This position will begin with the 2025-26 school year. This is a part-time 0.20 FTE position serving Dickinson County.

 

Title: Speech and Language Therapist

 

Report To: Director of Special Education

 

Length of Contract: Negotiated School Calendar and In-service hours per the current Master Agreement

 

Employment Status: Union, Exempt, Part-time

 

Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Speech and Language Pathology

• Meet the requirements of Special Education Rules

• Possess a valid license for speech and language pathology in Michigan.

• Driving may be necessary for this position which would require a valid driver’s license.

General Description: Identify, assess, and provide treatment for communication function and their disorders. Evaluate overall speech, and receptive and expressive language communicative abilities. Provide early speech-language intervention as well as speech, language, and voice therapies through individual and/or group therapy.

 

Essential Functions:

• Perform comprehensive evaluations to determine the presence, type, and severity of communication disorders for suspected disabled students as assigned by the Director of Special Education or his/her designee.

• Provide speech and language therapy to eligible students in the home or school setting as determined by the IEPC and assigned by the Director of Special Education.

• In service classroom teachers in the area of speech and language techniques in the classroom.

• Identify, through referral and diagnostic evaluation, speech and language impaired children.

• Serve as a Multi disciplinary Evaluation Team member for assigned students.

• Participate as a member of assigned IEP Team.
• Process identified children in accordance with established procedures.

• Develop and implement an individualized plan for each student.

• Annually review each speech and language student’s program through the IEP process.

• Regularly monitor and report speech therapy caseload as required.

• Work cooperatively with parents and teachers regarding each assigned student and the therapy program.

• Develop a delivery service schedule for IEP implementation.

• Provide documentation and data as requested by the Director of Special

  Education.

• To participate in an interagency delivery service system to work with students and families where assigned.

• Must have regular and reliable attendance.
• Other similar duties as assigned.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as a positive role model for DIISD constituents demonstration how to be a responsible citizen and productive member of society.
• Adhere to DIISD Code of Ethics.
• Ability to carry out other associated duties as assigned by administration

Additional Working Conditions:

• Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluid and tissue.
• With reimbursement, may be required to use personal vehicle to perform job related functions.