Applications will be accepted Tuesday, May 26, 2026 12:00 AM - Friday, July 10, 2026 11:59 PM (Mountain Standard Time).

Speech-Language Pathologist
SUMMARY
Public School Speech-Language pathologists are communication specialists who work with students with significant language delays and/or disorders, articulation deficits, dysfluencies and voice disorders.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES

Demonstrates knowledge of techniques to screen and assess student’s needs appropriate to age level in the area of speech and language development.

Coordinates student schedules for therapy services.

Refers to agencies and staff.

Describes normal speech, language process and their development, including:

Language and speech development including semantics, syntax, morphology and phonology, fluency and voice

Physiology, anatomy, and neurology of speech and language

Social and cultural aspects of speech and language development

Acoustics and psychoacoustics

Speech and language production and perception

Communicative process, i.e. progmatics, pre-verbal, verbal and co-verbal

Evaluate speech and language delays and disorders including:

Select, administer and interpret appropriate tests of speech, language, hearing and cognitive

Listen discriminately to the individual’s speech and language

Transcribe speech and language samples accurately and completely

Examine and evaluate oral peripheral structure and function

Perceive and record other behavioral cues

Gather pertinent information about the individual

Differentiate bilingual bicultural patterns from language delays and disorders





Request additional diagnostic assistance

Analyze and interpret finding for sue in diagnosis and recommendations

Reports results to appropriate staff and family members

Conduct and interpret otologic pure-tome screenings and impedance audiometry screening as needed.

Plan the therapeutic Program by developing criteria for case load selection and by selecting designing and/or modifying specialized approaches and curricula for the communicatively impaired.

Develop and implement IEP’s for assigned students

Participates in Medicaid in the school billing process

Shall work 153 days at 8 hours daily.

Shall be entitles to all fringe benefits as accrued by all nine month employees.

Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES REQUIRED

Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional programs

Ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students whom assigned.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents and community.

Ability to speak clear and concisely in written or oral communication.





Ability to demonstrate a positive attitude and collaboration in all work related activities.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Supervises students and Speech Language Assistants, as assigned.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.

Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusion.

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Minimum of MA Degree from accredited college or university with current New Mexico Public Education Department Certificate and License. Bilingual Person Preferred.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
New Mexico Licensure Certification as a Speech Pathologist (NM Speech/Language, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensary Licensure Board)

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📌 Speech-Language Pathologist (Rafael Yáñez Sosa)
🏢 Association of Charter School Education Services
📍 Rafael Yáñez Sosa