About this role
<p>Location: Hattie Mae White </p> <p>Department: Special Ed - Speech & Lang, ES1/ES2/MS </p> <p>Area:District Wide </p> <p>Contract Months:10 </p> <p>Salary Range: $40,000.00 <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span><span>–</span></span></span> $46,000.00 </p> <p>Academic Year: 26-27 </p> <div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">POSITION SUMMARY</H2> </div><div><p>Develop, manage and implement a speech therapy program to facilitate the speech therapy needs of communicatively disordered students in assigned school(s).</p> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">ILLUSTRATIVE DUTIES</H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Obtain information to follow local, state, and federal guidelines related to providing services to speech handicapped students.</li> <li>Assume immediate and direct responsibility for referrals for speech/language evaluations.</li> <li>Select and administer the appropriate battery of speech therapy test for initial speech therapy referrals, dismissals, and three year re-evaluations.</li> <li>Interpret test results to determine the diagnosis and remediation of speech therapy deficits.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Prepare required admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee meeting report forms and communications necessary to process “speech only” ARD meetings.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Develop a computerized IEP of speech therapy goals and objectives used to implement services.</li> <li>Provide pupil accounting data in SASI for each student evaluated and/or served.</li> <li>Manage a therapeutic program with appropriate materials to meet individual needs of speech-handicapped students.</li> <li>Utilize the Special Education Resource System (SERS) and other resources to requisition appropriate materials to meet individual students needs.</li> <li>Design and post a speech therapy program schedule to appropriate personnel which contain the time, day and deficit area for each student served.</li> <li>Record each student’s weekly lesson plan for students based on their goals and objectives.</li> <li>Complete and submit speech therapy report cards to principals and parents for each six/nine week's grade reporting periods.<br> </li> </ul> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">ILLUSTRATIVE DUTIES CONTINUED</H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Formulate a weekly lesson plan for students based on their goals and objectives.</li> <li>Complete information on School Health Related Services (SHARS) service tickets for all Medicaid eligible students.</li> <li>Update IEP for each student after each reporting period.</li> <li>Conduct an annual review ARD for speech handicapped only students and attends ARD for dually labeled students.</li> <li>Maintain state folder for each student served.</li> <li>Initiate referrals of augmentative and bilingual speech therapy assessments and implement recommendations.</li> <li>Ensure and update the documentation of student services by submitting tracking logs and class lists to the speech therapy coordinator.</li> <li>Compile speech therapy program data and submit a speech therapy distribution report which profiles each individual campus caseload by age, grade, deficits, severity, etc.</li> <li>Collaborate with school administrators, classroom teachers, parents and support personnel to communicate speech therapy procedures and progress.</li> <li>Document all contacts with parents regarding the student’s status and/or progress in the program.</li> <li>Attend staff development inservices and workshops to enhance professional skills.</li> <li>Stimulate and maintain a professional work environment.</li> <li>Report personal absences to home school and other schools served.</li> <li>Interface with multidisciplinary personnel, community agencies, and outside district personnel.</li> <li>Prepare and submit reports for end-of-the-year program review conference with speech therapy coordinator.</li> <li>Perform other job-related duties as assigned.<br> </li> </ul> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">POSITION REQUIREMENTS</H2> </div><div><p>N/A</p> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Education</H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Master’s degree in Speech Pathology from an accredited college or university.</li> <li>American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Certification and Licensure.</li> <li>Speech and Hearing Therapy Certificate, or Speech and Language Therapy Certificate, or State Certification and licensure as a Speech-Language Pathologist.<br> </li> </ul> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Experience</H2> </div><div><ul> <li><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span><span style="font-family:Times, serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial', sans-serif">No prior experience required.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Other Requirements</H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral forms with all levels of management, both internal and external.</li> <li>Ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into focus; judge distance (close and distant).</li> <li>Ability to travel to schools throughout the district.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Ability to stand stoop, kneel, crouch walk, drive and/or be mobile.</li> <li>Valid Texas driver’s license with applicable insurance coverage.<br> </li> </ul> </div></div></div><p> </p> <p>Houston Independent School District is an equal opportunity employer. </p>