Duties
Fremont School District 79 is seeking a Speech Language Pathologist for the 2026-2027 school year.
REPORTS TO: Building Level Administration and Executive Director of Student Services
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Speech Language Pathologist's role is to identify, diagnose, and implement intervention or special education services for students whose speech/language skills are impacting their educational performance.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Screen selected students new to the district, as well as students referred by teachers and/or parents/guardians.
- Utilize appropriate diagnostic procedures to complete a speech/language evaluation on those students identified during the screening process.
- Utilize appropriate entrance criteria to make recommendations regarding students who qualify to receive speech/language services.
- Interpret the results of each evaluation and find students whose speech and language interfere with their ability to learn within the school setting.
- Establish the type and severity of disorders in the areas of receptive and expressive language, articulation, auditory skills, oral motor functioning, voice, fluency, work retrieval, and pragmatics.
- Develop an individualized Education Program (IEP) and update the child's progress on the IEP as indicated.
- Schedule students for services on an individual or group basis according to their needs.
- Utilize appropriate exit criteria to make recommendations as part of the educational team regarding student dismissal from formal speech and language service.
- Serve as a communication consultant and resource person to classroom teachers, school personnel, and parents/guardians. These services may take the form of conferences, classroom demonstrations or other consultation models/activities.
- Conduct classroom language groups (as determined by the Speech-Language Pathologist/classroom teacher) with the classroom teacher as an active participant.
- Provide "push-in" services to students within the classroom (as determined by the speech/language pathologist).
- Maintain open communications with parents/guardians of speech-language students.
- Participate in regularly scheduled team meetings and the annual review process.
- Maintain all records and implement all procedures in accordance with Illinois and I.D.E.A. Rules and Regulations.
- Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as assigned by the Executive Director of Student Services or the building principal.