Southeast

Teach and case manage students receiving special education services at New Dominion School (NDS). NDS is a contracted non-public school operating in conjunction with Gerard Academy, a residential treatment facility for children and adolescents. Responsibilities include creating a positive and supportive classroom climate, engaging in a variety of instructional techniques and behavior management strategies that insure effective implementation of student IEP’s, assess educational and treatment needs of the students, provide instruction on assigned subject areas, and provide crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques as needed.

This is a ten-month position which follows the school calendar. This position will function as the Speech-Language Pathologist on the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (MSAD) campus. Duties include: * Helping students develop skills and confidence in communicating with other individuals * Teaching spoken English to children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing specializing in normal language development * Evaluate children who have difficulty with communication * Participate in the IEP process by attending meetings and writing IEP goals and objectives based on evaluation results * Collaborate with teachers and other professionals regarding the communication needs of students * Provide treatment for students including, but not limited to, the following: articulation, alternative and augmentative communication (AAC), dysphagia, cognition, pragmatic language/social skills, language delay/disorder, speechreading, voice, and fluency * Monitor use and basic maintenance of amplification devices * Assist in Medical Assistance billing There is an on-going need for qualified applicants in this classification.