BIL SPEECH THERAPIST (0.4 LARKIN HS/ 0.6 STREAMWOOD HS)

Speech And Language Pathologist

To work with parents, students, and staff in order to prevent, identify, evaluate and remediate a wide range of oral communication problems, including articulation, voice, fluency and language disorders.

Job duties include consultation, in service training, speaking with parents and parent groups, pre-referral (student support teams), screenings, referrals for the evaluation process, data collection through standardized or non-standardized measures, interpretation, report writing, sharing results with parents and staff, determining eligibility for services, developing IEP's, caseload management (scheduling), direct remediation within the educational setting, pull out services, consulting on academic and social issues, developing ongoing goals, documenting progress, collaborating with classroom teachers, holding annual review meetings, completing caseload records for special education funding, maintaining student IEP's and evaluations on web-based computer program, and ability to work collaboratively in a team setting.

Education requirements include Illinois Certificate with Speech and Language Pathology endorsement (Type 73 or Type 10 or Type 03/09), Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Speech Language Pathologist License, and Master's degree or higher in Speech Language Pathology.

Environmental conditions include working in noisy and crowded environments, indoors or outdoors in a busy school environment, frequently working at a fast pace with unscheduled interruptions, and may be required to leave main work site to attend meetings. Public contact requiring appropriate business-like apparel.

Physical demands include prolonged sitting or standing, occasionally requires physical exertion to manually move, lift carry, pull, or push heavy objects or materials, and occasional stooping, bending, and reaching.

Terms of employment include a nine-month position (184 work days) with a starting salary of $60,689.