Factors Impacting the Employment and Retention of Speech-Language Pathologists in Rural Public Schools

1994 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Neeley ◽  
Martin H Diebold ◽  
Gerald Dickinson
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Considerable Difficulty ◽  
State Laws ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
Therapy Services

Rural pubic schools are mandated by federal and state laws to provide all necessary educational services for their constituents including the therapy services rendered by speech-language pathologists (SLP). However, due to extensive competition for these professionals in the last decade, rural public school administrators have experienced considerable difficulty in recruiting and retaining SLPs. The purpose of this investigation was to identify reasons why SLPs employed in rural public schools opt to remain in that employment setting. A 32 item questionnaire was developed and used to survey SLPs employed in rural public schools in a mid-south state. Of the 169 respondents, 93 reported having been employed in the same rural public school for four or more years. These 93 respondents were chosen as subjects for this investigation. Respondents chose the following seven factors as the most important reasons for continued public school employment: salary, vacation, support for continuing education, satisfaction with types of clients, caseload selection, the school's reputation for providing quality services, and relationships with other professional staff.

Meeting the Critical Shortage of Speech-Language Pathologists to Serve the Public Schools—Collaborative Rewards

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda I. Rosa-Lugo ◽  
Elizabeth A. Rivera ◽  
Susan W. McKeown
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
School Districts ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
School Employees ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
The Public ◽  
Practicum Experiences

This article presents a collaborative approach to providing graduate education to speech-language pathologists who are employed in public school districts. A partnership called the Central Florida Speech-Language Consortium was established among the University of Central Florida, 10 Central Florida school districts, and community agencies to address the issue of the critical shortage of speech-language pathologists in the public schools. The consortium program provided bachelor-level speech-language pathologists in the public schools the opportunity to obtain a master’s degree while they continued to work in the schools. Key innovations of the program included: (a) additional graduate slots for public school employees; (b) modifications in the location and time of university courses, as well as practica opportunities in the schools; and (c) the participation and support of public school administrators in facilitating supervision and practicum experiences for the consortium participants. The consortium program resulted in an increase in the number of master’s level and culturally and linguistically diverse speech-language pathologists available for employment in the public schools of Central Florida. Recommendations for facilitating future endeavors are discussed.

Computer Usage by Speech-Language Pathologists in Public Schools

1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Ruppert Houle
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Computer Usage ◽  
Attitudes Toward Computers ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Frequent Users ◽  
Service Training

This study investigated factors that influence public school speech-language pathologists' acceptance and/or resistance to computer technology. Significant differences were found between speech-language pathologists who are frequent users of computers in the workplace and those who seldom or never use them. These differences were attributed to differences in attitudes toward computers, available funding for computers, in-service training, and physical facilities.

Toward a Broader Concept of the Role of the Special Class for Emotionally Disturbed Children

1965 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 329-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Knoblock ◽  
Ralph A. Garcea
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Emotionally Disturbed ◽  
Special Class ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Mental Health Consultation ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Emotionally Disturbed Children

In an effort to meet the increasing demand for educational services for emotionally disturbed children in public schools, the authors describe their use of one form of mental health consultation. This approach was focused on regular classroom teachers and school administrators who were in contact with disturbed children. All of the consultants were affiliated with a public school special class program.

A Survey of Computer Use by Public School Speech-Language Pathologists

1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Beth McRay ◽  
James L. Fitch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Computer Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Computer Applications ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
The Public

A questionnaire concerning computer applications was sent to 1,000 public school speech-language pathologists across the United States. Four hundred sixty-seven questionnaires were completed. Included in this article is an analysis of the applications for which computers are being used in the public schools, the types of hardware available, factors that public school speech-language pathologists feel are important in choosing software, and the types and degree of training public school speech-language pathologists have had concerning computer applications.

