$5,000 Sign On Bonus

The Hope Academy believes the dignity of each person is paramount. We recognize that our schools future strength rests firmly on our commitment to recognize, respect and uphold the dignity of all our students, their families and our faculty and staff. To uphold this commitment, we expect all members of our school to practice a willingness to recognize, respond to and teach about racism and other forms of injustice.

SUMMARY OF MAIN DUTIES:

Creates an intentional culturally responsive learning environment inclusive of students from all racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds, abilities and family structures. Encourages a sense of belonging and positive community for students while developing articulation, language and communication skills. Motivates learning by validating students as asset-based individuals. All therapists are expected to be aware of microaggressions and redirect to amplify affirmations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides formal and informal evaluation of functional capabilities of clients on assigned caseload. Reviews results with families, as well as classroom staff, when indicated
• Develops and implements individual education plans and ongoing treatment programs addressing specific goals with measurable outcomes.
• Schedules students in support of educational plan requirements
• Maintains written documentation of all evaluations, Individual Education Plan goals, treatment plans, progress notes and communication with doctors and families in accordance with school formats, in a professional, compliant and timely manner
• Participates actively, cooperatively and constructively as a member of a multidisciplinary team
• Provides instruction and guidance to ensure that the students IEP goals are integrated into a comprehensive educational program
• Assesses, creates and maintains adaptive and augmentative equipment to facilitate the functional communication needs of the students
• Provides consultation and home programs for students and their families/caregivers to facilitate attainment of IEP identified goals
• Attends IEP and team meetings as needed
• Develops lesson plans and instructional materials that consistently contain diverse content throughout the academic year
• Knowledge of authentic assessment practices using strategies to mitigate stereotype threat in feedback, assessment, and grading
• Provides opportunities for individual and small group instruction that is purposeful and flexible to meet the needs of students
• Co-teaches at times and identifies opportunities to provide for inclusive instruction
• Demonstrates culturally informed behavior management and discipline practices with the ability to neutralize the pattern of inequitable discipline of children of color
• Uses positive guidance techniques such as redirection, modeling appropriate behavior and praise
• Develops and maintains contact with families with an awareness and respect for each student and their families from all racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds, abilities and family structures
• Facilitates interactions among students that provide opportunities for emotional, social, and cognitive growth and an understanding of each child
• Collaborates with other educators and specialists in the planning, adaptation and teaching of the curriculum to support students receiving speech/language services
• Supervises students in out-of-classroom activities during the school day
• Actively seeks and participates in ongoing professional development as offered by the school or independent study
• Keeps a written record of equipment on loan
• Assists in the evacuation of children and clients during fire drills and other emergencies
• Performs all other duties as directed by direct supervisor or school leadership team

QUALIFICATIONS:

SKILLS

• Acknowledge racism and privilege
• Talk about racism with stu ents
• When you see racism or other types of inequities, you address it
• Ability to work as a member of a team by actively listening to anothers point of view, sharing and being able to respectfully disagree
• Organizational skills including developing effective classroom schedule for teaching, learning, assessing, etc.
• Culturally influenced effective communication skills
• Proficient technological skills for remote learning and day-to-day tasks such as but not limited to Zoom, Google Classroom, MS Word, etc.

PROFESSIONAL AND LEGAL STANDARDS

• Models the schools values of respect, compassion, integrity, inclusivity and excellence in all actions and communications
• Accesses all Hope Academy student records only, as needed
• Uses and discloses PHI only as authorized, as necessary to carry out job duties
• Completes and maintains privacy and security training
• Reports suspected violations, including those of a colleague
• Maintains professionalism in/outside of school

Requirements

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND EDUCATION

• Bachelors Degree with valid speech language pathologist certification from RIDE or the ability to obtain

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work environment and physical requirements consistent with those of a typical school environment
• Ability to move about the classroom and building continuously throughout the workday
• Utilize the computer (20%) of the time and other office equipment