School Psychologist

RICHMOND COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM (RCSS)

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School Psychologist SUPERVISOR:
Director of Student Services SALARY RANGE:
In Accordance with RCBOE Salary Schedules TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Work Year – 10 Month, 11 Month, or 12 Month _____________________________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY

DESCRIPTION:

To assist children and youth to succeed academically, socially, and emotionally by collaborating with educators, parents, and other professionals to create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments for all students that strengthen connections between home and school. School psychologists are highly trained in both psychology and education. They must complete a training program that includes a 1200-hour internship and emphasizes preparation in the following: data-based decision making, consultation and collaboration, effective instruction, child development, student diversity and development, school organization, prevention, intervention, mental health, learning styles, behavior, research, and program evaluation.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: (Asterisk for essential job duties.) Serve as a consultant on SST/RTI committees, providing intervention strategies (school and home), data collection methods, and assisting with evaluating the effectiveness of the interventions implemented (*) Provide direct support to classroom teachers by assisting in the use of Universal Screeners, benchmarks, baseline data, CBA/CBM results, state mandated assessments, and other measures to determine individual needs of students as well as assist in monitoring schools’ attainment of AYP objectives (*) Conduct screenings and comprehensive psycho-educational evaluations to determine ability levels, academic achievement, social-emotional/behavioral issues, learning styles, adaptive behavior, visual-motor development, etc.

to assist in designing interventions for the classroom/home and/or special education (*) Provide timely crisis intervention support to students, faculty and administrators (*) Conduct classroom observations to assist in monitoring interventions, collecting/analyzing data to assist in determining effectiveness and/or need for higher levels of interventions (Pyramid of Interventions) (*) Collaborate with Special Education by participating in eligibility/staffing meetings and redetermination meetings to present findings of psycho-educational evaluations, assist in determining needs;

assist in developing academic/behavioral/emotional interventions (*) Serve as a liaison/referral source for students to community agencies that provide assistance to children and families, with the consent of the child’s family Serve on departmental, school and system-wide steering committees as needed Participate in organizing, planning, and implementing professional learning activities for teachers and other school personnel/parents that will improve learning, social skills and personal adjustment in all children and adolescents (*) Update knowledge and skills and continues to grow professionally through reading relevant research, attending local and/or national conferences, participating in in-service/professional learning activities, etc.

(*) Become familiar with and stay abreast of the laws regarding special education and the Georgia Rules and Regulations, etc. (*) Provide individual and/or group counseling in conjunction with guidance counselors, teacher request and parents Design and consult on individualized instructional interventions using diagnostic teaching to determine the need for more intensive supports. Provide leadership and assistance to facilitate differentiated instruction and insure that interventions are delivered with integrity at the appropriate level of intensity, and of adequate duration.

Orchestrate progress monitoring, data plotting, and evaluation of effectiveness of interventions; design modifications to ineffective interventions; utilize targeted diagnostic assessment tools for the purpose of aiding in intervention development and improving educational…