Speech Language Pathologist
Hamilton County Schools, located in beautiful Chattanooga, TN, is hiring, supporting, and retaining outstanding top teaching talent in order to become the best school district in Tennessee. With nearly 80 schools located in urban, rural, and suburban communities, we are confident that you can find your place in Hamilton County.
- Assess, provide therapy, collaborate with school personnel, ability to develop educational goals, and facilitate the IEP process
- Implement of the requirements of IDEA, RTI, and the provision of inclusionary and individualized services for students with disabilities.
- Conduct progress monitoring related to all IEP goals/objectives (at least 2 data points per goal each week), and place a copy in the student’s special education file, prior to mid term and 9-week progress reports. Use the data points collected to complete the mid term and 9-week progress reports sent home to parents. Know your students’ skill development and use data to adjust your teaching and drive decisions.
- Work with administrator to informed of any major changes in behavior or academics related to students on case-load. Perform any additional duties as assigned by building administrator.
- Develop and maintain a positive rapport communicating regularly with teachers, students, parents/guardians on student progress. Document all communications in EasyIEP contacts.
- Responsibly manage and support para-professionals
- Work with TennCare reimbursements
- Masters degree with CCC-SLP; will also consider a clinical fellow
- Experience with a spectrum of disabilities and wide variety of communication disorders, augmentative communication systems and assistive devices. Willingness to be trained in other programs, methods, and system utilized by the department.
- Commitment to high academic achievement and high expectations for all students
- Ability to be a positive team-player and communicate effectively with colleagues, supervisors, students, and families
- Openness to being coached and receiving feedback in order to advance learning and growth for students
- 2 years of demonstrated successful professional experience
- Endorsment Codes needed for this position are 498 and/or 458
- High level of personal standards, professionalism, and integrity
Compensation
Salary is based on a combination of relevant education and experience.
This position may be eligible for an increase in total compensation. The 2021-2022 Differentiated Compensation Plan applies to designated schools and hard-to-staff positions under the 2021-2022 Differentiated Compensation Plan. Please see https://www.hcde.org/staff/human_resources/differentiated_compensation for more details.