Salary and Benefits

PLEASE NOTE: The starting salary placement depends on qualifications and experience and is anticipated to be in the range of $3,669.00 per month to $4,562.00 per month (Step 1 to Step 12).

Cal State East Bay offers a broad range of benefits that includes medical, dental, vision, retirement (CalPERS), 401k, 457, 403(b), dependent and health care reimbursement accounts, life insurance, vacation and sick, 14 paid holidays, one personal holiday and tuition fee waiver.

For more information on the benefits program, please visit our benefits website. The CSU Total Compensation Calculator demonstrates the significance of our benefits package.

Classification

Speech Pathologist

About Cal State East Bay

Cal State East Bay's beautiful main campus is located in the Hayward hills with panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay shoreline. Situated above the city of Hayward, the campus offers an ideal setting for teaching and learning and yet easy access to the many cities along the bay. The University has a satellite campus in Concord, a professional development center in Oakland and a significant presence online. Founded in 1957, Cal State East Bay is one of 23 universities of the California State University system (CSU). Cal State East Bay is recognized as a regionally engaged and globally oriented university with a strong commitment to academic innovation, student success, engaged and service learning, diversity, and sustainability.

About the Position

Please Note: Review of applications will begin on November 18, 2026.

The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences is an academic department within the College of Health that offers B.S. and M.S. degrees in speech-language pathology. The graduate program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Operating under the auspices of the department, the Rees Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic provides professional clinical training for students enrolled in the program. The clinic offers a variety of services to individuals with communication disorders who reside in communities throughout the surrounding Bay Area.

The department has 6 full-time faculty members, 2 clinic coordinators, 1.5 FTE clinical supervisors, approximately 3-6 intermittent supervisors, 2 administrative support coordinators, and approximately 50–75 clinical educators who serve as internship supervisors. The department serves approximately 120 undergraduate majors and 150 master’s students. Each semester, approximately 120 clients and their family members receive services through the Rees Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic.

The purpose of this 0.5 FTE SLP position is to oversee the operations and clinical supervision of the Aphasia Treatment Program (ATP), a group therapy program serving approximately 60–80 clients and their care partners. ATP provides innovative group treatment for individuals with aphasia and offers a rich environment in which they can interact with peers, graduate student clinicians, trained volunteers, and program faculty. ATP also serves as a platform for interprofessional education and collaboration with other departments at Cal State East Bay.

Responsibilities

Clinical Supervision 

• Supervise at least 25-50% of all clinical procedures/sessions per ASHA guidelines.
• Provide timely oral and written feedback about student clinician performance.
• Maintain student clinician records, including contact clockhours, CALIPSO evaluations, etc.
• Demonstrate the delivery of professional clinical services for the benefit of student clinicians.
• Offer weekly office hours and clinical rounds to support student training.
• Communicate orally or in writing with clients, care partners, and related professionals as required.

Academic and Clinical Administration

• Assign and schedule ATP clients to clinicians and clinical supervisors.
• Recruit, train, and oversee ATP student workers and volunteers.
• Collaborate with Coordinator of Clinical Education on the intake of new clients into ATP.
• Determine program design and offerings each term to support clinician training centered in the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA).
• Provide academic and clinical support to students as required and directed by Coordinator of Clinical Education and SLHS Chair.
• Participate in department meetings as requested.
• Maintain knowledge of best practices in client management, supervision and other professional issues as required for maintenance of CA SLP licensure and ASHA certification.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge 

Comprehensive knowledge of the theories, principles, and practices of clinical speech pathology work; speech anatomy and the basic pathologies involved in diseases or injuries resulting in physical and language disorders; current literature in the speech pathology field; and applicable state and federal laws and regulations pertaining to the practice of speech pathology and patient confidentiality.

Abilities

Ability to effectively perform patient speech pathology evaluations and therapeutic interventions and demonstrate techniques to students; initiate and develop quality standards and protocols to ensure accuracy in tests; effectively use equipment for evaluations and therapeutic interventions including, but not limited to, audiometers, sonographs, language masters, delayed auditory feedback, and biofeedback equipment; communicate effectively with patients, parents, faculty, and staff and write professional-level reports and correspondence; plan, organize, and coordinate clinical operational activities; supervise students; maintain patient confidentiality as required by applicable state and federal laws and regulations; maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, and parents; and be sensitive to and communicate effectively with patients, parents, and students.

Education and Experience

Master’s degree or equivalent in speech-language pathology or audiology from an educational institution approved by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board and equivalent to two years of clinical speech pathology work or equivalent combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge and abilities.  

Licenses and Certifications

Possess and maintain a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) in Speech Pathology awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and a valid license from the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board.

Preferred Skills and Knowledge

• Equivalent to two years of clinical speech pathology work or equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge and abilities.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the theories, principles and practices of clinical speech pathology.
• Thorough knowledge of hearing and speech anatomy and the basic pathology involved in diseases or injuries resulting in audiological disorders, neurological communication disorders, and physical and cognitive or learning deficiencies.
• Thorough clinical knowledge of speech, language and hearing disorders across the life span, with expertise in adult neurogenic disorders.
• Working knowledge of the current literature in the field of speech-language pathology and audiology as it relates to the current practices of speech-language pathology. 
• Minimum of 5 years post CFY/RPE working with neurogenic clients.
• Expertise in service-delivery using the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA).

Condition(s) of Employment

Satisfactory completion of a background check (including LiveScan, as appropriate), that may include, but is not limited to: criminal records check, verification of academic credentials, licenses, certificates, credit history, professional references and/or verification of work history is required for employment.  Cal State East Bay will issue a conditional offer of employment to the selected candidate, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Unsatisfactory results may also affect the continued employment of current Cal State East Bay employees who were conditionally offered the position.

All background checks are conducted through the university's third party vendor, Accurate. LiveScan is conducted through the University Police Department.

EEO Statement

All university programs and activities are open and available to all regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, Cal State, East Bay provides equal opportunity in education and employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Our commitment to equal opportunity means ensuring that every student and employee has access to the resources and support they need to thrive and succeed in a university environment and in their communities. The CSU complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s  Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), other applicable state and federal anti-discrimination laws, and CSU’s Nondiscrimination Policy. We prohibit discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other protected status, and all forms of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all university programs, policies, and practices.

Other Information

All California State University campuses, including Cal State East Bay, are smoke and tobacco-free.  For more information, please visit our website here.

In compliance with state and federal crime awareness and campus security legislation, including The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, the Cal State East Bay Annual Campus Security Report is available here. 

Sponsorship

Cal State East Bay is not a sponsoring agency for Staff or Management positions and we are not an E-Verify employer.

Mandated Reporter

The incumbent in this position may be considered a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and will be required to comply with requirements set forth in the CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.