Conejo Valley USD
Speech and Language Pathologist
Conejo Valley USD, Newbury Park, California, us, 91319
Position Type:
Special Education/Speech/Language Pathologist
Date Posted: 11/1/2024
Location: Dec - Special Education
Closing Date: 11/29/2024 CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT POSITION DESCRIPTION
POSITION:
Speech and Language Pathologist
REPORTS TO:
Special Education Director(s)
SALARY:
Certificated Salary Schedule
DURATION:
2024-2025 School Year
CREDENTIAL REQUIREMENT:
A valid Clinical or Rehabilitative Services - Language, Speech and Hearing Credential.
POSITION PURPOSE:
To provide assessments and services for students with speech and language disabilities in the areas of articulation, receptive and expressive language, fluency, voice, and deaf/hard of hearing while being under the immediate direction of the site administrator while at the school site. This position has 6 hour work days that include medical benefits, retirement benefits, and summer/holiday breaks.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES: Identify, with the help of parents and school team, students who need communication assessments. Provide leadership and participate in programs and activities that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. Assess students' communication skills using appropriate test instruments, parent and teacher interviews, record review and observations relating speech and language needs to classroom learning. Evaluate the results of a comprehensive assessment to determine if the findings qualify students for speech and language or other services with the help of the school team and the child's parents/guardian. Develop and implement individualized education programs (IEP'S) for students who qualify for services under current federal and state regulations and local policies within legal timelines, in collaboration with parents and school teams. Service and remediate communication deficits through the use of appropriate materials and activities including augmentative and alternative communication systems which directly correspond to goals and objectives set forth in IEPs Document outcomes for students with communication disorders. Train school staff and parents in understanding how various communication disorders affect academic development. Collaborate with teachers and other school staff in developing and providing intervention strategies that foster students' understanding, speaking, reading and writing skills that meet the demands of general school activities through inservices or personal communication with them. Advocate for effective teaching practices by keeping abreast of curriculum development, program designs, and textbook and material choices within the school district and helping to serve on committees which make these decisions when appropriate. Be available to serve on the Student Study Team as needed. Participate in the Annual and Triennial Review processes Participate in staff meetings as requested. Keep required documentation of services provided to include therapy logs and MediCal forms. Prepare student progress reports and communicate with parents on such through personal meetings and/or phone conversations.
The CVUSD Governing Board is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals in district programs and activities. District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination against an individual or group based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity gender expression, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. (BP 0410)
Date Posted: 11/1/2024
Location: Dec - Special Education
Closing Date: 11/29/2024 CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT POSITION DESCRIPTION
POSITION:
Speech and Language Pathologist
REPORTS TO:
Special Education Director(s)
SALARY:
Certificated Salary Schedule
DURATION:
2024-2025 School Year
CREDENTIAL REQUIREMENT:
A valid Clinical or Rehabilitative Services - Language, Speech and Hearing Credential.
POSITION PURPOSE:
To provide assessments and services for students with speech and language disabilities in the areas of articulation, receptive and expressive language, fluency, voice, and deaf/hard of hearing while being under the immediate direction of the site administrator while at the school site. This position has 6 hour work days that include medical benefits, retirement benefits, and summer/holiday breaks.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES: Identify, with the help of parents and school team, students who need communication assessments. Provide leadership and participate in programs and activities that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. Assess students' communication skills using appropriate test instruments, parent and teacher interviews, record review and observations relating speech and language needs to classroom learning. Evaluate the results of a comprehensive assessment to determine if the findings qualify students for speech and language or other services with the help of the school team and the child's parents/guardian. Develop and implement individualized education programs (IEP'S) for students who qualify for services under current federal and state regulations and local policies within legal timelines, in collaboration with parents and school teams. Service and remediate communication deficits through the use of appropriate materials and activities including augmentative and alternative communication systems which directly correspond to goals and objectives set forth in IEPs Document outcomes for students with communication disorders. Train school staff and parents in understanding how various communication disorders affect academic development. Collaborate with teachers and other school staff in developing and providing intervention strategies that foster students' understanding, speaking, reading and writing skills that meet the demands of general school activities through inservices or personal communication with them. Advocate for effective teaching practices by keeping abreast of curriculum development, program designs, and textbook and material choices within the school district and helping to serve on committees which make these decisions when appropriate. Be available to serve on the Student Study Team as needed. Participate in the Annual and Triennial Review processes Participate in staff meetings as requested. Keep required documentation of services provided to include therapy logs and MediCal forms. Prepare student progress reports and communicate with parents on such through personal meetings and/or phone conversations.
The CVUSD Governing Board is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals in district programs and activities. District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination against an individual or group based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity gender expression, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. (BP 0410)