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Phoenix, Arizona

Speech Language Pathologist (School based)

Speech-Language PathologistNo weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

  • Work Schedule & Paid Breaks
  • Full -Time Monday-Friday 7:30am-3:30pm
  • 10 Month Position (August-May)
  • Paid School Breaks! (Fall, Thanksgiving, Winter, Spring)
  • Additionally, we observe federal holidays which often involve three-day weekends

ACCEL's student population consists of AAC users and students with a variety of developmental disabilities in K-12+ educational settings.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provide consultative and direct speech and language therapy services.
  • Evaluate and write evaluation reports for students receiving services.
  • Develop and implement individualized educational plans and instructional programs.

Responsible for programming augmentative communication devices and monitors maintenance requirements for those devices.

Participate in Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team (MET) and Individual Education Plan (I.E.P) meetings when appropriate.

Participate in the individual education planning, collaborating with teachers as appropriate for each student to receive speech/language therapy.

Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to implement therapeutic and educational programs.

Provide ongoing and periodic evaluations of student's progress, documenting progress with the same frequency as for all ACCEL students.

Develop and maintain a professional relationship with parents/caregivers and inform them of the student's progress.

  • Submit all reports within designated time frames.
  • Maintain an accurate record keeping system.
  • Maintain attendance and hourly contact records for Medicaid.
  • Submit Medicaid billing as directed.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

  • Valid Arizona Department of Education Speech-Language Pathologist Certificate and Department of Health Speech-Language Pathology License.
  • Valid Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card.

Obtain an AHCCCS number for submission of Medicaid billing. Current NPI number and AHCCS ID will be needed.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a required background check.

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. Clients may exhibit inappropriate physical behavior which may include hitting, biting, kicking, etc.

Key Responsibilities

Provide direct and consultative speech-language therapy services to students with developmental disabilities in a K-12 setting. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop educational plans and maintain accurate documentation for Medicaid billing.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology and valid Arizona state licensure and certification. Candidates must also possess a valid Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card and be eligible for Medicaid billing.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

AAC device programmingEvaluation reportingMultidisciplinary collaborationStudent progress monitoring

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist (School based) at Accel a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,664 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 54% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,664 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Phoenix

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$406k
Typical market rent
$1,574/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.3
State income tax
Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Accel

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51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid school breaks (Fall, Thanksgiving, Winter, Spring)
Federal holidays observed
10-month position (August-May)