Speech Language Pathologist (SY24-25, Springfield)

What You’ll Do

As a Speech Language Pathologist you’ll collaborate with the Special Education Team to ensure students receive prevention, assessment, and remediation services targeting language, speech, voice, and fluency.

You’ll also:

• Conduct speech, language, and hearing screenings utilizing appropriate screening instruments;
• Provide therapy and consultation services to students based on the individual needs of each student and in compliance with each child’s IEP or 504 plan
• Complete required IEP documentation and write IEP goals
• Plan evidence-based interventions appropriate for individual students and groups of students to foster communicative competence
• Track, analyze, present, and explain data for program planning and decision making for students, modifying therapeutic instructional approaches and other functions as needed
• Provide inclusion support for students receiving speech and language services when necessary
• Perform evaluations within timelines established in state and federal regulations
• Effectively write and communicate diagnostic test results, diagnoses, assessments, and proposed treatment in a manner easily understood by special education team, general education teachers, and families
• Facilitate social pragmatic groups
• Consult with the IST and other teams as needed
• Collaborate and communicate with Veritas Prep staff regarding the needs and progress of students receiving speech and language therapy services

Requirements

Qualifications (What you'll Need)

• An unwavering belief that all students can achieve amazing things
• A dedication to fighting racism in our educational institutions and in daily life and knowledge of the history of race and racism, as well as the systems of oppression our students face
• A master’s degree in Speech and Language Pathology from a program accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• A current Massachusetts professional license issued by appropriate licensing board
• Fluency in Spanish (preferred)
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to meet deadlines and effectively manage time
• Current authorization to work in the United States – a candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment

Veritas Prep is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or qualified job applicants on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, or any other status or condition protected by applicable law. This policy extends to, but is not limited to, recruitment, selection, compensation, benefits, promotion, training, and termination.

Benefits

About Veritas Prep

Veritas Prep Charter School (VPCS) was founded in Springfield in 2012 with the mission to prepare students in grades 5-8 to compete, achieve, and succeed in high school, college, and beyond. VPCS now serves more than 370 Springfield students and is one of Massachusetts’ top-performing middle schools. Building on the success of VPCS, Friends of Veritas Prep partnered with the Holyoke Public Schools, launching Veritas Prep Holyoke (VPH) in 2018 as part of Holyoke’s innovative turnaround efforts. VPH is a neighborhood enrollment school serving grades 5-8.

Launching in August of 2022, Veritas Prep High School will open its doors to 100 Springfield students in Grade 9, adding roughly 100 students and one grade level per year. We are committed to fostering graduates who are College, Career and Future Ready; Woke Citizens; Innovators; Learners for Life and the Leaders of Tomorrow. To prepare them most efficiently and effectively for their futures, VPHS will offer a Wall-to-Wall (serving all students) Early College and career readiness program that puts all students on a pathway to high-impact careers through strategic college credits, work-place credentials and when possible, an Associates degree.

Veritas Prep schools provide a college prep curriculum in a safe, positive, and rigorous learning environment that allows students to thrive both academically and socially. Our educators believe in expecting the best from every student and in the power of building strong relationships with students and families, creating a community that supports the achievement of all. To learn more about Veritas Prep and the close-knit academic community of teachers and scholars in Springfield and Holyoke, check out this video and visit veritasprepma.org.