Substitute Extended School Year Speech Therapist

BLaST IU 17 Extended School Year is a 5 week program throughout the summer. This position is ideal for permanent staff, district employees, newly graduated students high school and college students.

Description:

A Speech/Language Pathologist are communication specialists who work with students demonstrating need in one or more of the following areas: language delays, articulation deficits, speech and communication disorders.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program for oral communication and speech improvement.
• Assists and guides teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language impairments.
• Provides a thorough assessment and diagnosis of speech, voice, and language impairments.
• Provides screening to identify speech handicapped children at regular intervals and at specified levels.
• Assists in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community.
• Provides appropriate individualized educational school/home-based programs of therapy to meet individual students’ needs and correct existing speech or language handicaps.
• Progress monitoring and assessment to measure improvement toward stated IEP goals.
• Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement therapy by suggestions for the student’s daily activities.
• Provides information, support, instruction and counseling to parents and families when appropriate.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Supervises students individually or in small groups.

Qualifications:

• Masters in Speech/Language Pathology
• Certification of Clinical Competence
• Ability to obtain all required PA clearances to be dated no more than one year prior to your employment start date.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Pennsylvania Department of Education Certification as Speech and Language Therapist.

About ESS

As leaders in the education staffing space since 2000, ESS specializes in placing qualified staff in daily, long-term, and permanent K-12 school district positions including substitute teachers, paraprofessionals, and other school support staff. Over the last 23 years, we have innovated education staffing to provide dynamic solutions to school districts and professional opportunities to passionate educators. Our team serves over 5 million students with a pool of 92,000 substitute and permanent employees throughout 34 states. Internally, the ESS team is comprised of 650 individuals with a passion for education working together to ensure our 900 partner districts experience valuable education every day.

We provide our employees with the ability to work in school districts across the country in addition to benefits, comprehensive training, flexible work schedules, and professional development.

ESS Diversity Statement

ESS continuously works to create an environment where all its employees - regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, age or abilities - can work to the fullest of their potential in a fair and welcoming space. Believing that a diverse company is more innovative and successful, we have embraced diversity to ensure that we are empowered to make sure that “Every day counts” for our employees, the students, and the schools we serve nationwide.

ESS is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.