Teacher, Speech/Hear Therapist

Cleveland Metropolitan School District

33d•Onsite

About The Position

INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSION The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD’s approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland’s schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results. The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district’s Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective. Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World: In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment. THE OPPORTUNITY: Location: As Assigned Reports To: Director, Speech, Lanaguage, and Communication Services Compensation: Related Service Provider Salary Schedule Union: Cleveland Teachers Union 279 2026 - 2027 School Year Conducts speech, hearing, and language screenings, initial evaluations, and/or three-year re-evaluations as needed for individual children, preschool through age twenty-two in all public/non-public schools, as necessary, and all related duties

Requirements

Valid Ohio Speech and Hearing Pathologist Department of Education Certificate/License
Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology required; related field considered
State of Ohio Licensure as a Speech-Language Pathologist, required
Potential for State of Ohio Professional Experience Year (PEY)/American Speech/Language/Hearing Association Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY)
Must be "Highly Qualified" in subject area.
Experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist in an urban school setting
Knowledge of learning styles and development growth patterns of children
Demonstrated ability in providing speech and language services to children
Interest in creating developmentally appropriate curriculum and classroom/collaborative models for instruction and/or therapeutic intervention
Demonstrated ability and willingness in working as a team member

Nice To Haves

American Speech-Language and Hearing Association certification strongly preferred
Bilingual (Spanish) candidates strongly encouraged to apply

Responsibilities

Conducts speech, hearing and language screenings, initial evaluations and/or three-year re-evaluations as needed for individual children, preschool through age twenty-two in all public/non-public schools, as necessary
Serves as a member of the educational team and as a liaison to the Office of Related Services, related agencies and the community
Completes all mandated process and procedures including Individualized Education Program (IEP) development and Evaluation Team Report (ETR) documentation, as part of the Multi-factored Evaluation (MFE) process
Provides classroom collaborative and/or direct speech-language therapy services to individual children as appropriate, in whatever is determined to be the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Develops communication skills programs for all children served: uses assistive technology and/or various other alternative/augmentative non-verbal/total communication strategies as appropriate to individual need
Served as a resource person to all parents and staff
Interfaces therapy services with school-based Academic Achievement Plans (AAPs) developing literacy skills, and with student performance on mandated proficiency exams
Provides consultation and/or in-service for staff, parents and/or other speech-language pathologists regarding appropriate speech and language instructional strategies for classroom, home and/or community use
Provides individual student services as mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and if appropriate, as recommended by the American Speech/Language/Hearing Association
Maintains accurate records, prepares and submits all required statistical reports as appropriate, including but not limited to federal child count data, hearing screening reports, state data requirements, final reports, Community Alternative Funding Services (CAFS) Medicaid documentation log forms, etc.
Completes any additional duties as requested by the Office of Related Services Administrator and/or the Administrator(s) of the Division of Special Education