Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)

Evoke Learning is looking for a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) to join our growing team.

At Evoke Learning, we specialize in research-informed academic support, intervention, coaching, and tutoring for neurodivergent students from Grade 1 through postsecondary. We support students with learning disabilities, ADHD, ASD, executive functioning challenges, giftedness, and students who are experiencing academic challenges or are working to reach their full potential.

Evoke was founded in 2008 as a grassroots response to an identified gap in services for exceptional students. Since then, we have grown into a multidisciplinary team that includes registered social workers, registered psychotherapists, speech-language pathologists, certified professional coaches, communicative disorders assistants, and educators.

At Evoke, students come first. We believe every learner deserves to be understood, supported, and empowered to become independent. Our approach begins with understanding the whole student—their unique learning profile, strengths, challenges, interests, and goals—so that intervention and support can be personalized to meet their individual needs.

Our program begins with a comprehensive understanding of each student’s unique reading, writing, language comprehension, and spelling (encoding) profile, including their strengths, challenges, and underlying skill gaps. We provide explicit, systematic, and individualized instruction targeting the foundational skills required for reading success, including phonological awareness, decoding, spelling/encoding, fluency, writing, and language development.

Through high-frequency, high-dosage intervention delivered by trained reading practitioners, students receive the consistent instruction and support needed to build automaticity, confidence, and independence as readers.

Student progress is carefully monitored using standardized and research-informed assessments to ensure intervention remains effective, responsive, and individualized.

Families choose Evoke because we combine compassionate, student-centred support with the rigor of research-informed practice. Educators, psychologists, and health-care professionals refer to Evoke because they trust that students receive structured, data-driven intervention aligned with current literacy research.

Position Overview

The speech-language pathologist (SLP) is a part-time independent contractor role. The SLP provides virtual reading, writing, and spelling assessments for elementary and secondary students across Ontario.

The SLP will assess students’ current literacy skills before beginning Evoke’s Reading Remediation program and will complete follow-up assessments after approximately 50 hours of intervention to measure progress and help guide next steps.

The purpose of the assessment is to develop a clear understanding of the student’s literacy profile, identify underlying barriers affecting reading and writing development, establish a baseline for progress monitoring, and ensure intervention is targeted, precise, individualized, and research-informed.

This role is ideal for an SLP who values:

• Student-centred practice,
• Research-informed literacy assessment,
• Clinical autonomy,
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary professionals, and
• Helping students and families better understand their learning profiles.

Independent Contractor Relationship

This is an independent contractor opportunity. The successful candidate will operate as an independent professional responsible for providing clinical assessment services to Evoke clients.

The SLP will maintain professional autonomy and independence, including:

• Determining their own availability during Evoke assessment hours and selecting the number of students they wish to assess based on their capacity and schedule
• Maintaining responsibility for their own professional judgment, assessment methodology, clinical decision-making, and recommendations
• Managing their own scheduling within mutually agreed-upon assessment availability windows
• Providing their own professional assessment materials, testing supplies, secure video platform, electronic documentation system, and equipment required to complete virtual assessments
• Maintaining responsibility for their own professional registration, continuing education, insurance requirements, and professional obligations
• Determining their own business practices and managing their own tax obligations as an independent contractor
• Having the ability to provide services to other organizations and clients, provided there is no conflict of interest or confidentiality concern

The SLP will use Evoke’s EMR software (Jane app) to schedule client bookings, for clinical charting or notes, to store intake forms, to track client session attendance, and for appointment reminders. The SLP is also welcome to use the Jane app to conduct virtual assessments if they prefer, but the choice is theirs.

Evoke provides client referrals, assessment templates, and access to a collaborative, multidisciplinary, professional network.

The SLP determines their own caseload and may accept the number of assessments that aligns with their professional availability, within Evoke’s assessment hours.

Schedule and Availability

• Minimum availability: six hours per week, approximately 22 to 25 hours per month
• Monday–Friday: 8 am–3 pm
• Saturdays and Sundays (priority given to candidates available for at least one half weekend day)

Students do not complete reading assessments after a full day of school, as fatigue may negatively impact assessment validity.

