Speech and Language Pathologist - Part-Time

Title: Speech and Language Pathologist - Part-Time

Assignment: School-year, 0.5 FTE

Location: Winnetka Campus and/or Northfield Campus

Occupational Group: NTEA

Supervisor: Director of Special Education; Assistant Superintendent for Special Education and Student Services

Qualifications:

• Illinois Professional Educator License endorsed for Speech-Language Pathology for teaching or non-teaching.
• Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
• Certificate of Clinical Competency from the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) preferred.
• Exemplary inter-personal skills to collaborate with parents and a large professional and support staff.

General Responsibilities:

• Provide direct and consultative services to identified students with speech and language delays and disorders ranging from comprehensive needs to language-based learning disabilities.
• Remediate speech language deficits of phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, pragmatics, voice and fluency in a variety of settings.
• Serve as a member of multi-disciplinary teams in student assessment, IEP development, placement, and dismissal as per the Illinois State of Board of Education (ISBE) guidelines.
• Collaborate with colleagues and parents to share information and expertise.
• Conduct all IEP-related processes on behalf of assigned students, including annual review, evaluation, and progress reporting within required timelines. Occasionally serve as the case manager for “speech-only” students, including facilitating annual IEP reviews, collaborating with teachers, and ensuring compliance with IEP goals and services
• Administer diagnostic assessments that include:
• review of student's academic and functional performance, and
• evaluation of the student's speech-language skills, progress, and needs.
• Interpret assessment results including evaluations from private speech-language pathologists, educational diagnosticians, and neuropsychologists.
• Provide consultation and professional development to students’ educational teams.
• Comprehend adolescent social and cognitive development. Background in Social Thinking Methodology is preferred.
• Collaborate with AT coach and educational team to utilizeassistive technology for student growth.
• Contribute to the articulation process of incoming 9th graders, including IEP development.
• Pursue meaningful continuing education and maintain ASHA CCCs and IL License.

Why New Trier?

• New Trier welcomes any qualified candidate seeking a collaborative team environment. Over the past several years, New Trier has reaffirmed and deepened our “Commitment to Equity” through our New Trier 2030 Strategic Plan and is actively seeking applicants from all backgrounds to join our team.
• New Trier High School is ranked #2 in "Best places to teach in Illinois" and 97% of teachers have earned a master’s degree or higher.
• New teachers are supported through a comprehensive four-year mentoring program that provides an introduction to the New Trier culture, encourages experimentation with new instructional strategies, promotes critical thinking and civil discourse as well as best practices in grading and evaluation.
• The school has a reputation for academic excellence, a commitment to serving the needs of every student, and an extraordinary extracurricular program. With an enrollment of 3,743 students, the average class size is 22 students and there is a 13:1 overall student/teacher ratio. Approximately 97% of New Trier’s Class of 2022 enrolled in college. And 410 of 984 seniors were named Illinois State Scholars.
• New Trier offers numerous opportunities for learning and involvement outside of the classroom in activities, athletics, fine and performing arts, and social service. Service learning is an important part of the New Trier experience, and students are asked to participate in service projects throughout their four years at the school.
• More than 150 clubs and other student activities, including an extensive social service component.
• 35 interscholastic sports (winning more athletic state championships than any high school in Illinois interscholastic history) as well as an extensive intramural program; and
• fine and performing arts programs, including a Grammy-award winning music department.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Starting full-time salaries for the 2025-2026 school year are:
• First year, BA: $68,854
• First year, MA: $77,889
• Four years, MA: $89,899

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Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $34,427.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $34,427