Speech-Language Pathologist

Overview

Currently accepting applications for immediate opportunities and the  school year.

If you’re considering applying, upload relevant documents related to your license, credential or certification to expedite the credentialing process. Our credentialing department will verify status and provide assistance. Keep an eye on email communication from an Aspire representative.

• 1. Non-Credentialed - transcripts, passing test scores, intern eligibility letters.
• 2. Credentialing Program - transcripts, passing test scores, appeasement letter.
• 3. Intern Credential - transcripts, passing test scores, intern program documentation.
• 4. Preliminary Credential - upload copy of your credential and/or include your credential number.
• 5. Clear Credential - upload a copy of your credential and/or include your credential number.

Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high-performing, college preparatory charter schools serving TK-12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998—in an effort to transform the inequitable racial, social, and gender outcomes that our communities persist through—Aspire is one of the largest and most forward-thinking open-enrollment public charter school systems in the nation.

Our purpose is to prepare scholars for success in college, career, and life. At Aspire, we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge, skills, and power to access and make choices for their families and post-secondary lives. Every day, our community of students, families, teachers and staff comes together to learn, work, and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well-Being), Culture of Belonging, Community Partnership, Agency & Self-Determination, and Joy.

The Speech-Language Pathologist carries out the speech and language instruction within a student’s individualized educational program for Aspire Public Schools. The SLP instructs students with IEPs in an inclusive environment. This role works closely with school sites, Special Education staff, and Aspire staff on a regular basis and may work with outside consultants and district personnel as needed.

• Provide direct, individual and/or small group instruction to identified students on a regularly scheduled basis as required in the IEP.
• Collaborate with team members, parents and related service providers for reviewing student data, ensuring IEP implementation, co-planning and/or co-teaching.
• Participate in developing, implementing, and monitoring IEPs for students who qualify for Related Services pursuant to California educational codes.
• Screen, assess, and provide specialized speech and language services to students, as established by Common Core and English Language Development standards.
• Create and maintain records, files, and reports as required by federal, state, and SELPA regulations.
• Maintain knowledge of current regulations pertaining to special education and meet the minimum IDEA requirements related to case management.
• Maintain a high level of rigor for students with disabilities in order to ensure equitable access to common core and/or alternate curriculum standards by developing instructional materials and strategies for Special Education students in the general education setting.

• Implement health and mobility supports (1:1 in classroom, support student with toileting needs, assist with health-related needs under supervision of school nurse) and assist with the physical needs of students (lifting/ assisting with mobility, implementing student stretching/exercise routines).
• Input weekly IEP service tracking and meet all IEP timelines.
• Create and maintain notifications, records, files, and reports as required by federal, state, and SELPA regulations.
• Develop a thorough progress monitoring tool for students, that is regularly shared with staff and parents and used for team decision-making.
• Communicate on a frequent basis with parents of students around student progress, and collaborate to gain parent input.
• Collaborate with outside providers as needed and appropriate, with parent consent.
• Provide oversight and support to SLPAs.

• Demonstrate knowledge of, and support, the Aspire…