Psychologist

School Psychologist

Bargaining Unit: ETA Department/

Location:

Specialized Student Services Calendar Days: 184

Reports To:

Principal/Special Education Administrator JD Revision Date: 04/12/2023 Supervises: NA

Function /

Position Summary:

Provide support for instruction and technical assistance with progress monitoring and data analysis consultation; involvement in intervention; and evaluation processes.

Job

Duties / Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with teachers, parents, and administrators, to find effective solutions to academic and behavior problems.
• Participate in service team meetings.
• Participate in the case study process.
• Observe students in the instructional environment in order to identify intervention strategies, barriers to interventions, and collect data pertinent to initial eligibility and re-evaluations.
• Document evaluation results appropriately.
• Evaluate a student's cognitive functioning when necessary.
• Participate in the development of functional/behavioral analysis and the implementation of behavior plans.
• Serve as LEA for Annual Reviews, Re-evaluations and Domain meetings. (required for middle school psychologist only).
• Collaborate with the building service team to schedule meetings.
• Serve as the LEA in FBA/BIP development and update meetings. (required for middle school psychologist only).
• Perform other duties as assigned by the principal, or other administrative staff.

Education:

Masters Degree and/or Specialist Degree in School Psychology. PEL (Professional Educator License) with a School Psychologist endorsement. Bilingual - Spanish/English (written/verbal) preferred.

Experience / Knowledge:

Knowledge of assessing student's intellectual potential, achievement levels and social/emotional profile through the use of a variety of standardized tools. Highly skillful in gathering, utilizing and analyzing data that will assist in educational programming for students. A wealth of knowledge of various diagnostic tools.

Physical Demands:

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Ability to work with many interruptions throughout the course of the day.

Terms of Employment:

This is a 184- day school year. Salary and benefits as established by the Board of Education. The starting salary for this role is $60,689.