What are the responsibilities and job description for the Speech Therapist 10 M position at Houston Independent School District?
Job Title: Speech Therapist 10M
Location: Hattie Mae White
Department: Special Ed - Speech & Lang, ES1/ES2/MS
Contract Months: 10
Salary Range: $61,500.00 – $87,500.00
POSITION SUMMARY
Develop, manage and implement a speech therapy program to facilitate the speech therapy needs of communicatively disordered students in assigned school(s).
ILLUSTRATIVE DUTIES
- Obtain information to follow local, state, and federal guidelines related to providing services to speech handicapped students.
- Assume immediate and direct responsibility for referrals for speech/language evaluations.
- Select and administer the appropriate battery of speech therapy test for initial speech therapy referrals, dismissals, and three year re-evaluations.
- Interpret test results to determine the diagnosis and remediation of speech therapy deficits.
- Generate a computerized speech-language report, comprehensive individual assessment speech handicapped eligibility report and the severity rating scale of each deficit area for evaluated students.
- Prepare required admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee meeting report forms and communications necessary to process “speech only” ARD meetings.
- Explain test results and presents speech therapy Individualized Education Plan (IEP) at speech therapy Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) for students identified, evaluated and served on each assigned campus.
- Develop a computerized IEP of speech therapy goals and objectives used to implement services.
- Provide pupil accounting data in SASI for each student evaluated and/or served.
- Manage a therapeutic program with appropriate materials to meet individual needs of speech-handicapped students.
- Utilize the Special Education Resource System (SERS) and other resources to requisition appropriate materials to meet individual students needs.
- Design and post a speech therapy program schedule to appropriate personnel which contain the time, day and deficit area for each student served.
- Record each student’s weekly lesson plan for students based on their goals and objectives.
- Complete and submit speech therapy report cards to principals and parents for each six/nine week's grade reporting periods.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $61,500.00 - $87,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $61,500 - $87,500