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Cherry Creek Schools
Centennial, Colorado

Speech Language Pathologist (Early Childhood Education)

Speech-Language PathologistFull-Time

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Job Description

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Exempt

Salary Schedule

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Benefits

Our employee benefits package includes medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, long term disability, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance. Visit our website for full details.

SUPERVISOR: Director or designee.

Summary

The mental health professional will assess and provide intervention to ensure student success and promote an exemplary education program fostering achievement for all students. Develops and promotes good relations among the school community: parents, staff, administration and other community members.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. An ability to perform cognitive, social, emotional, behavioral and academic assessments to maximize student achievement and success.

2. Ability to assess and provide intervention services to students who exhibit special needs and monitor progress.

3. Demonstrate familiarity of diagnostic tools and assessments for students of all levels.

4. Provide school-based, multi-tiered counseling, as well as, social, emotional and behavioral intervention services to individuals, groups, and parents; including ongoing direct services to students with developmental and emotional disabilities.

5. Prioritize time effectively, working with building administration to identify yearly specific goals and priorities for services.

6. Engage in individual and school-wide safety implementation; including crisis response, prevention assessment and intervention for students at-risk of harm to self or others.

7. Strong communication, organization and planning skills.

8. Demonstrate cultural competence and leadership.

9. Positively impact achievement and differentiate instruction based on the needs of the students by supporting programs designed to increase student achievement.

10. Demonstrate problem-solving skills through collaborative work with students, teachers, staff, parents and administrators.

11. Willing to support and actively participate in a Professional Learning Community.

12. Ability to work cooperatively and engage in active participation with teachers, teaching assistants and other mental health and special education personnel to provide intervention and consultation regarding the needs of students.

13. Develop positive working relationships with community agencies/resources.

14. Engage in ongoing professional growth and building/district professional activities.

15. Adhere to the professional ethical standards and guidelines developed by the National Association of Social Workers, the National Association of School Psychology, and/or the American Psychological Association.

Minimum Qualifications

The Cherry Creek School District complies with the rules and regulations set forth by the Colorado Department of Education in terms of hiring candidates who are CURRENTLY LICENSED OR ENDORSED IN THE APPROPRIATE CONTENT AREA(S)

1. Master's degree in social work.

  • 2. Hold a valid Colorado Special Services License
  • 3. NCSP preferred for psychologists, not required
  • 4. LCSW preferred for social workers, not required

5. All out-of-district applicants will be screened by a mental health coordinator prior to being considered for this position.

6. Endorsements/Licenses: School Social Worker

Key Responsibilities

The professional will assess and provide interventions to ensure student success and promote an exemplary education program. They are responsible for developing positive relationships with parents, staff, and community agencies while managing crisis response and safety implementation.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in social work and a valid Colorado Special Services License. Endorsement as a School Social Worker is required, with LCSW or NCSP certifications preferred.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Cognitive AssessmentSocial Emotional InterventionBehavioral AssessmentCollaborative Problem SolvingCase ManagementStudent Achievement MonitoringInstructional Differentiation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist (Early Childhood Education) at Cherry Creek Schools a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,775 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 42% have no call, 66% 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 Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution40 jobs · 35 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks42 jobs · 35 employers

401k / retirement match
88%
CME allowance
50%
Loan repayment
12%
Sign-on bonus
10%
Relocation assistance
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.9
Among the best 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,775 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Centennial

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$561k
Typical market rent
$2,231/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
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 Cherry Creek Schools

Primary and Secondary Education
Centennial, Colorado
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health savings accounts
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance
Long term disability