Speech Pathologist

Speech Pathologist JobID: 1868

Position Type:

Special Education Services/Speech Pathologist

Date Posted:

6/16/2025

Location:

District Wide

Date Available:

07/07/2025

Closing Date:

07/07/2025

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Job Title: Speech Pathologist Department: District Wide Reports To: Director of Special Educational Services Salary:

Starting at $47,167 (Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification.)

SUMMARY

Participates in the screening, diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of speech impediments in the students of the district by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Conducts informal screening prior to formal testing, articulation and language, voice and fluency, for Kindergarten through ninth grade and all special education and Title I students.
• Conducts formal testing prior to participation in program to identify specific deficits in articulation, language, fluency, voice, and hearing.
• Utilizes testing and screening results as a criteria for developing appropriate Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), materials and strategies appropriate for the IEP, and maintaining records of students' progress consistent with students' objective.
• Uses audiometer to aid in diagnoses.
• Assists with State Screening.
• Acts as a resource for the hearing conservation program.
• Maintains ongoing communication with supportive staff about hearing disorders.
• Screens students identified in previous years' screening.
• Screens those students who fall into the critical area when screened by the school nurse to determine if medical attention is necessary.
• Informs other staff members of the nature of special disorders and the referral process.
• Maintains ongoing communication of the condition and needs of students who are placed in program.
• Provides in services for teachers to acquire knowledge in the language areas of diagnostic materials, methods and materials for remediation, and ideas for classroom use.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Master's degree (M. A.) from a college or university and appropriate state certification.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of colleagues, staff, parents, students, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Must have Arizona Teaching Certificate with an endorsement in Speech/Language Pathology.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch and lift and carry up to 25 pounds. The employee is occasionally required to move about the school or travel between schools in the District. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties may require employee to be exposed to outside weather conditions including extreme heat or cold, wind and rain. High humidity and/or dusty conditions may also be present. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Notice of Non-Discrimination

The Apache Junction Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation) or disability in its employment practices.