School Psychologist-AkroTech

Job title School Psychologist
Classification Exempt
Reports to Director of Student Services
Organization Unit Support
Approved by Human Resources
Effective date 5/14/2025

They work collaboratively with educators, parents, and administrators to foster a positive learning environment and ensure students receive the necessary interventions and supports to thrive.

• Student Learning Consults with teachers and intervention specialists in the area of classroom behavior management, academic and behavioral interventions, proper implementation of IEP goals and BIP goals.
• Consults and collaborates with principals with respect to the special education program, RTI processes, best practices in running IAT meetings, pre-referral interventions, and proper implementation of BIPs.
• Promotes school policies and practices aligned with the Character Education and anti-bullying programs and ensures the safety of all students by reducing school violence, bullying, and harassment.
• Conducts group sessions with students related to anti-bullying strategies, anger management strategies, problem solving, self-regulation and self-determination.
• Provides counseling, instruction, and mentoring for those struggling with social, emotional, and behavioral problems.
• Helps the schools increase achievement by assessing barriers to learning and determining the best instructional strategies to improve learning, consulting with appropriate staff to mentor them and facilitate success.
• Enhances school-wide understanding and acceptance of diverse cultures and backgrounds.
• Identifies and addresses learning and behavior problems that interfere with school success.
• Supports students' social, emotional, and behavioral health.
• Designs and supports implementation of academic and behavioral interventions.
• Implements school-wide prevention programs that help maintain positive school climates conducive to learning.
• Participates in IAT meetings, ETR meetings, serves as a diagnostic member of the IEP team, and supports the development of IEPs and ETRs.
• Conducts functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) and oversees or writes draft BIPs as needed.
• Provides oversight to special education processes, including compliance.
• Evaluates eligibility for special education services within a multidisciplinary team.
• Designs and implements student progress monitoring systems.
• Collects and analyzes data related to school improvement, student outcomes, and accountability requirements.
• Enhances home–school collaboration and provides support to parents as needed or requested.
• Makes referrals and helps coordinate community support services as appropriate.
• Responds to crises by providing leadership, direct services, and coordination with needed community services.
• Designs, implements, and garners support for comprehensive school mental health programming.
• Coordinates the delivery of services to students and their families in and outside of school.
• Helps students transition to and from school and community learning environments, such as residential treatment or juvenile justice programs.

• Master’s Degree required.
• Valid and current Ohio License.
• Satisfactory completion of federal and state required criminal history checks.
• Stays current on and understands all federal and state special education policies and laws.
• Experience with data analysis.
• Proficient in computer applications, including Google Docs, MS Office Suite, e‑mail, and internet.
• Reliable, dependable, and trustworthy work ethic; a strong sense of integrity.
• Strong ability to gather, analyze, and interpret student data to make sound educational decisions.
• Ability to work in a diverse educational community setting and as part of a team.
• Understand state testing as well as state teaching standards, including Common Core and Extended Standards.
• Exhibit sound judgment while exhibiting flexibility regarding decision-making, daily challenges, and job duties.
• Ability to manage and communicate with students that need more support with regulating their emotions.
• Ability to work well under pressure, and effectively prioritize and execute tasks to meet deadlines consistently.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability…