Speech Language Pathologist Early Childhood Special Education

Position Purpose

Public school Speech‑Language Pathologists are communication specialists who work with students who are identified with language disabilities, articulation deficits, dysfluency speech, and voice disorders. This position is for the Early Childhood Special Education students located on the Agassiz campus.

• Communicates, collaborates, and cooperates with colleagues, supervisors, and students.
• Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program for oral communication and speech improvement.
• Serves as a resource to teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language impairments.
• Provides a thorough assessment and diagnosis of speech, voice, and language impairments.
• Provides screening to identify speech‑impaired children as requested by Child Study Teams.
• Assists in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community.
• Provides appropriate individualized programs of therapy to meet individual students’ needs and correct existing speech or language disabilities.
• Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement programs throughout the student’s daily activities.
• Provides information, support, and counseling to parents and families when appropriate.
• Participate in all mandatory training or training appropriate to the position as required by the district.
• Ensures a safe, pleasant, and effective educational atmosphere, provides discipline as necessary, and enforces school policy.

• Master’s Degree in Speech and Language Pathology.
• A minimum of 60 semester hours of academic credit in normal aspects of human communication, development thereof, and clinical techniques for evaluation and management of speech and language disorders.
• A minimum of 300 clock hours of supervised practicum experience with people who present a variety of communication disorders, to be acquired in conjunction with academic training, 150 hours of which shall be obtained on the graduate level.
• ND Teaching License with Certification as Speech/Language Pathologist and a Special Education Credential.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of manager, clients, customers, and the general public. Applied communications is an integral part of the curriculum.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plan and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situation. Applied mathematics is integral.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional program; ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students to whom assigned. Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, peers and parents; skill in oral and written communication. The ability to demonstrate on the computer is necessary.
  
  Troubleshooting the equipment is also a performed strength.

This position reports to the Building Principal. It involves personal contact with students, staff, parents/guardians, faculty, and administrators and requires sensitivity to people’s needs. The position may handle confidential and private data. Problem solving is required; the incumbent must rapidly access and prioritize competing demands, identify problems, and resolve them promptly and tactfully. Decision making is performed under the direction of a certified teacher;

non‑emergent issues are discussed with the Teacher or Building Principal. The incumbent takes…