Speech and Language Pathologist Assistant (SLPA)

About Spring Lake Park Schools Welcome to Spring Lake Park Schools! We are a vibrant school community serving about 6,200 students from the suburbs of Blaine, Fridley and Spring Lake Park, in the northern Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Our district purpose -- "High expectations, high achievement for all. No excuses" – provides our focus to meet the unique and varied needs of each student.

Spring Lake Park Schools is recognized for our commitment to personalized learning, creating a culture of innovation and creativity through human-centered design thinking. We are working to create a system – a culture with a methodology and set of processes – where teachers and staff have the freedom, flexibility and invitation to design new ways of learning centered around deepening student engagement to continuously improve student success.

Program Information This position will work with students district wide and their families, servicing students in General and Special Education settings within Centerview Elementary School, Early Childhood through 4th grade students.

Position Overview The ideal candidate will provide excellent instruction and case management skills to students with speech/language and other types of disabilities. This includes:

• Provide direct service in articulation, stuttering, and language under the supervision of a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)
• Develop lesson plans for providing service
• Prepare progress reports and day-to-day documentation for student service
• Draft present levels of performance for review by SLP
• Draft skill ideas to work on for review by SLP
• Prep materials and make visuals for speech services provided to students for SLP and SLPA as needed
• Assist with Transitioning skills into general ed.
• Assist with interventions set up by SLP

firmly believes...

• all students can and will learn, and that their learning can be directly influenced by focusing on factors over which we have control;
• in the need to work in partnership with staff to continuously improve practices to enhance student and family engagement, creating the conditions for equity, excellence and student success; and
• in personalizing learning for students, meeting academic, social, and emotional needs and aspirations so that each student feels valued and has a sense of belonging, leading to academic success.

Qualifications Necessary qualifications include...

• AAS Degree, or;
• BS in Speech and Language Hearing Sciences with additional transcript credits and hours obtained within an SLPA program
• License through the State of Minnesota (SLPA from the MN Department of Health)
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Maintains confidentiality/data privacy

Wage + Benefits: GroupHealthcare SpecialistsPositionSpeech Language Pathologist AssistantRate of Pay$29.75/hr, +$1.00/hr differential if individual holds a BABenefitsMedical, Dental, Sick Leave, 403(b), Life, LTD, FSA

How To Apply

• Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Position will remain open until filled.
• Individuals who wish to be considered for this position must apply online at https://www.applitrack.com/district16/onlineapp/default.aspx.
• Only qualified and appropriately licensed individuals will be considered for an interview.

With inquiries, please feel free to contact Cyndi Steinke, Student Services Management Assistant, at [email protected] or 763-600-5081.

Spring Lake Park Schools is an equal opportunity employer and will not deny anyone the opportunity for employment because of sex, race, religion, color, creed, national origin, marital status, age, sexual preference, disability, or status with regard to public assistance.