Speech-Language Pathologist: Elementary School, Virginia (Full-Time, In Person)
🩷 You deserve to love this work and to have a team behind you while you do it. 🩷
You became an SLP to make a difference for kids, not to feel isolated, overextended, or unheard. At Chatterboxes, we start from that. We’re a provider-run practice founded by an SLP, and we built our clinical community around one idea: when clinicians feel supported, connected, and trusted, they do their best work and they stay in the field.
Your Placement
- Location: Virginia
- Setting: Elementary school
- Schedule: Full-time, following the district’s school calendar
- Service delivery: In person, Monday–Friday
You’ll step into an established caseload alongside another SLP, so you won’t be the only SLP in the building. You’ll have the chance to build real relationships with your students, their families, and school staff, and to give students continuity of care throughout the placement.
How You’ll Be Supported
Our Sanctuary Model exists so you never feel like you’re doing this work alone, wherever you’re placed.
- Your own Sanctuary Leader: A monthly 1:1 that’s about you: your experiences, your challenges, your growth, and your wellbeing.
- A clinical community: Fellow SLPs to bounce ideas off, ask questions, and talk through tricky cases with.
- Leadership that’s been in your shoes: An SLP founder and clinical leaders who stay connected to the realities of caseloads, IEP season, and everything in between, and who want your perspective.
- Connection that respects your time: Optional coffee chats, regional gatherings, and virtual meetups. They’re there if you want them, and there’s no pressure if you don’t.
Your Clinical Work
You’ll bring your clinical judgment to:
- Individualized and small-group therapy that honors each student’s communication style, supports their autonomy, and prioritizes functional communication and meaningful participation
- Evaluations and eligibility decisions
- IEP goal development, progress monitoring, and documentation
- Coordinating with your SLP colleague on services, evaluations, and student needs
- Partnering with teachers, families, and the special education team to support communication across the school day
You Might Be a Great Fit If…
- You care about the quality of your work and the relationships you build along the way.
- You practice from a neurodiversity-affirming lens. You know communication looks different for everyone, and you see your role as supporting connection, participation, and self-advocacy, not sameness.
- You enjoy collaborating and like a team where questions and new ideas are welcome.
- You’re curious and dependable. You don’t need to have every answer, and we don’t expect you to.
Let’s Talk
We’d love to get to know you. Send your resume with a short note covering:
- Your availability
- Your Virginia licensure status
- Your school-based experience
- What helps you feel supported and fulfilled in your clinical work. We really do want to know.
Requirements
What You'll Bring
- A master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
- An active Virginia SLP license before beginning services.
- ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) is preferred but not required. Clinical Fellowship applicants are welcome, with appropriate supervision and licensure arrangements.
- Thoughtful clinical judgment and a collaborative approach.
- Strong organizational, documentation, and communication skills.
- Comfort working with elementary-aged students in a school-based setting.
- Experience with school-based services is preferred.
Benefits
Chatterboxes Offers:
- CEU reimbursement and opportunities for continued learning.
- ASHA membership dues and applicable state licensure fees.
- 401(k) retirement savings (for full time employees).
- Financial empowerment resources.
- Paid time off and holiday benefits, including floating holidays.
- Health and other employee benefits, if eligible.