Speech Language Pathologist - #195180

The Surrey School District respectfully acknowledges that our schools reside on the traditional, unceded, and shared territories of Coast Salish peoples: The q íc y - Katzie, the qwa:nn - Kwantlen and the SEMYOME - Semiahmoo First Nations, who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial.

Surrey Schools values an inclusive school district where equity is deeply embedded, and diversity welcomed. We acknowledge the profound responsibility we all have in ensuring that our schools and district sites foster an atmosphere where everyone feels secure, respected, and valued. Our commitment to providing a quality education extends beyond academic excellence; we are committed to creating and cultivating diverse, inclusive, and barrier-free environments for all applicants, employees, students, and their families. Our identity, as Surrey Schools, is expressed in the shared values of openness, fairness and belonging and recognizes the importance of diversity of identity and thought. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Surrey Schools is the largest school district in BC and the second largest employer in Surrey. Spread across one of the fastest-growing cities in British Columbia, Surrey Schools provides quality education to over 85,000 students with 124 schools sites and a variety of other learning facilities, offering a broad range of innovative programs and services to support the learning of our students. The Surrey School District team of approximately 13,000 employees works tirelessly every day to ensure that children are getting the best start they can, providing the preparation to be our leaders of tomorrow.

Speech Language Pathologists Require

• knowledge of speech-language pathology theory, intervention strategies and practices;
• the ability to deliver service to communicatively impaired students in a manner which recognizes and reflects a range of service delivery models;
• possession of strong communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with students, parents, teachers, administrators, other professionals and support workers;
• the ability to work independently and establish priorities for service to several schools in highly demanding situations;
• knowledge and a commitment to the consultative, collaborative process in working with school teams, parents and other relevant people.
  
  

The primary goal of the speech-language services program is to support students with communication impairments by:

• coordinating their Speech-Language Services with the teams in their assigned schools;
• identifying, assessing and evaluating those children suspected of having significant communicative impairment;
• planning, developing, providing and/or directing appropriate and effective intervention programs;
• providing on-going monitoring of children with communicative disorders through informal and formal assessments, and giving suggestions for management at home and in the classroom;
• collaborating with school teams to support language goals in the curriculum (e.g. team teaching, I.E.P. adaptations and modifications);
• communicating with parents to discuss their child's progress and methods of creating an atmosphere conducive to good communication;
• acting as supportive personnel and counsel for school teams to better understand the needs of the children who are identified as communicatively impaired;
• providing current schedules and caseloads of identified students receiving speech-language services to school teams and the Director of Instruction, Student Support;
• performing those recording and reporting tasks necessary to maintain effective communication with all involved in the child's program;
• initiating referrals, when necessary, to other district staff, agencies and community professionals in collaboration with the school teams.
  
  

Minimum Academic Qualifications/Experience

• Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology or equivalent academic training and experience.
• Must be registered with the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC (CSHHPBC).
• Eligibility for membership in Speech and Hearing B.C. and/or Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC).
  
  

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in speech-language pathology in the public schools.
• A valid B.C. Teaching Certificate may be an asset
  
  

APPLICATION PROCESS

If you are a contract teacher/associated professional with the Surrey School District please apply using our internal Employee Self Serve (ESS) application process. If you are a Surrey Schools teacher but do not have a contract (i.e. TTOC), please use the Make a Future application and indicate your role in the district in your cover letter. If you are an external candidate, please note that in your cover letter.

Applicants Will Be Considered In The Following Order

• Surrey Contract Teachers/Associated Professionals (apply using our internal ESS application process)
• TTOC, Associated Professionals without a contract, and adult education contract teachers (apply using Make a Future)
• Qualified applicants from outside of the bargaining unit (i.e. external applicants apply using Make a Future)
  
  

Note: The successful applicant is required to consent to a Criminal Record Search prior to employment. Only applicants selected for interviews are contacted. To all others, thank you for your interest.