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East Side High School District

Speech Therapist / Speech Language Pathologist - Special Education - Education C

East Side High School District, San Jose, California, United States, 95199


About the Employer

As one of California's largest high school districts, we offer rewarding and exciting employment opportunities that impact our students and community in a positive way. We offer a supportive team environment with a shared passion and common goal of providing students the education and skills they need to succeed in college and career.

Apart from competitive salaries and 100% benefits coverage for employees and their dependents, we also focus on personal professional development.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our team!

Job Summary

The Speech Therapist screens students for placement in the Speech Therapy Program, works with students who have speech needs, sets goals and objectives for each student, confers with parents and teachers when necessary and writes an annual report for each school and the state.

Job Description / Essential Elements:

Job Title: Speech Therapist

Description of basic functions and responsibilities:

The Speech Therapist screens students for placement in the Speech Therapy Program, works with students who have speech needs, sets goals and objectives for each student, confers with parents and teachers when necessary and writes an annual report for each school and the state.

Major duties and responsibilities:

Screen referrals for placement in the Speech Therapy Program.

Assess and evaluate the student's speech and language abilities and deficits

Develop a schedule for student placement in the program compatible with the teachers' schedules

Inform and confer with teachers and parents of the student's placement, type of speech and/or language deficit, and ways to help improve the speech and/or language deficit, outside of therapy, if possible

Work with the students in the appropriate areas of speech and language as determined in the individual goals and objectives for each student

Prepare an annual end-of-the-year report for each school consisting of an individual report on each student and a summarized statistical report

Contact feeder intermediate school districts for students attending school within the district and the next school year who may require continued speech therapy.

Other duties and responsibilities

Attend appropriate meetings and functions as a member of the Special Education staff

Participate in conferences and workshops as requested

Keep in contact with current research in the areas of speech pathology and audiology

Perform other duties as assigned by the Special Services Administrator

Supervision exercised or received

Supervised by the Special Services Administrator

Minimum qualifications

Restricted Credential in Speech Pathology and Audiology

(SC4 Clinical or Rehabilitative Services Credential)

Requirements / Qualifications

Complete online application, appropriate secondary credential for position (Clinical or Rehabilitative Services Credential - Language, Speech, Hearing), transcripts, CBEST, letter of introduction, Resume, current letters of recommendation.

Comments and Other Information

** Newly hired unit members are eligible for year for year placement on the salary schedule with relevant verified contractual experience**

Bilingual Candidates Preferred