The speech-language pathologist is responsible for evaluating and providing speech-language services to students with Individual Education Programs in the schools.               

• Supervises speech-language assistants as per state regulations. 

• Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program to promote students’ receptive and expressive language skills for school success. 

• Provides an individualized education program to meet individual needs of speech-language disabled students. 

• Assists and guides teachers in the understanding of normal and disordered developmental milestones and referring suspected and identified speech-language disabilities. 

• Provides a thorough assessment and diagnosis of speech-language disorders and disabilities using culturally and linguistically appropriate methods. 

• Provides screening to identify students with suspected speech-language disabilities.  

• Assists in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community as appropriate. 

• Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement age and linguistically appropriate accommodations and intervention strategies in the classroom.  

• Provides information, support, and counseling to parents and families when appropriate in a multicultural and multilingual setting.  

• Provides in-service education and serves as a consultant to teachers and school staff members on topics concerning first and second language acquisition and speech-language disorders/disabilities. 

• Keeps thorough ongoing records for individual students receiving speech-language services.  

• Maintains lists of referred, screened, and eligible students, as well as a directory of outside agencies, consultants, specialists and related services. 

• Compiles case history date on those cases where additional family history, health history, early developmental history, and environmental history are deemed appropriate.
• Keeps track of and inventories speech-language evaluation tools and intervention materials in the schools. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOB:

(Minimum requirements)

• Maintains and manages a caseload comprised of speech-language disabled students in the schools.
• Works collaboratively with the Evaluation Team Leader and school team to develop educationally based IEPs for speech-language disabled students.  

QUALIFICATIONS:

1.Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology
2.Certificate of Clinical Competence or Clinical Fellowship Candidacy, ASHA
3.MA DESE License and MA State License in Speech-Language Pathology (All Grade Levels)

The Springfield Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, age, handicap, or military service, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.  

Reach out to Carmen Molina-Figueroa, the Human Resources Analyst, at 413-787-7100 ext. 55394, the email address is molina-figueroac@springfieldpublicschools.com. She will be happy to answer any questions that you have.  

NONDISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT  

The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, sex stereotypes and other sex-based conduct, genetic information, ancestry, age, disability or military service or marital status. The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in admission to, access or treatment in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, sex characteristics, sex stereotypes and other sex-based conduct, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation, disability or homelessness.

NOTICE OF SEX NONDISCRIMINATION

Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination, including sex-based harassment, in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the Springfield Public Schools’ Title IX Coordinator, titleix@springfieldpublicschools.com, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights at https://ocrcas.ed.gov/contact-ocr, or both.

The Springfield Public Schools Title IX Coordinator is Katie O’Sullivan, Senior Administrator of Human Resources, 1550 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103, 413-787-7100 ext. 55428, titleix@springfieldpublicschools.com.

Springfield Public School’s sex nondiscrimination policy and grievance procedures can be located on the Springfield Public Schools website, www.springfieldpublicschools.com/non-discrimination

To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or make a complaint of sex discrimination under Title IX, please refer to titleix@springfieldpublicschools.com