Key Responsibilities

Student Assessment Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive virtual reading, writing, and spelling assessments for students referred through Evoke.
• Administer standardized and research-informed literacy assessments.
• Review student intake information and relevant background information prior to assessment.
• Identify students’ literacy strengths, challenges, and specific areas requiring intervention.
• Analyze assessment results to determine underlying skill gaps impacting literacy development.
• Identify patterns consistent with dyslexia and other language-based learning difficulties.
• Provide recommendations regarding intervention needs, accommodations, and additional assessment when appropriate.
• Complete Evoke assessment summary templates.

Assessment Scheduling and Client Communication

• Contact referred families within 24 business hours of referral.
• Schedule assessments within eight business days of receiving referral information.
• Follow Evoke’s reading skills assessment scheduling policy
• Communicate professionally and compassionately with students and families.

Assessment Reporting

• Prepare clear, comprehensive assessment reports and summaries.
• Complete assessment documentation within five business days following assessment completion.
• Use Evoke templates while maintaining independent professional judgment regarding clinical findings and recommendations.
• Upload reports and assessment documentation securely according to Evoke’s procedures.
• Provide families with a brief consultation call regarding assessment results when requested.

Progress Monitoring Assessments. Following approximately 50 hours of reading intervention, the SLP will:

• Measure student growth and response to intervention through research-informed and standardized assessments.
• Identify areas of improvement and remaining skill gaps.
• Determine whether instructional approaches require modification.
• Evaluate whether foundational literacy skills are developing.
• Provide objective evidence of intervention effectiveness.
• Support families in understanding student progress and ongoing needs.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate assessment records.
• Upload documentation to secure electronic systems.
• Participate in administrative processes related to assessment tracking.
• Complete accommodation recommendation letters when requested.

Required Qualifications

The successful candidate must have:

• Master’s degree in speech-language pathology
• Registration in good standing with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO)
• Current professional liability insurance
• Minimum two years of experience conducting virtual literacy assessments or treatment
• Experience assessing reading, writing, and spelling skills
• Experience working with elementary and secondary students

Required Assessment Knowledge and Experience

Candidates must be familiar with administering and interpreting:

• CTOPP-2 – Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, Second Edition
• PAST – Phonological Awareness Screening Test
• GE Test – Gallistel–Ellis Test of Coding Skills
• TILLS – Test of Integrated Language and Literacy Skills

Candidates must demonstrate a strong understanding of:

• The science of reading
• Structured literacy principles
• Dyslexia and evidence-based reading intervention
• Phonological awareness
• Decoding and word recognition
• Orthographic mapping
• Reading fluency

Preferred Qualifications and Assets

Preference will be given to candidates who have:

• Experience assessing students with dyslexia, ADHD, ASD, and learning disabilities
• Experience identifying cognitive factors impacting literacy development, including:
  • Rapid automatized naming (RAN)
  • Phonological memory
  • Working memory
  • Processing speed
• Experience distinguishing between skill gaps and compensatory reading strategies (spelling and whole-word reading compensating patterns)
• Experience identifying when a student may require a full psychoeducational assessment
• Experience writing accommodation recommendations
• Experience collaborating with educators, psychologists, health-care providers, and families

Required Skills and Competencies

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong clinical judgment and professional decision-making
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to explain assessment results clearly to families
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to independently manage scheduling, documentation, and caseload responsibilities
• Ability to interpret standardized assessment data
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to build positive relationships with students
• Comfort working independently in a virtual environment
• Ability to collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary team

Compensation and Support

Hourly rate: $80 to $100 per hour

Average commitment: six hours a week (22 to 25 hours a month)

Paid orientation and onboarding provided prior to beginning client work

Access to Evoke Learning systems, templates, processes, and multidisciplinary collaboration

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Evoke Learning is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity, inclusivity, and a shared passion for helping students unlock their potential. Only candidates who meet the position requirements will be contacted.