2025-26 Speech Language Pathologist: Recruitment Pool

Overview Of Position

Seattle Public Schools utilizes ESA (OT, PT, Psych., SLP) Pools for various reasons related to recruitment.

• Pools provide ability to engage in recruitment of specialized prior to when specific vacancies are identified.
• Pools provide candidates the ability to create their profiles and refine their application for consideration.
• Pools will also be utilized for hard to fill recruitment throughout the year as well as for consideration related to potential Career Fair.
• Pool applicants will receive updates and email communication related to opening of site specific postings in the Spring with encouragement to apply for full consideration.
  
  

Please note that if you are a current contracted teacher with Seattle Public Schools, you do not need to fill out this application. You will apply directly to site specific positions through the internal transfer application when hiring for the 2025-26 school year begins in early spring.

Under general supervision, assesses communication skills and provides appropriate intervention for students in accordance with District policies and procedures.

Essential Functions

• Organizes and maintains a system for identifying students with communication problems; determines through evaluation procedures the level of the communication skills of those students referred for testing; records evaluation results and writes reports, if needed.
• Refers students whose communication problems require additional evaluation and/or intervention by other professionals; completes required documentation and maintains compliance with school district procedures and state and federal laws.
• Plans and implements interventions for eligible students within the total educational setting, and works collaboratively with students and teachers, as appropriate, to facilitate the implementation.
• Consults with parents to share student progress and instructs parents in the implementation of home programs, when appropriate.
• Participates as a member of the school-student intervention team to address concerns about a student's communication skills and development.
• Consults with classroom teachers to provide appropriate intervention strategies and materials.
• Consults with district personnel and out-of-district agencies regarding students' program plans and assessment results.
• Provides information regarding communication development, disorders, and services to staff and community
• Trains, evaluates, and supervises student teachers, as appropriate.
• Participates in staff meetings and serves on other District committees.
• Pursues professional development activities to update skills and apply current practices.
• Performs related duties, as assigned.
  
  

Education

Typical Qualifications

Master's degree in speech and language disorders, audiology, or an equivalent field.

Certification & Licenses

Valid Washington State ESA Certification as a Communication Disorders Specialist.

Seattle Public Schools benefits are administered by the Washington State Healthcare Authority (HCA) under the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB). Click

Eligibility for benefits is determined by the number of hours employees are anticipated to work during the school year (September 1 through August 31). Any employee who is scheduled to work 630 hours or more in a year is eligible for benefits.

Salary Schedule

Please find the salary schedule associated with this role and others like it

01

Do you currently, or will you, hold a WA State Education Staff Associate Certificate?

• Yes
• No
  
  

02

Please check ALL endorsement(s) that appear on your Washington State certificate or will be on your WA State Certificate by the position start date.

• Agricultural Education
• Arts: Visual
• Bilingual Elementary
• Bilingual Secondary
• Biology
• Business and Marketing
• Chemistry
• Counseling
• Dance
• Deaf Education
• Early Childhood
• Elementary Education
• English Language Arts
• English Language Learners
• Environmental and Sustainability
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Gifted Education
• Health and Fitness
• Humanities: Middle Level
• History
• Library Media
• Mathematics
• Mathematics: Middle Level
• Music: Choral
• Music: General
• Music: Instrumental
• Reading
• Science
• Science: Earth and Space
• Science: Middle Level
• Science: Physics
• Social Studies
• Social Work
• Special Education
• Special Education: Early Childhood
• Technology Education
• Theater
• Traffic Safety
• World Languages: Arabic
• World Languages: Chinese
• World Languages: French
• World Languages: German
• World Languages: Hindi
• World Languages: Japanese
• World Languages: Korean
• World Languages: Latin
• World Languages: Spanish
• Not Applicable - I do not, nor will not hold a Washington State Teaching Certificate/Permit
• I hold an "unendorsed" Washington State Teaching Certificate/Permit
• Speech Language Pathologist
  
  

03

Please indicate your regional preference in relation to school location.

• Central
• North East
• North West
• South East
• South West
  
  

04

Seattle Public Schools utilizes pooled postings for recruitment purposes in the Winter and Spring months prior to identifying site based vacancies. Please acknowledge that you understand that application and interview related to a specific school based posting will still be necessary.

• Yes
• No
  
  

05

Please acknowledge your understanding that references you list in this Pool application will receive system generated online forms to complete on your behalf. Please include professional references that can best speak to your abilities.

• Yes
• No
  
  

06

Please acknowledge that you understand that you are still expected and encouraged to apply to additional site specific job postings beyond this application.

• Yes
• No
  
  

Required Question