Virtual School SLP (Virtual School Speech Language Pathologist)

Most days tend to involve scheduled tele-therapy sessions with students, virtual evaluations, electronic IEP team meetings, documentation in school SIS or vendor platforms, and the cross-functional communication with on-site staff (paraprofessionals, e-helpers, classroom teachers). You'll often work from a home office or vendor hub, see students remotely across multiple districts or states, and coordinate with on-site staff who facilitate the student experience.

The variance between settings is real — tele-SLP service vendors (Presence Learning, Global Teletherapy, eLuma, others) contract with school districts to provide tele-SLP staffing; some districts hire tele-SLPs directly to handle specific caseload needs; tele-SLP can serve specific populations (students in rural areas, students needing specialized services not available locally); some tele-SLPs work for hospitals or organizations providing virtual services across state lines. Multi-state licensure is the practical anchor — most tele-SLPs maintain licensure in multiple states.

People who tend to thrive here are comfortable with technology-mediated therapy, capable of building rapport across video, and patient with the technical issues that virtual platforms involve. CCC-SLP plus multi-state licensure plus tele-specific training anchors paths. The work tends to offer schedule flexibility, work-from-home arrangements, and the chance to serve students in underserved areas, with the trade-off being the inherent limitations of virtual therapy delivery for some students and the screen-time burden — for those drawn to remote SLP work, the role offers genuine flexibility and impact.