Speech Language Pathologist

Warden School District
101 W. Beck Way

Warden, Washington 98857

Tel:  509 349-2366   FAX: 509 349-2367

Job Title:    Speech Language Pathologist (School Year 2025-2025)

Date:  04-03-2025

Job Description    

DESCRIPTION:

The Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) will work within our school district to provide comprehensive speech and language therapy services to students ranging from pre-kindergarten to high school. This individual will play a vital role in assessing, diagnosing, and treating communication disorders and difficulties, enabling students to communicate effectively and succeed academically.  This position requires working with children of various ages and a variety of disabilities.  

SALARY RANGE:

Certificated Salary Schedule

BENEFITS:

https://www.warden.wednet.edu/departments/human-resources

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Valid Washington State ESA Certificate.

2.  ASHA CCCs or equivalent

3. Experience with interventions of the communication needs of a variety of students and varying   disabilities.

4.   Experience working with children and families who are culturally, linguistically and racially diverse.

5.   Ability to conduct diagnostic/functional assessments as a member of a team.

6.   Gather and analyze data.

7.   Communicate effectively and demonstrate positive relationship skills with staff, parents, students and agencies when necessary.

8.   Knowledge of Due Process.

9.   Knowledge of state and federal laws relating to children with disabilities.

10. Ability to complete activities that support compliance with Federal, State, and local mandates.

11. Demonstrate community awareness.

12. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct including the requirements of confidentiality.  

Desired Qualifications

Bilingual in Spanish

Masters Degree in Speech Language Pathology

Reports to:

Director of Special Education

Supervises:

No direct reports

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.     Evaluate communication problems including receptive-expressive language, articulation, voice, fluency, neuromuscular, and non-vocal.

2.     Must document evaluation results and relate the impact of the communication disorder to the educational performance of students.

3.     Identify needs, prepare treatment plans, make recommendations regarding interventions and the individualized programs (IEPs).

4.     Provide speech/language therapy to communication-disordered students from regular and special education classrooms.

5.     Provide informational and consultative services relative to the management of the communication disorder to the student, educational team, family, related medical agencies and community agencies.

6.     Communicate in a professional manner, both orally and in writing.

7.     Organize and manage caseloads.

9.    Demonstrate positive relationship skills with students and parents.

10. Able to function effectively as an active, productive, and integral member of the educational team.

11.    Other duties deemed necessary and appropriate as assigned by the supervisor.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Working area will be in a regular education classroom.  Provide remedial instruction to students who demonstrate that need.  Maintain inventory and equipment assigned to classroom.  Provide programming within budgetary constraints. Teaching assignments will be determined on an annual basis by the building principal.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:

Experience in a rural school district working with a diversified population.  Coaching, club and advisory positions available.

Terms of Employment

Consistent with district policies and current Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Evaluation

Evaluation of this position will be consistent with State and district requirements.

Physical and Environmental Requirements of the Position:

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must lift and/or move 25 to 50 pounds, and may assist, move, or retrain students with greater weight when required to intervene in student safety issues.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, lift, carry, move about, hear and speak. Employee may be required to perform extensive work at a computer display terminal.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, or consistent with the subject being taught, but can be abnormally loud on occasion.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally work in outside weather conditions and be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, temperature fluctuations, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals commonly used in instruction and/or cleaning.  It may be expected that the individual could be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials during the course of their duties. The employee may be exposed to infectious disease as carried by students.

The employee may be required to travel in school owned or leased vehicles while supervising and assisting students.

The Warden School District complies with all federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, families with children, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a disabled person, Viet Nam or more recent veteran status and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.  This holds true for all district employment and opportunities.  Inquiries regarding compliance and/or grievance procedures may be directed to the school district’s Title IX/RCW 28A.640 compliance officer, Michele Cram, and Section 504/ADA coordinator, Tawnya Martinez-Halliday, at 101 W. Beck Way, Warden, WA  98857.  Telephone (509) 349-2311 ext, 1580.

El Distrito Escolar de Warden cumple con todas las reglas y regulaciones federales y estatales y no discrimina por razones de edad, raza, credo, color, origen nacional, sexo, orientación sexual, estado civil, las familias con niños, la presencia de cualquier discapacidad sensorial, mental o física o el uso de un perro guía entrenado o animal de servicio por una persona con una discapacidad, Vietnam o estado veterano más reciente y proporciona igualdad de acceso a los Boy Scouts y otros grupos juveniles designados. Esto es cierto para todo el empleo y las oportunidades del distrito. Las preguntas sobre los procedimientos de cumplimiento y / o quejas pueden ser dirigidas a Michele Cram la oficial de cumplimiento título IX / RCW 28A.640 del distrito escolar,  y a la coordinadora de la Sección 504/ADA, Tawnya Martinez-Halliday, al 101 W. Beck Way, Warden, WA 98857. Teléfono (509) 349-2311 extensión 1580.