Speech Language Pathologist - Early Childhood Education

Intensive Preschool Classroom Speech Language Pathologist

Salary Information: See Certified Salary Schedule Standard Hours Per Week: 40 FTE: 1.0 Months Per Year: 9 Job Code: 1791SP Position Type: Replacement Permanent Location: Thornton, CO

This position is for the intensive preschool classroom at Riverdale Elementary. Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission to elevate student success for every student every day in every classroom. Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

Summary: Apply principles, methods and procedures for an analysis of speech and language comprehension and production to determine communicative competencies. Provide intervention strategies and services related to speech and language development and literacy development as well as disorders of language, voice, articulation and fluency and functional communication that adversely affect an individual's educational performance.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with professionals and parents to observe, plan, implement, monitor, and facilitate generalization of oral and written communication skills. Use research-based and technically sound practices to drive decision-making and interventions; and collaborate with school personnel and parents in order to develop and modify student intervention strategies.
• Provide assessments that are relevant to the presenting concern, meaningful communication skills.
• Use a variety of service delivery options, evidence-based practices and facilitate generalization of communication skills.
• Manage time, organize material, and communicate with school teams, building and central administrators to effectively manage individual student programs; engage in problem solving process with school-based teams.
• Monitor individual progress towards measurable goals and objectives.
• Share knowledge with individuals and groups concerning communication, language and literacy development.
• Advocate for the individual's communication needs across a variety of settings.
• Develop and/or participate in professional enrichment activities to maintain a high standard of service delivery.
• Participate in or utilize specialized services to provide better programming for individuals with complex needs.
• May assist in the supervision of Speech/Language Pathology Assistants.
• Complies with Student Support Services and district policies and procedures (e.g., Medicaid billing, accident reporting).
• Provide direct and indirect interventions/therapy to students according to their special education Individualized Education Program (IEPs).
• Other duties as assigned.

Education And Related Work Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or higher.
• Must be a minimum of 18 years old.

Licenses, Registrations or Certifications:

• Criminal background check required for hire.
• Must possess, or be able to obtain, a valid Colorado Educator License.
• Must possess the required license or the ability to fulfill the requirements for highly qualified status in the instructional area(s) listed. Preference given to candidates with ELL Training and/or an ESL or (LDE) Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement.

Salary Information (For External Candidates): All salary placement on our Certified Salary Schedule is dependent on the employees' education and/or work experience. Special programs teachers of students with significant support needs, structured learning services or affective needs, audiologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, school nurses, school psychologists, school social workers, and speech language pathologists shall receive experience credit for each full year of previous experience and are not limited to ten (10) years as described in Appendix A, Item 3. Additionally, one (1) step for each full year, as described in this Appendix, of service in the district as a contracted certified, classified, in-building substitute, and/or administrative employee for educators beginning a new certified contract or returning to a certified contract. For further explanation of salary placement please refer to our Certified Master Agreement that can be found on our district website.

Benefits Information: Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date.) To learn more about our benefits including paid time off, please see our Benefits Overview.