REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Current Michigan Certification with appropriate endorsement for specified area or current Michigan Speech-Language Pathologist license.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Certificate of Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and a Michigan teaching certificate.
RESPONSIBILITIES: - Evaluate students to determine eligibility for special education. Select and implement appropriate evaluation procedures (including classroom observation, case history information, standardized tests, and informal tests as determined by the student’s abilities.
- Interpret evaluation findings accurately to parents and school staff.
- Implement Individual Educational Plans (IEPs). Develop and modify SMART therapy goals and objectives including connections to Common Core State Standards. Evaluate student progress; modify goals and objects as needed.
- Create and maintain an environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the abilities of the students.
- Counsel parents, teachers and students concerning the nature/effect/alleviation/elimination of communication disorders.
- Establish and maintain good working relationships with staff, students, and parents.
- Participate in school and district professional development learning opportunities.
- Knowledge of special education rules and regulations and maintain compliance.
- Initiate, participate in and follow through on MET/IEP procedures as appropriate.
- Must attend training courses as directed by the director.
- Perform other duties as may be assigned by the director and/or principal.
TO BEGIN:
Immediately
SALARY:
In accordance with the current WBEA Master Agreement
The West Bloomfield School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and transgender identity), disability, age, religion, height, weight, marital or family status, military status, ancestry, genetic information or any other legally protected category, (collectively, "Protected Classes"), in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities. For further information you may contact Eric Whitney, Deputy Superintendent of Talent Development and Management, at 248.865.6426 or Sonja James, Executive Director of Educational Equity, and Inclusion at 248.865.6493.
