Speech Language Pathologist, Clinical Fellow

Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist

We are currently accepting applications for the 2024-25 school year.

ABOUT ASPIRE Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high-performing, college preparatory charter schools serving TK-12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998-in an effort to transform the inequitable racial, social, and gender outcomes that our communities persist through-Aspire is one of the largest and most forward-thinking open-enrollment public charter school systems in the nation. Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college, career, and life. At Aspire, we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge, skills, and power to access and make choices for their families and post-secondary lives. Every day, our community of students, families, teachers and staff comes together to learn, work, and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well-Being), Culture of Belonging, Community Partnership, Agency & Self-Determination, and Joy. Job Summary

The Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist provides a full range of speech and language services to children in grades K-12, including screening and assessment with appropriate methods for students in both English and Spanish (as needed), individual and group therapy, and consultation with school teams. As a member of the Individualized Education Plan team, the SLP-bilingual helps to determine student's eligibility for special services, appropriate programming, and on-going progress. Essential Functions

• Provide direct, individual or small group instruction to identified pupils on a regularly scheduled basis as required in the IEP
• Collaborate with other personnel working with Special Education students
• Screen, assess (in both English and Spanish, depending on the student's language proficiency), and provide specialized speech and language services to students who qualify for services as established by State standards
• Conduct parent interviews with Spanish speaking parents in their native language
• Develop IEPs for students who qualify for Special Education under the Primary Eligibility of Speech and Language
• Participate in developing and implementing Individual Educational Plans for students who qualify for Related Services
• Communicate directly with parents, as needed; including in Spanish, if that is the primary language spoken in the home
• Provide direct, individual and/or small group instruction to identified students on a regularly scheduled basis as required in the IEP
• Regularly collaborates with team members, parents and related service providers for the purposes of: reviewing student data, ensuring IEP implementation, co-planning and/or co-teaching
• Participate in developing, implementing, and monitoring Individual Educational Plans for students who qualify for Related Services pursuant to California educational codes.
• Screen, assess, and provide specialized speech and language services to students, as established by Common Core and English Language Development standards
• Create and maintain, records, files, and reports as required by federal, state, and SELPA regulations
• Maintain knowledge of current regulations pertaining to special education and meet the minimum IDEA requirements related to case management
• Maintain a high level of rigor for students with disabilities in order to ensure equitable access to common core and/or alternate curriculum standards by developing instructional materials and strategies for Special Education students in the general education setting.
• Implement health and mobility supports (i.e. provide 1:1 support to student in classroom, support student/s with toileting needs, assist with health-related needs (g-tube, feeding, administration of medication) (under supervision of school nurse) and assist with the physical needs of students (lifting/ assisting with mobility, implementing student stretching/exercise routines.)
• Input weekly IEP service tracking and meet all IEP timelines
• Create and maintain notifications, records, files, and reports as required by federal, state, and SELPA regulations
• Develop a thorough progress monitoring tool for students, that is regularly shared with staff and parents and used for team decision-making.
• Communicate on a frequent basis with parents of students around student progress, and collaborate to gain parent input
• Collaborate with outside providers as needed and appropriate, with parent consent Additional
• Demonstrate knowledge of, and support, the Aspire Public Schools mission, vision, value statements including antiracism, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior.
• Knowledge of special education principles, concepts, methodologies, and documentation requirements
• Knowledge of special education assessment, planning, instruction, and evaluation
• Knowledge of child cognitive development and different learning styles
• Abili…