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.\n * Ability to stand stoop, kneel, crouch walk, drive and/or be mobile.\n * Valid Texas driver\u2019s license with applicable insurance coverage. \n \n\n\n\nHouston Independent School District is an equal opportunity employer. \n