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Ypsilanti, Michigan

Special Education Speech Language Pathologist at Arbor Preparatory High School

Speech-Language PathologistFull-Time

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Job Description

School Information

Located in Ypsilanti, MI, Arbor Preparatory High School opened in 2011 and serves 300+ 9-12 students every year. At Arbor Preparatory, you can connect passion with purpose.

To learn more about Arbor Preparatory High School click here.

Why Choose Arbor Preparatory High School

  • Starting pay above market scales.
  • Competitive benefits at affordable rates.
  • Academically outperforms the local districts.
  • Class sizes that capitalize on student growth and individualized support.
  • Colleagues you enjoy working with to serve students.
  • Inspire students to think creatively and apply critical-thinking skills to solve problems.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Collaborating with the administrator over special education to develop and coordinate daily service schedules, evaluation timelines, and annual IEP meetings
  • Participating in multidisciplinary team meetings, including eligibility determinations, annual reviews, and progress monitoring discussions
  • Conducting speech and language evaluations and contributing to assessment planning as part of the special education process
  • Developing, implementing, and monitoring individualized speech-language goals aligned with each student’s IEP
  • Providing specially designed instruction to meet the unique communication needs of students through a variety of service models.
  • Documenting service delivery, progress notes, and compliance-related paperwork in accordance with state, federal, and organizational guidelines
  • Consulting with teachers and families to support carryover of communication strategies across classroom and home environments
  • Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records.
  • Other duties as assigned.

NHA provides specially designed instruction developed to meet the unique needs of each child as a result of their disability, and the SLP plays a critical role in supporting student access to instruction and overall academic success.

Qualifications

  • Must hold a master’s degree in speech language pathology - CCC (Certificate of Clinical Competence) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Associate (ASHA).
  • Experience working with at-risk student populations
  • Experience in a school-based or pediatric environment
  • Familiarity with IEP development, special education compliance, and collaborative service delivery models

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National Heritage Academies is an equal-opportunity employer.

Key Responsibilities

The Speech Language Pathologist will conduct evaluations, develop individualized speech-language goals, and provide specially designed instruction to meet student communication needs. They will also collaborate with administrators and multidisciplinary teams to manage IEP meetings, service schedules, and compliance documentation.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Multidisciplinary team collaborationIndividualized instructionRecord keepingData documentation

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 58% have no call, 48% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Speech-Language Pathology by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedSpeech-Language Pathology median $105k (middle half $102k–$114k)10 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingMichigan index 96.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Speech-Language Pathology listings in Michigan239 active6,955 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 8% remote · 58% no call · 48% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMichigan Speech-Language Pathologist listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 6% offer loan repayment261 active listings, Oct 2026
Speech-Language Pathology pay trend+3.5% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

31 jobs
7
<$105k
10
$105k-125k
7
$125k-145k
7
$145k-165k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

36 jobs · 34 employers
401k / retirement match
81%
CME allowance
33%
Sign-on bonus
25%
Loan repayment
19%
Relocation assistance
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$65-$75/hr
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Speech Language Pathologist, SLP

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$65-$75/hr
#3

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$65-$75/hr
#4

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) or Clinical Fellow (SLP-CF) - School Based Setting!

$65-$75/hr
+ 39 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,880 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Ypsilanti

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$271k
Typical market rent
$1,296/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.9
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Ann Arbor, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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