Pros
The majority of the staff values your contribution as a professional but also includes you as part of the school.
Cons
Please realize that we are not trained as teachers. We are the only professionals that are required to conduct testing, provide therapy and case manage a full time caseload of students, and somehow fit into our schedule makeup sessions for the kids we did not get a chance to see because we were at yet another ARD meeting. Not to mention, we do not have substitutes available (unless we make another human being and go on maternity leave) so we try to take as little time off as possible so as not to have the work pile up even more upon our return, Asking us to attend meetings where general Ed curriculum will be discussed is not the best use of our time. If psychologist, diagnosticians, OT, and nurses who work at schools but are not teachers; why are SLPs the only ones doing morning and afternoon duty???? We are allied health professionals with different scope of practice and time does not seem to be as valued as the other allied health professions who work in the school.