Speech Pathologist or Speech Language Pathologist Assistant

Job Description

Position
:
Speech Language Pathologist or Speech-Language Pathologist Assistant (School-Based)

Reports to
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Julie Demes, MS, CCC-SLP – Director of Therapy Services

The Rise School of Denver is looking for an experienced, energetic, and collaborative speech language pathologist or speech language pathologist assistant to join our team beginning January 5, 2026.

The Rise School of Denver provides high quality, inclusive early childhood care, education, and therapy for all children, including children with developmental disabilities. We do this by providing exemplary school- and clinic-based services using recommended practices for children with developmental delays and disabilities and their families.

SLP’s and/or SLPA’s will be part of a classroom team that includes a lead teacher, assistant teacher, and members of the therapy team, with three adults present in the room and no more than 12 students present each day. Rise’s SLP and/or SLPA’s will join our transdisciplinary team of early childhood specialists that includes speech language pathologist, occupational, physical, behavioral, and music therapists, and special educators.

The SLP and/or SLPA’s will work closely with both our school and clinic teams and be directed and supervised by our Director of Therapy Services in both settings. Clinic services are offered in a multi-sensory gym space.

• Aligns with the Rise School philosophy that all children have the ability to learn when given appropriate encouragement and with evidence-based support(s).
• Is knowledgeable of the Developmentally Appropriate Practices for students in order to provide differential instruction based on individual children’s needs and integrate individual intervention plans into lesson plans and daily classroom routines.
• Provide family-centered, relationship-based speech and language pathology services in classroom settings.
• Supports lead teachers with ongoing screening and curriculum-based assessment of all children in the classroom. Teams with therapists to administer standardized assessments as needed.
• Supports lead teacher in utilizing best practices for implementing Universal Design for Learning, multi-tiered systems of support, and a linked system framework (i.e., screening, assessment, goal development, intervention, progress monitoring) for supporting all young children in the classroom with the level of support they need to successfully and meaningfully engage.
• Participates in regular collaborative meetings with Rise School therapists. Maintains constructive working relationships with therapists and takes initiative to implement techniques and strategies as recommended; requesting more support and coaching if needed.
• Implements family-centered partnership strategies and practices, while creating and maintaining professional relationships to assist with family engagement in the Rise School program.
• Participates in strengths-based, Family–Teacher Conferences twice a year, at which time individualized goals for children with disabilities are reviewed and/or developed.
• Supports lead teachers with afternoon classroom support.
• Creates equitable learning opportunities for all young children in the classroom by affirming the race, class, culture, gender, sexual orientation, ability and disability, language, national origin, indigenous heritage, religion, and other identities of all young children and families and by using practices that are developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate for the learning environment and for each child and family.
• Actively engages with children in the outdoor learning environment.
• Maintains professional, open and direct communication with administration and leadership team.
  Maintains professional interactions and open communication with families, caregivers, therapists, outside providers, volunteers, and other critical members of the Rise School community.
• Ensures the confidentiality of all children and families within and away from the school.
• Helps to maintain a safe, appropriate environment for all children and staff. This includes ensuring that all Colorado Shines and Child Care Licensing…