New house, new party, new puppy, new educational policy? The new White House came to power with an impressive educational agenda. President Obama’s stated objectives include: 1. Reform NCLB Obama and Biden believe teachers should not be forced to spend the academic year preparing students to fill in bubbles on standardized tests. Obama vows to improve the assessments used to
US Bureau of Statistics ¨ Employment of SLPs will grow much faster than other occupations through 2010 ¨ SLP ranks 25th out of 700 occupations and 11th out of 68 health-related occupations in terms of growth ¨ Estimated that more than 34,000 additional SLPs will be needed to fill the demand between 2000 and 2010 ¨ Total of 57,000 job
Job Satisfaction and Need expected to sustain us in the interim. ¨ Job growth in speech pathology and audiology expected to continue for next 8 years (Future Outlook). ¨ The combination of growth in the occupation and an expected increase in retirements over the coming years should create excellent job opportunities for speech-language pathologists (The Bureau of Labor Statistics bls.gov).