Student Bullying in Kuwait Public Schools: How School Administrators and Teachers React

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-308
Author(s):  
Salem S. Alhajeri ◽  
Abdulaziz S. Alenezi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Middle Schools ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Public School Teachers ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Future Studies

This study aimed to investigate how public school teachers perceive student bullying and how they perceive their own as well as school administrators’ efforts to protect students from bullying. A total of 238 elementary, middle, and high school teachers responded to 18 questions. The study found that student bullying exists in Kuwait public schools, it is more widespread in boys’ schools, and it occurs more in middle schools. Further, the study found a significant relationship between student bullying and school administrators’ efforts to protect students from bullying. A discussion of these results and relevant recommendations for future studies are included.

Delivery of Augmentative Communication Services

1981 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard C. Shane ◽  
David E. Yoder
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Augmentative Communication ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Communication Services

Greater numbers of nonspeaking persons are being educated in public schools. Public school speech-language pathologists frequently have minimal training and experience in providing appropriate augmentative communication system training to this population. This paper provides options, based on PL 94-142's mandates and ASHA's Code of Ethics, for service delivery of such systems.

scholarly journals Describing How School-Based SLPs Determine Eligibility for Children with Speech Sound Disorders

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (02) ◽  
pp. 105-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherine Tambyraja ◽  
Kelly Farquharson
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Speech Sound ◽  
Speech Sound Disorders ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
School Based ◽  
Nation Wide Survey ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to explore how school-based speech–language pathologists (SLPs) determine eligibility for children with speech sound disorders (SSDs). Presently, there is substantial variability nationwide with respect to if or how children with SSDs receive speech therapy in public schools. We report the results of a nation-wide survey of school-based SLPs, which further underscore this variability. Findings provide insight into which and how many factors SLPs report contributing to eligibility decisions, as well as which and how many components of an assessment are mandatory. Our discussion includes a call to advocacy for SLPs, but also a need for increased awareness of this problematic variability for school administrators.

The “Intact Busing” Program in 1960s St. Louis Public Schools District

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 908-924
Author(s):  
Claude Weathersby ◽  
Yolanda Weathersby
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
School Desegregation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Board Of Education

Public school desegregation in the United States has come to be characterized and defined by the busing of schoolchildren, which is an activity that has been widely resisted and opposed by the white populace. In the St. Louis Public Schools district, the St. Louis Board of Education and its school administrators utilized its “intact busing” program not to achieve public school desegregation but to perpetuate de facto segregation in the classrooms of its elementary schools.

A Multivariate Analysis of the Job Satisfaction of Public School Speech-Language Pathologists

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Pezzei ◽  
Albert R. Oratio
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
The Public ◽  
Preliminary Model

This study was designed to structure and identify variables related to the job satisfaction of public school speech-language pathologists. A total of 281 clinicians nationwide rated their degree of job satisfaction on 34 critical variables. Factor analysis yielded three distinct dimensions of satisfaction: supervision, workload, and co-workers. Variables from each of these dimensions, and from the clinicians’ backgrounds and job settings, were found to correlate most significantly with their overall levels of job satisfaction. A preliminary model for predicting job satisfaction is proposed. Implications for clinicians seeking employment in the public schools, as well as for those currently employed, are discussed.

scholarly journals The Juxtaposition of Film Education: Explorations for Implementing a Film Curriculum in Public Schools

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Zapasnik
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Art Education ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Current State ◽  
Film Education ◽  
School Curricula

This thesis is based on the belief that film should be treated with the same respect and inclusion that the fine arts receive in public school curricula. Also, this thesis is based on the belief that as technology and media expands in our society students should be further prepared to work in a world that utilizes this technology. This thesis is approached from personal and professional interests in both the film and art education fields and investigates whether film classes should be more present in public schools’ curricula and, if so, what are some of the best ways to offer film classes to students. The key method of investigation in this thesis is a survey and questionnaire, which guides the thesis project and informs future teaching possibilities. The questionnaire and study examines responses from several school districts in regards to their film courses and their take on the current state of these courses. Their input contributed to a proposed yearlong high school film curriculum for school districts to integrate film into their current art department, which was developed and presented as a key component of this thesis project. The information available in this study can assist teachers and school administrators in recognizing how film can deepen students’ learning and further prepare them for a technological and media-driven society.

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