REPORTS TO: Interim Head of School

DIRECTLY SUPERVISES: None

STATUS: Salary, 32 hours/week, Teacher Contract

JOB SUMMARY: The Speech Language Pathologist position primarily works with students within the Tuttle School, which serves students ages 5-25 with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our service delivery model emphasizes diagnostic-prescriptive intervention provided in a 1:1 setting or in small groups of two students. With manageable caseloads, clinicians have the opportunity to collaborate regularly with teachers, administrators, and parents to ensure meaningful progress, generalization, and carryover of skills across environments. This position will play a critical role in partnering with the Interim Head of School and the Speech Language Team.

DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES & ACTIVITIES (Including Physical Function)

• Commitment to Briarwood’s mission, purpose, and culture
• Partner proactively with faculty and administration to support students with different learning styles and teachers in their efforts to advance students with different learning needs
• Work with parents, faculty, and division heads when academic concerns arise regarding students
• Attend parent-teacher meetings
• Participate in conducting new student screenings to determine need for Speech and Language Therapy services
• Assist with conducting admission screenings for potential new students
• Conduct appropriate testing within a caseload for prescriptive report writing and goal setting
• Generate comprehensive goal reports, progress reports, and final reports for students throughout the year
• Deliver individualized Speech and Language Therapy services daily to students and document students’ progress
• Manage caseloads and schedules
• Complete assigned administrative tasks to ensure adequate record keeping
• Attend scheduled in-service/faculty/department meetings, including beginning of the school year planning, orientation meetings, and end of the year teacher workday(s)
• Attend CEU courses affiliated with The Briarwood School
• Follow HIPAA guidelines; maintain code of ethics requirements from state licensure agency and ASHA
• Implement a focus on technology use and adoption within the school
• Represent the school at educational conferences and associations
• Attend all staff meetings and staff retreats
• Participate in any accreditation process for the school
• Ensure your classroom is clean and orderly
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Interim Head of School

Education: Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree required. Must hold a valid Texas license from The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) in the field of Speech Language Pathology; must have a valid Certification of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Experience:

• Experience in school setting, independent schools preferred
• Exceptionally capable in both written and oral communication
• Excellent organizational and presentation skills
• Technologically savvy
• Proven success at working collaboratively

Physical Abilities: Maintain physical ability to complete all essential functions and activities of the position.

The Briarwood School offers a competitive health insurance program, retirement benefits, paid time off, and robust professional development opportunities.

The Briarwood Philosophy

"Every student can learn, and every student has the right to be taught in the way he or she learns best."

The Briarwood Core Values

Community through Connection

Our school community is a diverse group of learners who treat each other with kindness and respect.

We value the connections that our faculty and staff make with our students.

We value our partnerships with families.

We strive to ensure that our community offers opportunities for academic, social, and emotional growth.

Transformation through Confidence

Our faculty create a structured and challenging academic environment. They hold themselves and their students accountable as they build confident, self-advocating learners who are prepared for an ever-challenging and complex world. We set high expectations for social behavior and academic success, which students attain through perseverance and a growth mindset.

Each candidate is expected to understand and support the Briarwood Teaching Philosophy and Core Values.

The Briarwood School is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.  Briarwood prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. 

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. The Briarwood School makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. 

About The Briarwood School

The Briarwood School is a not-for-profit, independent co-ed day school devoted to educating students in grades K-12 with diagnosed learning disabilities, language disorders and/or ADHD. Founded in 1967 and accredited by Cognia, The Briarwood School serves over 300 students in small class sizes of 10 or fewer students. All of the students in Lower, Middle and Upper Schools demonstrate average to above-average intelligence with a broad range of learning disabilities that include dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, speech/language disorders, along with written and expressive language disorders. Additional diagnoses addressed through accommodations include attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and processing disorders as they relate to academic issues. The Briarwood School is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Briarwood prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

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