Leave Replacement Speech and Language Specialist - February 2025 - June 2025
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Position Type: Support StaffDate Posted: 11/4/2024Location: Hilltop Elementary SchoolDate Available: 02/25/2025Closing Date: Until FilledMaternity Leave Replacement 2/25/25 through 6/12/2025 SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SPECIALIST To help reduce or eliminate speech and hearing impediments that may interfere with the students' ability to derive full benefit from the district's educational program. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Provides diagnostic evaluations of students referred to the child study team for communication disorders and participates in team conferences related to those students. This includes analyzing results, and writing reports to determine strengths and concerns in areas of speech, voice, fluency, pragmatics, language, and oral motor skills. 2. Plans, prepares and delivers treatment programs for children with speech and language deficiencies. 3. Develops and implements an individualized educational program (IEP) in conjunction with parents and teachers for students who are eligible for speech correction and identifies students in need of related services. 4. Provides individual and small group intervention sessions with students who have been classified. 5. Maintains close liaison with the child study team and serves as a case manager as assigned. 6. Ensuring evaluations, treatment plans and service delivery are aligned with school, state, and federal guidelines. 7. Participates in the development and improvement of opportunities for disabled/exceptional students by providing individual or group in-service experiences for staff and parents. 8. Ensuring students' skills are generalized across settings by collaborating with teaching teams and related service providers. 9. Assists in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community. 10. Keeps those records necessary for each child and completes all required local, state and federal reports. 11. Safeguards the confidentiality of student records and related issues. 12. Works with instructional staff offering assistance in explaining and demonstrating techniques or modifications in classroom procedures to help each student develop appropriate learning and behavior. 13. Re-evaluates and updates records of children already enrolled in special education programs or previously classified. 14. Monitors the educational progress of children evaluated and assists in developing Child Study Team recommendations for further changes in a child's educational program. 15. Regular visitations to class placements of district special education students placed in programs out of the district. 16. Assumes primary responsibility for requisitioning and maintaining needed equipment and supplies.