Cndidate must hold all required Nevada state certifications:

• Valid Nevada Nevada Teaching Liscense with proper endorsements in Speech Language Pathology
• Minimum Bachelors in Speech Language Pathology
• Preferred Masters in Speech Language Pathology

Nevada state liscensure requirements:

 

NAC 391.370  Qualifications for teaching pupils who have speech and language impairments. (NRS 385.080, 391.019, 391.032)

1. Before teaching pupils, ages 3 to 21, inclusive, who have speech and language impairments, a person must hold an endorsement issued pursuant to this section.

2. To receive the endorsement, the person must:

• Have completed a program of preparation for teaching pupils who have speech and language impairments, which has been approved by the Board;
• Hold a certificate of clinical competence in speech from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association or an equivalent license from the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Board;
• Hold a license or certificate, issued by another state, with an endorsement to teach pupils who have speech and language impairments;
• Hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in the area of speech and language impairments, and have 8 semester hours of student teaching, a clinical practicum, equivalent field experience or 1 year of verifiable teaching experience with pupils who have speech and language impairments; or
• Have completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree and:
• Have completed 8 semester hours in student teaching of pupils who have speech and language impairments, a clinical practicum with those pupils, equivalent field experience with those pupils or 1 year of verifiable teaching experience with those pupils; and
• Have completed at least 28 semester hours of course work, including course work in the following areas:
1. Audiology;
2. Methods for the assessment and treatment of the disorders of articulation, fluency, voice and language;
3. The development of normal speech and language;
4. Science of speech and voice;
5. Phonetics;
6. Introduction to special education or the education of pupils who have disabilities; and
7. Parental involvement in programs for pupils who have disabilities.