Position Title: Speech and Language Pathologist
Pay rate : $49.00 hr (1099)
Address: Elgin IL 60120 (to be determined based on need, to be placed at school in School Dist U-46 boundaries, Elgin, IL
and surrounding communities)
Shift hours: 7.5 hours daily; start/end time based on school assignment(s) ranging from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
Facility Name: Schools
Duration: end date 05/23/2025
Openings: 8
Function / Position Summary
To work with parents, students, and staff in order to prevent, identify, evaluate and remediate a wide range of oral
communication problems, including articulation, voice, fluency and language disorders.
Job Duties / Responsibilities
Prevention can include consultation, in service training, and speaking with parents and parent groups.
Identification can include pre-referral (student support teams), screenings, and referrals for the evaluation process.
Assessment may include data collection through standardized or non-standardized measures, interpretation, report
writing, sharing results with parents and staff, determining eligibility for services,
and developing IEP's.
Intervention can include caseload management (scheduling), direct remediation within the educational setting, pull
out services, consulting on academic and social issues, developing ongoing goals, documenting progress,
collaborating with classroom teachers, and holding annual review meetings.
Completing caseload records for special education funding.
Maintaining student IEP's and evaluations on web-based computer program.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting.
Education
Illinois Certificate with Speech and Language Pathology endorsement (Type 73 or Type 10 or Type Illinois
Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Speech Language Pathologist License.
Master's degree or higher in Speech Language Pathology.
Environmental Conditions
Must work in noisy and crowded environments.
Indoors or outdoors in a busy school environment.
Frequently work at a fast pace with unscheduled interruptions.
May be required to leave main work site to attend meetings.
Public contact requiring appropriate business-like apparel.
Physical Demands
Requires prolonged sitting or standing.
Occasionally requires physical exertion to manually move, lift carry, pull, or push heavy objects or materials.
Occasional stooping, bending, and reaching.
Terms of Employment
Nine-month position (184 work days)