New School Positions in This Week!!!!!

I may have mentioned in past scripts that my office distributes a list of open school jobs each week. Some of them remain on the list throughout the summer and beyond (for various reasons-remote/crummy locations, specific credentials needed, low pay rates, etc.); but, especially this time of year, we start getting new jobs that were not released to us in June and early July. So...the next couple of posts will list some of our newer open school positions around the country. As always, call me if one or more of them "strike your fancy" and we'll move forward accordingly! Happy hunting!!! My # is 770-325-0234 or 866-874-7390/email: millie.simpson@soliant.com

NORTH & EAST

SLP Bartlett, IL both full & part time, preK-12

SLP Elgin, IL also both full & part time, prek

SLP/OT Moline, IL part time, approx. 20 hrs per week

SLP Streamwood, IL part time, elementary & middle school

SLP Terre Haute, IN 4 day work week, 30 hours/wk.

TVI N. Chicago, IL 30 hours per week

SLP Bridgeport, CT 3 openings; one needs bilingual (Spanish)

Psych Scranton, PA maternity leave-August-Jan, 2015

SLP North/rural, ME full time K-12 caseload

SOUTH

SLP Charlotte, NC one bilingual spot, one monolingual

SLP/CFY Newnan/Macon/Greenville, GA all have supervisors for new grads!

TVI Marietta, GA 10-20 hours per week

WEST

SLP 15 miles S. of Ft. Worth, TX full time elem + supervising SLPA

SLP between Dallas & Ft. Worth, TX 2 openings, reasonable caseload

OT 4 corners area, NM full time-great district

OT western AZ, near NV border full time-wonderful Sped Director!

Jobs in states beginning with the letters O-W

Since there aren't any states beginning with the letters X, Y or Z, I will need to start back with the "A" states for my next post, and I'm sure there will be some added and some deleted. This is the time of year that we get really busy, and the openings flash off and on our jobs list. If you have an interest in a particular location, just let us know and we'll do our best to find something for you! Here's the list for this week:


OH -SLP Northwest corner, full time, preK-1st grade

OK -School Psychologist Tulsa and OK City area

OK -SLP S. of OK City, full time, elementary caseload

OR School Psychologist NE corner of the state

PA-TVI/OMS Pittsburgh area

SD -SLP permanent postion, near Nebraska border

TX - SLP Austin, Houston, Katy, Aldine, Midland

TX - OT Houston, San Antonio, Arlington

TX -Sign Language Interpreter Waco, Corpus Christie

WA - School Psychologist, SLP, OT Seattle, Tacoma , Redmond, Olympia

WI -SLP Oshkosh, Racine

Call me at 770-325-0234 or if you need a toll free line, 866-874-7390 or email a resume to me, millie.simpson@soliant.com, and I'll do my best the track you down! Happy hunting, everyone!!

Today's post is brought to you by the letters I - N

I'm starting to feel a little Dr. Suess-ish! (Maybe I'll work on rhyming the next post.) These positions change daily, as someone accepts a position, someone drops out or a new one comes in, so always check in with me to see if it is current and to get details about one that may be of interest to you. Here's what's on our list for this part of the alphabet:

Illinois-OT Elgin, Dundee, Rockford and DeKalb

Illinois-SLP Elgin, Chapaign (bilingual), Crystal Lake and Warren

Illinois-TVI Moline, Crystal Lake and Eldena

Indiana-OT Gary and Rensselaer

Indiana- SLP Indianapolis, Gary, Lebanon

Kentucky-SLP/ccc 1 hour east of Lexington

Maryland-SLP Leonardtown

Michigan-SLP Saginaw

Minnesota-SLP/CFY Hibbing

N.Carolina-SLP/ccc Charlotte (bilingual), Greenville, Wilmington,1 hr E. of Asheville

N. Carolina-OT Jacksonville, Wilmington, NE corner, near VA border

New Hampshire-PT Littleton

New Mexico-SLP Silver City (where Billy The Kid began his career of crime)

Nevada-OT SE of Carson City

My contact information for your convenience is: local-770-325-0234; toll-free-866-874-7390; and email - millie.simpson@soliant.com

New job orders in for 2014-2015 school year

As promised, most of my posts for the next few weeks will be to advertise new openings in school districts across the country. These positions flash off and on our job boards on a daily basis, so always check with me to make sure it's still open before you "get your heart set on" a particular location! ;-}

Here's a sampling of what I'm seeing this week alphabetized by state for A - G. I'll post another after the 4th of July for the rest of the alphabet!

