Speech Pathologist

Speech Language Pathologist

Charter Schools USA (CSUSA) is one of the largest and highest performing education management companies in the United States, proudly serving over 82,000 students in over 150 schools in four states. Founded by Jonathan Hage in 1997, CSUSA's mission is a Relentless Commitment to Student Greatness in School and in Life™. CSUSA provides an academically rigorous education to students equipping them with real world readiness, prepared for college or career after graduation. With an unwavering dedication to the success of students from every background, CSUSA is closing the gaps in achievement and opportunity, keeping our promise of Strong Minds, Good Hearts™.

Job Purpose

To join a team of people with the mission: Relentless Commitment to Student Greatness in School and in Life™. If you love inspiring and motivating young learners and want to put students first in education, CSUSA is the right place for you. We deliver on our promise of Strong Minds, Good Hearts™ through an education model that gives every student the opportunity for success. As a Speech Language Pathologist, you will evaluate the student's speech production and language needs through a variety of assessments to help disorders related to speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, and fluency. The Speech Language Pathologist will keep records of the initial evaluation, introduce various strategies to facilitate functional communication, develop an individualized plan of care tailored to each student's needs, assist student to develop reliable communication skills to fulfill student's educational role and track student's progress.

How You Will Impact Education

• Work in collaboration with ESE teacher and ESE District Liaison as part of the process for making assessment of the student's disorders.
• Participate in speech/language hearing screenings as requested.
• Follow the school procedure for keeping and safeguarding documentation and records of the initial evaluation.
• Assess students and prepare an evaluation report, as necessary.
• Maintain progress reports in order to help pinpoint problems, track student progress and meet district accountability standards.
• Collaborate with the student's teachers, special educators, other school personnel, and parents to develop and implement an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) according to students' needs and areas of remediation.
• Schedule IEP meetings with student's teachers and parents to stay in compliance with Federal Guidelines.
• Participate in staff development activities designed to enhance professional growth.
• Work as an active resource on the Response to Intervention Team to help educate teachers with the appropriate language intervention strategies.
• Communicate and/or work with student's family members to recognize and change behavior patterns that impede communication and treatment; share with them communication-enhancing techniques to use at home.
• Ensure adherence to good safety procedures.
• Follow federal and state laws, as well as School Board policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the principal or designee.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Ability to communicate complex information, individually and in groups, to people from a wide variety of age, education, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Strong track record for analyzing complex problems/issues, identifying patterns, and recommending creative solutions.
• Ability to work and interact with individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Establish excellent interpersonal skills between all constituents: being courteous, professional, and helpful; Oral, Written, Interpersonal (active listening), Negotiating and Influencing.
• Proactive and takes initiative. Insists on providing highest level of quality.
• Must be customer focused both internally with staff and externally with parents and students.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and manage multiple priorities.
• Reviews current developments, literature and technical sources of information related to job responsibility.
• Ability to consistently be at work, be on time, follow instructions, respond to management direction, and solicit feedback to improve performance.
• Computer Basics -- Windows (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint); Student Information System (SIS).
• Good knowledge of company and school policies and procedures.
• Detailed knowledge of federal, state, and local requirements for K-12 schools and charter school law preferred.

Job Requirements

• Master's Degree accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology.
• Active Speech-Language Pathology license issued by the Florida Department of Health.
• Proficiency in word processing, filing and preparing accurate student reports.
• Bilingual ability may be required per advertised vacancy specifications.
• Aptitude to learn new programs and to operate efficiently in a computerized environment.
• Commitment to school and company values.
• Such alternatives to the above requirements as CSUSA may find appropriate and acceptable.
• May perform other duties assigned.

Work Environment

While performing the responsibilities of this position, the work environment characteristics listed below are representative of the environment the employee will encounter:

• Jobholder works with students in an office or classroom environment.
• The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Not physically demanding but requires attention to detail and intense concentration.
• The emotional needs of students and their families may be demanding.
• Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force as frequently as needed to move objects.

FLSA Overtime Category

Job is exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.