A Speech Language Pathologist diagnoses and treats speech, language, and swallowing disorders in patients with a variety of conditions. Helps patients improve their ability to make sounds or use language, or develop non-spoken means of communication. May specialize in working with patients of a certain age group, or treat speech problems resulting from a condition such as a stroke or cleft palate. Works in schools, hospitals and other healthcare facilities and works closely with physicians, psychologists, social workers, and other therapists.
Assistant Director of Special Education JD Revision Date:
06-14-2023
Supervises:
N/A Function / Position Summary To work with parents, students, and staff in order to prevent, identify, evaluate and remediate a wide range of oral communication problems, including articulation, voice, fluency and language disorders. Job Duties / Responsibilities Prevention can include consultation, in service training, and speaking with parents and parent groups. Identification can include pre-referral (student support teams), screenings, and referrals for the evaluation process. Assessment may include data collection through standardized or non-standardized measures, interpretation, report writing, sharing results with parents and staff, determining eligibility for services, and developing IEP's. Intervention can include caseload management (scheduling), direct remediation within the educational setting, pull out services, consulting on academic and social issues, developing ongoing goals, documenting progress, collaborating with classroom teachers, and holding annual review meetings. Completing caseload records for special education funding. Maintaining student IEP's and evaluations on web-based computer program. Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting. Education Illinois Certificate with Speech and Language Pathology endorsement (Type 73 or Type 10 or Type 03/09). Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Speech Language Pathologist License. Master's degree or higher in Speech Language Pathology. Environmental Conditions Must work in noisy and crowded environments. Indoors or outdoors in a busy school environment. Frequently work at a fast pace with unscheduled interruptions. May be required to leave main work site to attend meetings. Public contact requiring appropriate business-like apparel. Physical Demands Requires prolonged sitting or standing. Occasionally requires physical exertion to manually move, lift carry, pull, or push heavy objects or materials. Occasional stooping, bending, and reaching. Terms of Employment Nine-month position (184 work days) The starting salary for this role is $60,689. Attachment(s): ETA Benefit Sheet.pdf ETA Salary Schedule 2026-2027.pdf
