Speech-Language Pathologist

Paoli, PA

About DVFriends

Delaware Valley Friends School is a national leader, educating bright students in grades 1-12 with reading, writing, and other related learning differences. The school attracts students from across the Philadelphia area and is in the midst of several years of program expansion and enrollment growth. Students receive a comprehensive, research-based, college preparatory curriculum, individualized instruction, cutting-edge assistive technologies, and successful college placement, with an emphasis on metacognition and self-advocacy within a community based on Quaker values.

About you and the role:

As a speech-language pathologist at DVFriends, you will join a dynamic team aligned in the goal of helping bright students with learning differences reach their full potential. The speech-language pathologist partners with the faculty and the administrative team in all three divisions of the school (lower, middle, upper) to support students who have specific speech-language needs. The speech-language pathologist reports to the director of teaching and learning.

Here’s what you’ll do:

Provide therapy for students in areas including language, articulation, fluency, and social communication
Provide individualized instruction to students (small group, one-on-one) in a partial teaching load
Administer diagnostic screenings and evaluations as needed
Effectively consult and collaborate with colleagues to integrate recommended strategies into content area classes
Track and record student progress, communicate with families as needed
Remain abreast of emerging research and best practices through ongoing professional development

Your Skills

You'll be the right person for this job if:

You deeply understand students who learn differently and have the ability to support faculty in meeting each student’s needs.
You know yourself well, faults and strengths, and approach others with empathy and generosity of spirit.
You’re good at building trust with external and internal stakeholders and have a strong customer service orientation.
You are drawn to serving an institution with the mission of Friends education, and previous experience in a Friends school is a plus.
You have a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice work.
You hold a master’s degree in speech-language pathology

Benefits

You’ll benefit from:

A competitive salary that is benchmarked against other independent schools in the region
A robust health insurance plan, including a school contribution that covers the employee cost and a portion of the cost for a partner and dependents.
Employer match of retirement plan contributions up to 6% of salary.

To Apply

DVFriends has partnered with Applied to ensure an application process that is equitable and free of implicit bias. To start your application, please CLICK HERE. You’ll answer some questions that are related to your day-to-day job. After the job closes, your answers will go through our sifting process: all answers will be anonymized, randomized, and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers.

If you are shortlisted, we’ll invite you to the next step, which includes a set of interviews over Zoom and/or on campus. At the end of the application process, we'll share how well you performed.

We are an equal-opportunity employer

DVFriends is working to create a community that recognizes the strength of diversity and aspires to create an inclusive, respectful, and just community. We welcome people of any race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender, gender identity and expression, age, military or veteran status, family structure, marital status, disability, citizenship status, and socioeconomic status to join our community. DV does not discriminate on the basis of these characteristics in our policies or practices.