SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST (10 month) SCHOOL YEAR 2026-2027

Speech Language Pathologist (10 Month)

The Speech Language Pathologist will provide speech language services to students with speech and language disabilities.

Reports to Director and Supervisor(s) of Special Education.

Education, Certification and Experience: At the time of application, the candidate must hold or be eligible for:

• A Master's Degree in Speech Language
• A Maryland License in Speech Language

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: (These are pre-employment knowledge, abilities, and skills that apply to the Essential Job Functions.) At the time of employment, the candidate must have:

• Knowledge of speech and language disabilities and appropriate therapy strategies.
• Demonstrated diagnostic skills in the area of speech and language development.
• Knowledge of and ability to administer speech and language assessment instruments.
• Ability to write evaluation reports and Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
• Knowledge of Special Education and the IEP process.
• Knowledge of the Medicaid billing process.
• Knowledge of educational and psychological assessments.
• Knowledge of the general education curriculum.
• Understanding of and ability to maintain rapport with persons from diverse, cultural, ethnic, and racial groups.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills when working with diverse groups (parents, other professionals, students, teachers, administrators, community agency representatives).
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Calvert County Public Schools may find appropriate and acceptable.
• Demonstrated success in accomplishing tasks akin to those responsibilities listed below.

Essential Job Functions, Responsibilities, and Duties:

• Administers speech and language assessments to students.
• Writes evaluation reports based on assessment results within given timelines.
• Provides speech and language therapy on an individual and group basis to students as prescribed by a student's IEP.
• Provides consultation services to classroom teachers.
• Observes students and provide screening information to IEP teams.
• Attends IEP meetings.
• Develops IEPs and writes IEP goals and objectives within given timelines
• Maintains data and provides quarterly progress reports.
• Completes and submits monthly Medicaid billing forms and therapy documentation.
• Participates in parent conferences and team meetings.
• Demonstrates initiative and self-regulation.
• Maintains good organizational skills and professional attitude.
• Thinks, concentrates, and interacts positively with others.
• Comes to work promptly every day.
• Works flexible hours as necessary.
• Works under stress and meets all deadlines.
• Travels from school to school as necessary.

Other Job Duties: (Duties listed are not intended to be all inclusive nor limit duties that might reasonably be assigned.) Performs related work as required or assigned by the Director of Special Education.

License or Certification: Current Maryland Licensure in Speech Language Pathology

Physical Demands: Position requires significant periods of standing and walking and is performed in a typical school environment.

Unusual Demands: May be subject to a flexible work schedule.

FLSA Status: Exempt

Terms of Employment: Ten (10) month position and salary commensurate with qualifications and experience applied to the current Calvert County Public Schools' salary schedule for teachers. All employees are encouraged to have automatic payroll deposit.

Evaluation: Performance will be evaluated in accordance with the policy on evaluation as established by the Calvert County Public Schools.

Effective Date of Position: 2026-2027 school year

Application Procedure: Applicants please apply through the Applicant Tracking system located on the Calvert County Public Schools' website.

References must be directly related to educational experience and must include immediate supervisor.

State law requires that anyone hired after October 1, 1986, who will have contact with school children, must be fingerprinted and submit to a criminal background investigation. Federal law requires that a new employee must complete the Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) in person before beginning employment. Employment is conditional upon successful completion of a drug screen. Current employees of the Calvert County Public Schools are exempt from these requirements.

House Bill 486 Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention Statement

Pursuant to Section 6-113.2 of the Education Article, Annotated Code of Maryland - House Bill 486 - Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention all applicants are required to report all former employers in which you may have had direct contact with minors. The applicant must submit the contact information of the current employer, all former school employers, and all former employers not school related. Applicants should also include contact information for organizations in which you have volunteered, coached, mentor, tutored or otherwise had direct contact with minors.

Nondiscrimination Statement

Calvert County Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth programs.

Calvert County Public Schools does not refuse enrollment of a prospective student, expel a current student, or withhold privileges from a current student, or prospective student, or the parent or guardian of a current or prospective student because of an individual's race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, age, national original, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

Calvert County Public Schools does not discipline, invoke a penalty against, or take any other retaliatory action against a student or parent or guardian of a student who files a complaint alleging that the program or school discriminated against the student, regardless of the outcome of the complaint.

The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:

• Director of Student Services
• Director of Human Resources View phone number on click.appcast.io

For further information on notice of non-discrimination, visit the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Assessment System at: or call View phone number on click.appcast.io.