Speech Language Pathologist

Position Type:

Student Support Services/Speech and Language Pathologist Date Posted:

6/9/2026

Location:

Piper Elementary School Date Available:

August 2026

TITLE:

Speech-Language Pathologist

QUALIFICATIONS

Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology License from the Illinois Dept. of Professional Regulations Illinois State Board of Education Type 10 certificate, Type 73 certificate, or Type 03 and 09 certificate with endorsement American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence/ Speech

• Language or intent to begin Clinical Fellowship year

JOB GOAL

To diagnose and remediate articulation, language, voice, and fluency impairments, which negatively impacts students' classroom functioning and/ or overall communications skills.

REPORTS TO

Director of Special Student Services and Building Principal

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

: 1. To participate in the District's annual multidisciplinary screening of preschool children. 2. To serve as a resource and consultant to school personnel and parents regarding speech and language development, implementation of therapy, and identification and referral of children exhibiting a communication disorder. 3. To provide Response to Intervention (RtI) services to students who may benefit from short-term intervention strategies. 4. To determine, through the referral process, those students requiring a screening, initial evaluation, and/ or re

• evaluation of their speech and language abilities. 5. To determine, through evaluation or re
• evaluation, those students in need of direct or consultative speech and/ or language services. To develop an annual Individualized Education Plan (IEP) to meet the needs of children enrolled in therapy. 6. To assist in the determination of need for assistive technology and/ or augmentative communication systems for students identified with severe
• profound disorders. 7. To provide direct services with assistive technology and/ or augmentative communication systems for students identified with severe
• profound disorders.

8. To develop a schedule to meet the needs of our caseload and of our workload. 9. To provide direct and/ or consultative speech and/ or language services. 10. To document therapy through logs and reports of progress entered into the District's computer tracking system. 11. To record and update Medicaid/ Fee for Service. 12. To participate in Early Intervention (EI) thru eighth grade team collaboration regarding student performance, needs, and programming (i.e. attend team meetings, prediagnostic meetings, multidisciplinary staffings, transitions meetings, annual reviews). 13. To attend Pupil Service Team (PST) meetings at parochial schools as needed. 14. To screen, evaluate, create service plans, and implement plan when services are indicated. 15. To make referrals to outside agencies as needed. 16. To participate in appropriate continuing education to maintain licensure and certification requirements. 17. To provide liaison services between the school and community agencies. 18. To attend afternoon and evening conferences as scheduled by the District. 19. To perform such other tasks and assume other responsibilities, as negotiated between the Administration and the South Berwyn Education Association.