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What is a speech-language pathologist teacher and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025
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Dr. HyeKyeung Seung Ph.D.
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The average speech-language pathologist teacher salary is $66,628. The most common degree is a bachelor's degree degree with an communication disorders sciences major. It usually takes 1-2 years of experience to become a speech-language pathologist teacher. Speech-language pathologist teachers with a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) certification earn more money. Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 21% and produce 34,000 job opportunities across the U.S.

What general advice would you give to a speech-language pathologist teacher?

Dr. HyeKyeung Seung Ph.D.Dr. HyeKyeung Seung Ph.D. LinkedIn profile

Professor and Chair, California State University, Fullerton

Do not lock yourself into a setting and/or population. As you gain clinical experience and taking CEUs, you will have different views regarding settings (public school, hospital, or private practice clinic as well as different clinic populations). If you want to work in hospital ultimately, you can start working at private practice or public school for CF and a few years. During that time, you can work per diem on weekend or summer to maintain skills in hospital while taking CEUs. By building your skill sets, you put yourself in a better position to look for hospital position.

ScoreSpeech-Language Pathologist TeacherUS Average
Salary
5.2

Avg. Salary $66,628

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level
5.5

Growth rate 21%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity
4.9
Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35%

Asian 4.42%

Black or African American 4.70%

Hispanic or Latino 9.25%

Unknown 3.77%

White 77.51%

Gender

female 87.31%

male 12.69%

Age - 38
Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 38
Stress level
5.5

Stress level is manageable

7.1 - high

Complexity level
9.7

Complexity level is advanced

7 - challenging

Work life balance
8.1

Work life balance is good

6.4 - fair

Speech-language pathologist teacher career paths

Key steps to become a speech-language pathologist teacher

  1. Explore speech-language pathologist teacher education requirements

    Most common speech-language pathologist teacher degrees

    Bachelor's

    61.4 %

    Master's

    33.3 %

    Associate

    3.8 %
  2. Start to develop specific speech-language pathologist teacher skills

    SkillsPercentages
    Autism18.76%
    IEP17.92%
    Medicaid14.87%
    Public Schools7.59%
    Therapy Services5.77%
  3. Complete relevant speech-language pathologist teacher training and internships

    Accountants spend an average of Less than 1 month on post-employment, on-the-job training. New speech-language pathologist teachers learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a speech-language pathologist teacher based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real speech-language pathologist teacher resumes.
  4. Research speech-language pathologist teacher duties and responsibilities

    • Treat children with speech, language and pragmatic issues, development of IEP's, and conducting speech/language evaluations.
    • Develop individual and/or group activities according to therapy needs and IEP goals in a large, urban, elementary school.
    • Provide detailed narrative evaluations and ongoing consultation of individual guidelines for dysphagia intervention and augmentative/alternative communication programs/systems.
    • Programme & maintain high and low tech AAC devices independently; train other staff in the proper use.
  5. Prepare your speech-language pathologist teacher resume

    When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your speech-language pathologist teacher resume.

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  6. Apply for speech-language pathologist teacher jobs

    Now it's time to start searching for a speech-language pathologist teacher job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

    1. Browse job boards for relevant postings
    2. Consult your professional network
    3. Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
    4. Watch out for job scams

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Average speech-language pathologist teacher salary

The average speech-language pathologist teacher salary in the United States is $66,628 per year or $32 per hour. Speech-language pathologist teacher salaries range between $47,000 and $93,000 per year.

Average speech-language pathologist teacher salary
$66,628 Yearly
$32.03 hourly

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2019
Pros

working with kids on their learning disabilities and to see their improvement everyday

Cons

the little time we sometimes offer so little


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Updated January 8, 2025

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