2024-25 Speech Language Pathologist

Pauls Valley, OK
United States

Job Title: Speech Language Pathologist
Department: Pauls Valley Special Services/Garvin County Cooperative

Reports To: Speech Pathologists Area Specialist

Grade: Teachers’ Salary Schedule

plus 5% Special Education Supplement
plus $5,000 if Certificate of Clinical Competence obtained
Number of Days: Teachers’ Schedule

Overtime Status: Exempt

Position Summary: Pauls Valley Public Schools is looking for energetic, collaborative, and experienced speech-language pathologists to join our exceptional student support services team to assess and treat Pauls Valley Public School students with language, pragmatics, articulation,functional communication, voice, and fluency disorders that impact educational learning.

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to therapy, evaluations, Individualized Education
Plan development, and teacher consultation.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions: The following duties are representative of

performance expectations. A reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a qualified

individual with a disability to perform essential functions.

Work as part of the Special Education Team identifying and serving students who are eligible for Special Education Services in Pauls Valley Public Schools across all levels of PK, elementary, middle, junior high, and high school.
Utilize current assessment instruments to determine a student’s skills and abilities in the areas of language, pragmatics, articulation, functional communication, and voice, and fluency.
Gather and organize information to write educationally based Individualized Education Programs (IEP).
Follow compliance laws for meeting federal and state mandates as well as local policies in performance of duties such as Individualized Education Program (IEP) development, Medicaid billing, report writing, and treatment plan/therapy log development.
Use data-based decision making, including gathering and interpreting data with individual students to be responsible for progress monitoring and student outcomes.
Provide high quality direct speech-language therapy services to students according to students’ Individualized Education Plans.
Conducting assessments, analyzing results, and writing reports to determine strengths and concerns in areas of speech, voice, fluency, pragmatics, language, and oral motor skills.
Provide intervention that is appropriate to the age and learning needs of each individual students; ensuring educational relevance.
Employ a continuum of service delivery models in the least restrictive environment for students with disabilities.
Implement Multi-Tier Systems of Support (MTSS) and Evidence Based Practice (EBP) initiatives.
Ensuring evaluations, treatment plans and service delivery are aligned with school, state, and federal guidelines.
Assisting and guiding teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language delays/disorders.
Consulting with teaching teams to develop and implement of curriculum modifications and appropriate classroom strategies such as visual supports, oral motor exercises, language strips, topics of conversation, and data collection.
Ensuring students’ skills are generalized across settings by collaborating with teaching teams and related service providers.
Completing treatment notes and progress reports in timely manner and according to exceptional student support services policy and Medicaid policy.
Managing a detailed log of service provided and services missed due to student or therapist absences and development of a plan to provide missed services.
Documenting all aspects of work with students according to school and state guidelines.
Communicating and coordinating with Director of Related Service and Behavioral Health to ensure school mission, philosophy, and procedures are embraced.
Maintaining appropriate, confidential, records and provide timely reports.
Keeping abreast of best practices in speech and language therapy and language development.
Adhering to all district and cooperative health and safety polices.
Engaging parents and families in their student's learning and acting as an ambassador for the district in the community.
Developing support plans that are strength-based as well as child and family centered for overall educational improvement.
Contributing productively to the district as a whole.
Travel to multiple schools/sites to provide itinerant services.
Display ability to work collaboratively with others on a team.
Perform other tasks, duties, or services consistent with this position as assigned.
Skills and Abilities Required: The following characteristics and physical skills are important for the successful performance of assigned duties.

Ability to establish rapport with families and students with diverse cultural backgrounds.
School experience preferred but not required.
Bilingual preferred but not required.
Augmentative and Assistive Technology experience preferred but not required.
Experience with speech language and communication assessments used for students eligible for special education.
Knowledge working with culturally and linguistically diverse populations and families.
Awareness of law and policies regarding special education.
Effective organization and computer skills.

Supervisory Responsibility:
This role does not directly supervise any individuals

Working Conditions: Exposure to the following situations may range from rare to frequent based on circumstances and factors that may not be predictable.

Normal school environment