[Hiring] Speech Language Pathologist @Seaford School District

Role Description

Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.

• Works with students with speech disorders (difficulty producing speech sounds correctly or fluently or has problems with his or her voice or resonance).
• Works with students with language disorders (trouble understanding others or sharing thoughts, ideas, and expressive language). These language disorders may involve:
  • Form (phonology, morphology, syntax)
  • Content (semantics)
  • Use (pragmatics) of language in functional and socially appropriate ways.
• Works with students with social communication disorders (trouble with the social use of verbal and nonverbal communication). These disorders may include problems such as:
  • Communicating for social purposes (e.g., greeting, commenting, asking questions)
  • Talking in different ways to suit the listener and setting
  • Following rules for conversation and storytelling.
• Works with students with cognitive-communication disorders (problems organizing thoughts, paying attention, remembering, planning, and/or problem-solving).
• Works with swallowing disorders (dysphagia).
• Provide aural rehabilitation for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
• Provide augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for individuals with severe expressive and/or language comprehension disorders.
• Work with students who don't have speech, language, or swallowing disorders but want to learn how to communicate more effectively (e.g., work on accent modification or other forms of communication enhancement).

Qualifications

• State Certification to practice as evidenced by current state licensure as a Speech Pathologist (Delaware Division of Professional Regulation).
• Motor Vehicle Operator's License or ability to provide own transportation.
• State of Delaware Licensure as Speech Pathologist (Delaware Division of Professional Regulations).
• Teacher Certification - Delaware Code Title 14 Section 1500.

Requirements

• Knowledge of Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Section 504, and other federal and state laws and regulations regarding education and students.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Skill in selecting and providing a wide range of intervention strategies and monitoring their effectiveness.
• Effective computer skills as needed for work (e.g., ability to effectively use Microsoft Office suite).
• Ability to determine the need for a speech therapy evaluation and to select and administer appropriate assessment tools to evaluate the student.
• Ability to organize and coordinate work.
• Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to performance and professional growth.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.

Benefits

• Full-time position eligible for "state share" of benefits.
• Pension eligible position.