HAVERHILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS

HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS 01830

ANTICIPATED OPENING

ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSITION

HAVERHILL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A DIVERSE ENVIRONMENT AND IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ALL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION

Title of Position: SPEECH & LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST (SLP)

Bilingual Preferred

Work Year: August - June

Effective Date of

Employment: 2024-2025 School Year

Salary:

Placement on the Teachers’ Salary Scale according to education and experience.

Organizational Relationship

or Line of Authority:

Responsible to the Principal in all matters pertaining to the building, the Director of Special Education in all areas of Special Education and the Superintendent of Schools and/or his/her designee.

Statement of Duties:

• The speech-language pathologist is responsible for providing clinical supervision to speech-language assistants, evaluating students with suspected communication disabilities, and providing speech-language services to students with Individual Education Programs in the schools.

• Deals with treatment or applications of remedies for the cure, alleviation, or prevention of speech disorders.

• Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program to promote students’ receptive and expressive language skills for school success.

• Provides an individualized education program to meet individual needs of speech-language disabled students using evidence based multi-sensory approaches.

• Uses evidence based practices to consult with teachers about students who demonstrate communication disabilities.

• Keeps thorough and on-going records, using qualitative and quantitative data, for individual students receiving speech-language services.

• Organizes speech program in assigned schools.

• Plans the therapy schedule including pupils in groups or individual, depending upon their classification and severity.

• Provides evaluations for Team Evaluations.

• Notifies parents of findings and progress via semi-annual reports.

• Attends TEAM meetings when requested.

• Keeps accurate individual records.

• Completes individualized education plans when requested.

• Responsible for other instructional and general duties as indicated by the Principal, the Director of Special Education and the Superintendent of Schools, or his/her designees and policies of the Haverhill School Committee.

Qualifications:

• Licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education – Speech Language and Hearing Disorders - Required

• Licensed by the Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure – Speech Language Pathologist – Required

• Possession of a Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

• Such alternatives as determined by the Superintendent of Schools.

Closing Date for Receipt

of Application: August 20, 2024

Applicant Tracking Posting #:

Address all Applications and

Letter of Intent to:

Haverhill Public Schools

Human Resource Department

4 Summer Street - Room 104

Haverhill, MA 01830

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The Haverhill Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is in compliance with Federal regulations prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or disability.