Alaska OT Fairbanks, Palmer, Kenai Peninsula

Alaska SLP/ccc Palmer and Fairbanks

Arkansas OT Berryville, Eureka Springs

Arkansas SLP/CFY Berryville, Harrison, Pine Bluff, Fort Smith, West Memphis, El Dorado ****ARKANSAS WINS FOR THE MOST SLP NEEDS!!!****

Arizona OT and PT Phoenix, Tucson, Kingman, Nogales

Arizona SLP Phoenix (NW and SE of), Nogales,

California OT, Psych and SLP really too many to mention, but just a few locations: Watsonville, Palo Alto, Oakland, Bakersfield, Monterey, Hemet, and Lancaster

Florida OT and PT Broward Co, Orlando

Florida SLP Orlando, Palm Beach, Naples

Georgia SLP/CFY North GA mountains, Americus, S. of Atlanta, Dawsonville, Rome, Columbus, Cartersville, Cobb County

Georgia OT Baxley, Covington (location of the Vampire Diaries set), Demorest

Give me a call, email me or send me a note via twitter (@spedishin), millie.simpson@soliant.com and 770-325-0234 or toll-free 866-874-7390.

Bilingual SLP with ASHA certification + CA, GA, IL, WI and AK jobs!!!

My client in the Charlotte, NC area is seeking a bilingual (Spanish) SLP to contract for the full 2014-2015 school year. Their district hire is taking the year off to stay home with her young children. Her caseload consists of direct services at one or two campuses, but the bulk of the position is to assist with bilingual evals district-wide. The Special Ed Department is one of the most supportive, accomodating teams I've ever worked with, and I highly recommend this school district!

Contact me if you are bilingual and have your ASHA certification and would like to be in the Charlotte area!

In other news, here's a few other new positions that came in this week, all for the full 2014-2015 school year:

TVI/OMS Redwood Valley, CA Full time, 10 students

SLP Columbus, GA Full time

OT Various areas outside Chicago, IL Full and part time positions, elementary caseloads

SLP Oshkosh, WI Maternity leave through Oct+, asst on staff to do paperwork!

School Psych Juneau, AK Full time, prefer experience in school setting

Call me for more details, (866-874-7390) or local (770-325-0234) or email your resume (millie.simpson@soliant.com) and I'll track you down! ;-}

This is the time of year!!!

The flood gates are about to open and we here in the schools division of my company will be inundated with requests from Special Ed Departments to help them find professionals to contract for the 2014-2015 school year. They have been "putting us on hold" for the last couple of months as they finish out the 2013-2014 year, figure out who is and isn't coming back next year, nailing down budgets and configuring their caseloads for the upcoming year.

If you've been calling recruiters to find work, you know that there are positions out there; just maybe not in the location of your choice. Well....good news, call us again! The schools that have been pushing us back are about to decide that they truly do need us to help them. No promises here that I'll be able to get you into Nashville, NYC, New Orleans, Boston, San Francisco or Austin as those popular cities have an over-abundance of people knocking on their front doors (supply & demand comes into play). However, I may be able to get you near enough that a short drive will take you there for the weekends!

The next few posts I put on here will probably consist of new positions that I'm seeing come in on our weekly list of current available jobs. Let me know if one (or more) catches your eye, and I'll do my best to get you an interview. Below are just a few locations that I picked off our 8 pages of jobs this week:

Fairbanks, AK OT/PT/Sign Language/SLP

Western LA 3 SLP openings -may consider new grads

Several locations in AR SLP or CFY/Spec. Ed. Teacher

Phoenix and Tucson, AZ OT/PT/SLP-ccc/Spec. Ed Teachers

Too many to mention locations in CA SLP-ccc/TVI/Sign Language/OT/Psychologist

Southern FL on both coasts SLP or CFY

So many locations around IL SLP or CFY/OT/PT

NW NM (easy licensure process) SLP/audiologist/ed. diag/RN/Sign Language

You can call me at 866-874-7390 or drop me an email, millie.simpson@soliant.com if you'd like more information. Happy hunting!

YIKES!! I have an interview!!!!

First of all, congratulations to all you new grads! You've worked so very hard, and now it's off to the races for a job search! We here at the office occasionally listen in on phone interviews that we've arranged (not emulating the NSA or anything). We like to be available for both our clients and the interviewee to answer questions or to clarify anything that might not have been covered in our interview prep. We also learn a lot more about the job being offered, details about the school district and common questions that special ed directors/lead therapists/superintendents ask in interviews. Below is a compilation of some of these queries to help you prepare for an interview:

Dealing with:

Education and Training

1. What prompted you to choose Speech Pathology/Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy as your major?

2. Walk me through your academic background.

3. Have you taken PRAXIS?

4. Do you have your credentials or are you eligible to obtain licensing?

Work Experience

1. Tell me about your current position/practicum.

2. Tell me about your previous position/practicum.

3. Why did you leave your last position?

4. Tell me about a time when you went above and beyond the call of duty for a patient.

5. What was the most interesting job or project so far in your career/studies?

Questions specific to the field

1. What are some of the challenges you think you might meet as a Speech Language Pathologist/Occuational Therapist/Physical Therapist?

2. What do you deem as the best aspects of your chosen profession?

3. What ages do you prefer to work with and why?

4. Have you had parents observe you? How did that go?

Personal

1. Tell me about 3 qualities that co-workers would describe as your work/therapy style.

Hopefully, this will give you a "leg up" as you compete with your fellow therapists for the same position!!!!