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Creative Speech Solutions
Summit, New Jersey

Speech Language Pathologist - Part time school based

Speech-Language PathologistPart-Time

Listed compensation

$50-$65/hr

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Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

Creative Speech Solutions, LLC is hiring part time or full time experienced SCHOOL BASED speech-language pathologists to join our growing team. We are a pediatric therapy center with offices located in Summit and Montclair, NJ and also hold school contracts in various districts.

Speech-language pathologists at Creative Speech Solutions (CSS) specialize in treating children with a wide variety of diagnoses and level of functioning. The duties of this position include providing evaluations and direct therapy for the pediatric population in school-based settings.

In addition to direct treatment, responsibilities may also include evaluations, testing, report writing, treatment collaboration, case management, IEP development and adherence to all NJ state special education laws.

  • Candidates interested in this SLP role at CSS are required to have the following:
  • Master’s degree from an accredited speech therapy program
  • NJ State License, Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC), NJ School Certificate (SLS) and Criminal History Review (CHR-which includes fingerprinting with the state of NJ)
  • Minimum of two years of work experience in a school setting

Experience provide therapeutic services for children with delays or disorders in the areas of: phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, phonics, sight word recognition, vocabulary development, morphology, comprehension, expressive written language skills in the areas of syntax, sentence and paragraph development and expansion for all grade levels.

Effective communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills and a strong desire to work with children with developmental disabilities

Patience, persistence and ability to work independently and as an integral part of a team

Full-time positions offer medical benefits, paid holidays, paid time off, and 401k.

*ONLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED*

Key Responsibilities

Provide evaluations and direct speech therapy for the pediatric population within school-based settings. Responsibilities include IEP development, report writing, and ensuring adherence to New Jersey state special education laws.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in speech therapy, NJ State License, CCC, and a NJ School Certificate (SLS). Candidates must have at least two years of experience in a school setting and a valid Criminal History Review.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Speech-Language PathologyReading ComprehensionClinical EvaluationInterpersonal Communication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist - Part time school based at Creative Speech Solutions a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,763 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

In New Jersey, the Speech-Language Pathology weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$102k (131 salary observations; 289 listings), vs ~$98k nationally (4,896 salary observations; 19,053 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 40% have no call, 63% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 27 employers

401k / retirement match
84% this job
CME allowance
69%
Sign-on bonus
9%
Loan repayment
3%
Relocation assistance
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.6
Better work-life than 80% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,763 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Summit

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.03M
Typical market rent
$3,047/mo
Residents’ average commute
34 min
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Creative Speech Solutions

Hospitals and Health Care
Summit, New Jersey
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Benefits
Paid Holidays
Paid Time Off
401k