Ponca City Public Schools
Job Description
Speech-Language Pathologist – Clinical Fellow
Date: July 1, 2016
Reports to: Building Principal, Director of Special Services
Supervises: Assigned Speech Language Pathologist Assistants
Qualifications: Master’s Degree in SLP or Communication Sciences and Disorders
OBESPA state licensure – Clinical Fellow
Valid Oklahoma Teaching Certificate – Speech Pathologist
Job Goal: The Speech Language Pathologist will implement instructional strategies to general and special education students with language handicaps, articulation deficits, dysfluencies and voice disorders to support academic success.
Employment Terms: 10 month Contract
Generally - 7 Hour 20 Minute Day, Exclusive of a (30) Minute Duty Free Lunch
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Evaluation: Annually by Site Principal
Physical Demands: This is an overview intended for compliance with the ADA – it is not an exhaustive list of the duties to be performed. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions of a specific position.
Regular Requirements: Stand for extended periods; twist at the neck and trunk; bend at the waist; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl; reach with hands and arms overhead, above shoulder and horizontally; lift/move up to 100 pounds; handle objects and tools with hands and operate equipment; repetitive use of fingers and hands to operate equipment
Occasional Requirements: Ability to administer CPR and First Aid
Visual Requirements: Close, color, peripheral, depth perception, ability to adjust focus
Hearing/Speaking Requirements: Adequate to exchange information
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborates regularly with supervising SLP in accordance with licensure requirements.
- 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 children with speech or language disabilities at regular intervals and at specified levels.
- Assists in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community.
- Provides appropriate individualized programs of therapy to meet individual students' needs and correct existing speech or language handicaps.
- Collects data on progress toward 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, and counseling to parents and families when appropriate.
- Meets district and site staff development requirements.
- Conducts annual re-evaluation to determine need for continued services and files written reports.
- Completes all required special education paperwork in a timely manner to meet compliance deadlines.
- Performs all other tasks as supervisor may assign.
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