QUALIFICATIONS: As set by the state certification authorities.
REPORTS TO: Principals
JOB GOAL: To lead the district in creating an organization of one, increasing student achievement and establishing school community relationships.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serves as a resource to school staff members in the development of a balanced program for oral communication and speech improvement.
- Provides a therapeutic program to meet individual needs of speech and hearing handicapped children.
- Assists and guides teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and indentified speech and language impairments.
- Provides a thorough assessment and diagnosis of speech, voice, hearing, and language impairments.
- Provides screening to identify speech handicapped children at regular intervals and at specified levels.
- Assists in proper referrals of individuals to agencies and specialists in the community as appropriate.
- Provides appropriate individualizes programs of therapy to meet individual student’s needs, and correct existing speech or language handicaps.
- Collaborates with classroom teachers and other school staff members to implement therapy by suggestions for the student’s daily activities.
- Provides information, support and counseling to parents and families when appropriate.
- Provides in-service education, and serves as a consultant to teachers and school staff members on topics concerning speech improvement.
- Keeps thorough ongoing records for the individual student receiving therapy or other school provided speech services within required timelines.
- Maintains list of referred, screened, and eligible students, as well as a directory of outside agencies, consultants, specialists and related services.
- Compiles case history data on those cases where additional family history, health history, early developmental history, and environmental history are deemed appropriate.
- Assumes primary responsibility for requisitioning and maintaining needed equipment and supplies.
- Develops annual Professional Growth Plan to strengthen or enhance job performance.
- Reports daily to assigned schools and is accountable to the principals of assigned schools and the supervisor of special education for performance responsibilities.
- Performs all duties in a punctual manner in advance of required deadlines.
- Performs other duties and assumes other responsibilities as may be assigned by the administrative staff.
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
- Maintains good attendance.
- Notifies supervisor of absences.
- Reports to work on time.
- Students are never left unattended.
- Displays professional ethics on and off duty.
- Adheres to all Iberville Parish School Board’s Policies
- Reports to job-related injuries within 48 hours of work accident to the immediate supervisor.
- Accepts and supports school administration decisions.
- Practices school rules and policies.
- Completes reports, inventories, and paper work as scheduled.
- Assumes responsibility for implementation of emergency procedures.
- Provides clear and timely information to parents/care givers and colleagues regarding student progress and student learning.
- Encourages parents/care givers to become active partners in their children’s education and to become involved in school.
- Seeks and maintains a positive attitude of promoting school and community relations.
- Participates in and promotes harmonious working relationships with students, colleagues, parents and community members.
- Attends meetings as directed.
- Serves on task force and decision-making committees, when appropriate.
- Cooperates with administrators in observation/evaluation/self-evaluation efforts.
- Develops and implements an Individual Growth Plan annually.
- Keeps abreast of current educational trends through staff development and professional organizations.
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