Speech Language Pathologist

Position Type :

Student Support Services / Speech and Language Pathologist

Date Posted : 10 / 29 / 2025

Location :

Shawnee Public Schools

Job Description

SHAWNEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Job Title : Speech-Language Pathologist

Reports To : Principal, Director of Special Education

Site : Horace Mann Elementary

Qualifications :

Credentials : State Certificate in Speech Pathology / Certificate of Clinical Competence from American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) desired for SLP.

Education : Master's Degree in Speech / Language Pathology for SLP only. Bachelors preferred for SLPA.

Training or Experience Required : Sufficient to master licensing requirement for SLP only. Clinical experiences with a variety of areas of exceptionality and age groups of students.

Job Goal (Purpose of Position) : Performs skilled / professional- level tasks under limited supervision to provide children / students with deficits in articulation, resonance, language, fluency and voice. Works with teachers and the Special Education supervisor to enhance each student's self-esteem and increase personal growth. In addition, meets with parents and other staff to enhance learner outcomes. Utilizes discretion, flexibility, ingenuity and independent judgment due to the variety of challenges of the job.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• Communication Skills (oral, written, or business) : Basic communication skills to exchange information, give / receive simple instructions and respond to inquiries.
• Includes filling out forms, instructions, and writing / printing legibly.
• Knowledge of grammatical structure, vocabulary for preparing correspondence from rough draft or proofing of completed material.
• Communicates in clear, grammatically correct English.
• Has regular contact by telephone or in-person with the public to determine actual information needed.
• Requires interpreting and translating facts and information, explaining situations and issues to persons and advising them of alternative courses of action.
• May be required to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.

Essential Job Functions (PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES) :

Other Performance Measures :

Supervision exercised : Employee does not supervise other employees.

Complies with Shawnee's Mission Statement in which students to be provided with skills, knowledge and attitudes to become lifelong learners, complex thinkers, and responsible citizens in an everchanging global society.

Physical / Mental Requirements and Working Conditions :

Terms of Employment : Length of the work year and hours of employment shall be those established by the District. (182-day contract)

Evaluation : Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Shawnee Board Policy on evaluation of personnel.

FLSA Status : Exempt

Revised : December 5, 2024