School Psychologist

School Psychologist  School Year

• Date Posted: 2/24/2026
• Closing Date: 03/06/2026

• Salary Information: SEE CERTIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE
• Standard Hours Per Week: 40
• Full-Time Equivalent: 1.0
• Months Per Year: 9
• Job Code: 1700PY
• Position Type:
  Replacement – Permanent/Regular
• Location:
  
  Thornton, CO

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission to elevate student success for every student every day in every classroom.

Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

Provide a range of services for students who demonstrate difficulties with learning, academic achievement, social/emotional functioning, and behavior. Serve as a psycho‑educational service provider involved in proactive, preventative activities, as well as responding to identified concerns. Provide services based on a combination of problem‑solving, consultative, and direct service models.

• Develop individual, group or system level interventions which improve identified problems or concerns, including academic, social/emotional/behavioral/mental health needs as they relate to educational progress.
• Use research‑based and technically sound practices to drive decision‑making and interventions, and collaborate with school personnel and parents to develop and modify student intervention strategies.
• Facilitate functional assessment of behavior (FBA) and design/implement and progress monitor intervention plans.
• Conduct, interpret and implement student assessment which includes record review, interview, observation, and standardized assessment.
• Administer and interpret norm‑referenced and curriculum‑based edumetric and psychological assessment measures.
• Participate in team‑based follow‑up activities to review student progress, analyze data, and modify individual interventions.
• Review school‑wide assessment data to assist building staff in interpreting and designing school‑wide interventions.
• Serve as liaison among district building(s), families, and community and collaborate with various teams to assure positive outcomes for all learners.
• Participate in interdisciplinary staffings to determine eligibility, appropriate planning, and re‑evaluation for students who require special education services/programs.
• Comply with Student Support Services and district policies and procedures (e.g., Medicaid billing, accident reporting).
• Other duties as assigned.

• Master's degree or higher.
• Minimum age 18 years.

• Criminal background check required for hire.
• Must possess, or be able to obtain, or be in process with the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) for a valid Colorado Educator License within 30 days of hire.
• Must possess the required license and endorsement. If highly qualified by content test or semester hours, with no endorsement: applicant must possess a Colorado educator license with a passing score on a CDE approved content test or 24 semester hours in specific core content classes as determined by Human Resources.

Preference given to candidates with ELL Training and/or an ESL or LDE (Linguistically Diverse Education) Endorsement.

All salary placement on our Certified Salary Schedule is dependent on the employee’s education and/or work experience. Special programs teachers of students with significant support needs, structured learning services or affective needs, audiologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, school nurses, school psychologists, school social workers, and speech language pathologists shall receive experience credit for each full year of previous experience and are not limited to ten (10) years as described in Appendix A, Item
3. Additionally, one (1) step for each full year of service in the district as a contracted certified, classified,…