[Immediate 2023-2024] Speech and Language Therapist - Elementary School

Company Description

About KIPP NYC:

KIPP NYC Public Schools is a non-profit network of free, public charter schools that prepares students for success in college and life. In 1995 we started our first middle school, KIPP Academy, in The Bronx.  Our goal was to graduate students with the strength of character and academic abilities needed to succeed in high school, college and beyond – and in so doing, to prove what is possible for all students.  Today, our New York City network is comprised of eight elementary schools, nine middle schools, one high school, and KIPP Forward, a comprehensive support program for our alumni. KIPP NYC Public Schools currently serves more than 9,350 students and alumni, has a staff of more than 1,000, and continues to grow!

Job Description

Responsibilities: 

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Provide speech-language therapy according to student needs to meet IEP mandates in individual, group, virtual, and push-in sessions
• Flexibly and creatively implement therapeutic services using evidence-based practices
• Address the needs of students beginning to struggle through a Response to Intervention tiered model
• Conduct speech and language screenings of all kindergarten students
•  Offer support to our students of all age ranges and from heterogeneous and various linguistic backgrounds

• Participate in and lead professional development with general education teachers, learning specialists, administrators, and your fellow KIPP NYC speech-language therapists
• Coach contracted speech-language pathologists in their work with students receiving IEP mandated speech-language therapy
• Provide consultation for fellow speech-language therapists on the KIPP NYC team
• Write annual IEP reports: student’s present level of performance, goals, and recommendations
• Provide speech and language interim and/or baseline assessments
• Opportunity to supervise graduate student interns
• Communicate student progress and carry-over techniques to parents and families
• Participate in Child Study Teams
• Function as an integrated member of the KIPP school community 

Additional Expectations:

• Screening for Kindergarten students
• Minimum of 3 groups of Kindergarten RtI focusing on phonological awareness (3-5 students each)
• Provide RtI support to 1st grade students through differentiation of material and small group interventions
•  Provide Guided Reading Instruction to support language and literacy (as determined by school)
• Collaboration with contracted therapists
  •  Weekly check-ins
  •   Quarterly observation/coaching
•  Professional development or consultation services for classroom teachers
• Participate in Child Study Teams
• Regional Speech And Language Therapist team meetings
•  Arrive to school at assigned times (For example, by 7:30AM and remain until 5:15PM daily unless otherwise noted due to PD schedule or other afterschool events, or if a team member is on a flexible schedule)
  • Team members are on time (Rule of thumb: on time=5 minutes early)
  • Team members are present at school, except for illness/emergencies or planned and approved personal days
  • Team members plan appointments outside of school times (after 5:15pm, on weekends, over vacations, as personal days)
•  Assist with school duty schedules: arrival/lunch/recess/late students schedule
• Respond to emails in a timely fashion within 24 hours
• Respond and adhere to deadlines of documents due
• Update bulletin boards/student work monthly
• Maintain a clean and organized environment
• Attend Saturday School on appropriate Saturdays
• Attend/participate in report card nights
• Attend/participate in  every all-staff events
• Adhere to dress code on a daily basis 

Optional:

• Mandated caseload of IEP students (as determined by school leaders)
•  Individual/group sessions for articulation and fluency (any grade level)
•  Hearing screenings 

Qualifications

Qualifications: 

• Strong interpersonal skills that contribute to a collegial working environment and a healthy measure of the character traits we value: zest, grit, hope, love, social intelligence, gratitude and a sense of humor.
• At least two years of direct experience with K-8 students strongly preferred
• New York State certification in the appropriate area
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence
• A passion for being part of a team-oriented, mission-driven school culture
• A strong desire to become a better practitioner by joining the KIPP NYC team and family
• Demons