Overview of Region 4 SLP 2012 Survey

Gayla Lutz, M.A., CCC-SLP

1.How many students are currently enrolled in your school district?

• High 204,000 • Low 1537 • Average 37,790

2.How many students are currently enrolled in special education in

your district?

• Average 2973

3. How many students are currently receiving speech services (speech only and speech with other disabilities) in your district?• Average 1251

4. How many SLP positions were allocated for your district in the 2011-2012 school year?• Average 30

5. How many SLP positions were filled in the 2011-2012 school year by district-hired employees?

• Average 20 (approximately 66%)

6. How many SLPs were hired in the 2011-2012 school year as contract employees?• Average 9

7. How many SLP Assistant positions were allocated for your district in the 2011-2012 school year? *Enter “0” if your district does not employ SLP Assistants.• Some allocate for SLPs and then fill vacancies with

SLP Assistants• Average 7 (not counting districts that don’t use

Assistants)

8. How many SLP Assistant positions were filled in the 2011-2012 school year as district-hired employees? “Enter “0” if your district does not employ SLP Assistants.• Average 5 (not counting districts that don’t

use assistants)

10. If any SLP or SLP Assistant positions remain unfilled, how are speech services addressed?

• Use contract SLPs• Provide compensatory therapy at another time• Use SLPs with lower caseloads to cover• Hire contract or temporary SLP for therapy only, then

provide district SLPs extra pay to conduct evaluations after school hours.

10. (continued)

• Increase caseloads of SLPs to cover openings• Use contract SLPs to supervise additional SLP Assistants• Contract SLPs to assess students on the weekends• Hire additional SLP Assistants• Contract with SLPs until the position can be filled by a staff

position• Over worked staff• Assign additional duties to SLP staff to cover services on the

open campuses

11. Do your SLPs have assigned, consistent clerical support?• Yes , full time = 19%• Yes, part time = 29%• No = 52%

12. If the answer to question 11 is yes, please check all boxes that describe the job responsibilities of the clerical support personnel for the SLP:• ARD assistance (scheduling meetings, making copies, checking paperwork,

contacting parent, gathering teacher information, preparing ARD paperwork, ARD facilitators, etc)

• Evaluation assistance• Campuses have SEMS Clerks who schedule ARDs. • Speech paraprofessionals interpret for eligible speech students who are

Spanish speaking• Assist with Medicaid SHARS billing

15. Does your district provide a bonus or stipends in addition to base salary relating to sign-on bonus, annual retention, bilingual, advanced degree, CCCs, supervision responsibilities, etc?• Yes = 86%• No = 14%

17. What is the annual salary range for full-time (40 hours per week) district-employed SLPs working on a 9-10 month district contract? Do not include extra stipends or bonuses.• Average Minimum = $39,001.86• Average Maximum = $62,752.95

19. What is the annual salary range for full-time (40 hours per week) agency or independent contract SLPs working on a 9-10 month contract?

• Average Minimum = $ 96,982• Average Maximum = $ 97,079

21. What is the annual salary range for full-time (40 hours per week) district-employed SLP Assistants working on a 9-10 month district contract? Do not include extra stipends or bonuses.• Average Minimum = $ 44,221• Average Maximum = $ 61,158

23. What is the annual salary range for full time (40 hours per week) agency contract or independent contract SLP Assistants working a 9-10 month contract? Do not include any extra pay.• Average - $85,500

25. What is the average caseload for a full-time (40 hours per week) SLP?• Average reported 54

28. What is the average caseload for the SLP supervisor, counting his/her individual caseload plus the students receiving services from the SLP Assistant(s)?

• Average reported 99

25. What is the average caseload responsibility for a full-time (40 hours per week) SLP Assistant?

• Average reported 63

Lunch Discussion

Recruiting/Retaining District Employees Efficient Use of SLP staff Ways to better incorporate SLP skills into

classroom support