Essex Westford School District (EWSD) is seeking a Long-Term Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP) Substitute at Essex Elementary School to cover a leave of absence starting March 3rd through June. This position involves directing services and instruction development to children with developmental delays, autism, and other disability areas in an inclusive small group and 1:1 setting; evaluating speech and language for the same; and case management of cases appropriately aligned with an SLP. 

 

Our district vision is: "Growing hearts and minds, for a better today and tomorrow: every day, every way, every one."

 

EWSD is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive environment. Successful candidates must be committed to working effectively with diverse community populations and are expected to strengthen such capacity if hired. Candidates with experience living or working in another country, the ability to fluently speak more than one language, and/or peace corp experience are encouraged to apply.

 

Candidates with the following qualifications are encouraged to apply:

• Hold (or be eligible to hold) a valid VT Educator license with a Speech Language Pathologist endorsement (0-84). 
• Certificate of Clinical Competency-Speech-Language Pathology
• Experience working with elementary school-aged youth is strongly desired.
• Excellent teaching, organizational, planning, written and oral communication, and collaboration skills.
• Commitment to the success of ALL students, and ability to understand and support the various learning styles of students.
• Ability to effectively engage students at the elementary school level.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the student population being served and how demographic variables impact student achievement, and effectively use this knowledge to design and deliver instruction. 

For additional information, CLICK HERE for a copy of the full job description.

  

EWSD conducts thorough screenings of all applicants being recommended for hire, which may include contacting references not listed on your application. Selected individuals are subject to criminal records background checks and child and adult abuse registry checks. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon acceptable results of these checks at the sole discretion of the Superintendent or his/her designee. Please click HERE for additional background check information.