Speech Language Pathologist (Lower School)
About this role
Morris Jeff Community School is seeking a qualified speech language pathologist to join our school team! In this position, you will play a key role in evaluating, diagnosing, and treating a broad range of communication disorders in students.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Screening, Testing, Diagnosing and Consulting
- Serve as a member of the school's Student Assistance Team (SAT); attend SAT meetings as part of the Response to Intervention (RTI) process upon request
- Develop research-supported speech and language interventions for classroom implementation
- Keep organized the current data collection for students in RTI and Special Education
- Conduct initial evaluations and reevaluations and administer necessary and requested assessments
- Write reports using a reader friendly index and explain to parents and students evaluation findings in clear, understandable language with cultural sensitivity
- Conduct Therapy
- Provide group and individual sessions as indicated by the Individual Education Plan (IEP)
- Write annual IEP goals/objectives in language that empowers students to transfer intervention strategies to classroom and academic performance
- Participate in annual IEP meetings, as needed
- Write daily progress notes to track data specific to IEP goals/objectives
- Write progress reports toward achieving goals and objectives on IEPs to be sent home with report cards every 9 weeks
- Collaborate with Teachers, Parents. Other Providers. and School Leadership
- Provide consultation on services in inclusive settings to the maximum extent possible
- Maintain positive, supportive relationships with families
- Professional Development
- Remain knowledgeable of current trends, federal and state regulations in the field of speech-language pathology and special education to ensure competency
- Keep certifications and licensure current
Additionally, excellent candidates for the Speech-Language Pathologist will have prior clinical or school-based experience providing speech and language therapy to students, demonstrated ability to work well on a team, strong project management and organizational skills as well as strong communication skills.
Perform any additional duties as assigned by the employee's supervisor.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Possesses a master's degree
- CCC-SLP preferred but will consider a strong CF-SLP candidate
- Valid Louisiana license
- Ability to travel between school sites
Company at a glance
We are driven by two fundamental goals: building an institution of the highest academic caliber for our children and transforming public education in our City and beyond.
Morris Jeff Community School embraces learners of all backgrounds and holds each student to the highest expectations. Students are provided with a deep, rich curriculum that engages them in inquiry, develops strong critical thinking skills, and challenges them to a new level of learning. We prepare students of Morris Jeff Community School to become lifelong learners.
But Morris Jeff Community School is not just about one school or one neighborhood.
We see ourselves as part of a movement to transform public education in our country. Our school was imagined and built out of thousands of conversations with parents, community members, and professional educators. This grassroots approach to educational reform has created Morris Jeff as one of the most racially and economically diverse public schools in the history of New Orleans.
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