School Psychologist

School Psychologist .5 – 0.5 FTE

Adams 12 Five Star Schools invites applications for a School Psychologist .5 position in Thornton, CO. This role is a permanent, regular position scheduled for 20 hours per week across 9 months of the year.

Thornton, CO

Provide a range of services for students demonstrating difficulties with learning, academic achievement, social/emotional functioning, and behavior. Serve as a psycho‑educational service provider involved in proactive, preventative activities, and respond to identified concerns. Services are delivered through problem‑solving, consultative, and direct service models.

• Develop individual, group, or system level interventions to improve identified problems related to academic, social, emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs.
• Use research‑based and technically sound practices to drive decision making and interventions; collaborate with school personnel and parents to develop and modify student intervention strategies.
• Facilitate functional behavior assessments (FBA) and design, implement, and monitor progress of intervention plans.
• Conduct, interpret, and implement student assessment that 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 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; collaborate with teams to ensure positive outcomes for all learners.
• Participate in interdisciplinary staffing to determine eligibility, planning, and re‑evaluation for students needing special education services/programs.
• Comply with Student Support Services and district policies and procedures (e.g., Medicaid billing, accident reporting).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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

• Criminal background check required for hire.
• Must possess or obtain a valid Colorado Educator License within 30 days of hire, meeting required endorsements. If highly qualified by content test or semester hours, may use alternative eligibility.
• Must possess the required license and endorsement. If highly qualified by content test or semester hours, 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.

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

All salary placement is on the Certified Salary Schedule and depends on education and/or work experience. Special programs teachers, structured learning services, affective needs staff, audiologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, school nurses, school psychologists, school social workers, and speech‑language pathologists receive experience credit for each full year of previous experience and are not limited to ten years as described in Appendix A, Item 3.

Additionally, one step for each full year of service as a contracted certified, classified, in‑building substitute, or administrative employee is awarded for educators beginning or returning to a certified contract. For further explanation refer to the Certified Master Agreement on our district website.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools offers a comprehensive benefits package—including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; employee assistance program; voluntary life insurance through PERA; and 401(k), 403(b), and 457(b) plans available immediately upon hire. Benefits also include paid time off. Please see the Benefits Overview for details.

Rev 8/25