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6 <br />Lunch bunch <br />Consultations <br />Parent communications <br />Additional tasks <br />Few districts have set expectations for how much time each week speech and language therapists should <br />spend with students, although they almost always have very hard and fast expectations for general <br />education staff. <br />The average full-time speech and language therapist in LPS spends 56.6% of their week with students. <br />The average, however, does not tell the whole story. Some spend much more time, while a few spend <br />much less. On average, speech therapists are not providing direct service for nearly 3 hours/day. The <br />speech and language staff, however, expressed that they feel their schedules are very full, but others in <br />the district expressed concern that some had very “light” schedules. <br />To help gauge direct time with students: <br />The typical elementary classroom teacher across the country spends 80-85% of the school day <br />providing direct instruction with children. <br />ASHA (the American Speech and Hearing Association) reports that the national median for <br />direct service for a full-time school-based therapist is 75% of the school day. This is almost 1/3 <br />more than the LPS average. <br />The District Management Council <br />7 Harcourt Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 <br />- <br />Tel:1877-DMC-3500 | Fax:617-491-5266 |www.dmcouncil.org <br /> <br />