Speech-Language Pathologist

ABOUT PERRY STREET PREP

Perry Street Prep serves 400+ PreK, elementary and middle school students in Northeast DC. We are a community of diverse learners, with students from all eight wards of the city, that builds relationships with families and empowers students to be college-ready and to thrive in a global society. Our goal is to provide every student, PreK-8th grade, with the knowledge, the attitudes and the support they will need to succeed in rigorous high schools and beyond.

Perry Street Prep students have PRIDE: perseverance, respect, integrity, dependability, and excellence. Our school culture emphasizes PRIDE qualities, and our faculty and staff help our students strive to embody them.

Our diverse, committed, and driven staff have led Perry Street Prep to become one of the highest performing schools in Washington, DC. In 2024, the school received a full continuance of its charter for five years meeting all academic, legal, and financial goals. In 2019, we earned the distinction of Tier I, the highest performance rating given by the DC Public Charter School Board, designation as an ESEA Distinguished School by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education for exceptional student achievement by our students with disabilities, and the selection as a 2019 Bold Performance School by EmpowerK12. Since 2016, the school has done major renovations of its school facility and grounds. Perry Street Prep is among the best charter schools in Washington, DC with a strong academic and financial record of success.

For additional information about Perry Street Prep, visit pspdc.org.

WORKING AT PERRY STREET PREP

We are seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist for the 2024-25 school year. A Speech-Language Pathologist at Perry Street is responsible for the following:

• Provides direct and indirect clinical services to students who have been diagnosed with an academically-based communication disorder in areas of articulation, languages, voice and/or fluency
• Provides and completes comprehensive diagnostic assessments and evaluations of speech, voice, and language impairments; and determines the presence/absence of a specific communication disorder which adversely impacts academic progress
• Serves as a resource to school staff members by developing a balanced program for oral communication and speech, language, and literacy development
• Assists and guides teachers in observing, describing, and referring suspected and identified speech and language impairments
• Assists in proper referrals of students to agencies and specialists in the community, as appropriate
• Provides appropriate individualized programs of therapy to meet individual students’ needs and correct existing speech or language impairments
• Provides speech and language therapy special education students in groups and as individuals per their Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
• Provides intervention to students through response to intervention (RTI) including small groups and classroom intervention
• Participates in multidisciplinary team meetings and related responsibilities, such as attending meetings, writing progress summaries on present levels of performance, and drafting/monitoring IEP goals.
• Provides direct/indirect service to students diagnosed with a swallowing disorder as it relates to the educational environment
• Provides an implemented therapeutic program to meet the individual needs of students with diagnosed communication impairment
• Compiles case history data on those cases where additional family history, health history, and early developmental history are deemed appropriate
• Conducts speech and language screenings
• Coordinates assistive technology support services
• Lends support and guidance to child study committees
• Maintains all documents required to file Medicaid claims and required by Medicaid, including signed copies of all Health Encounter Tracking Forms, Assessment reports, and progress notes in the student file
• Establishes and maintains strong and positive communication lines with all parents
• Makes self available for parent engagement events, such as Parent-Teacher Conferences, Back to School Night, and other events involving families

QUALIFICATIONS

Ideal candidates will have the following education and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university required
• Master’s degree (MA/MS) in Communication Sciences and Disorders or Speech-Language Pathology preferred
• Certification as a Speech-Language Pathologist by the District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Two or more years of experience working in schools preferred

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Perry Street Prep offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and a comprehensive benefits package. Please see the salary scale here.