School Psychologist - Clark Hall Preschool​/Jefferson Elementary

Job Description

SUMMARY:

School Psychologists conduct multifactored evaluations for students referred for special education, and serve as an administrator guiding special education implementation.

• Demonstrates sound judgement and emotional stability.
• Maintains a positive attitude and works well with others.
• Ensures the safety of students.
• Interacts with staff, students and the community in a positive and respectful manner.
• Participates in meetings/conferences when students are referred to special education, or as requested.
• Conducts extensive, timely and accurate multi-factored evaluations of referred students.
• Effectively reports and communicates evaluation data and findings to drive general education and/or special education programming.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and sensitivity to factors such as culture, language, socioeconomic status, gender, national origin, religion, disability and health status on student learning and behavior.
• Participates as an active team member for students participating in the response to intervention process.
• Collects, interprets and/or analyzes progress monitoring and screening data to support curricular and instructional decisions for individual or small groups of students.
• Serves as a resource and makes recommendations to the IEP team related to learning implications, and provides intervention ideas to assist students in making progress in the curriculum.
• Interprets medical or educational diagnoses to school personnel, other concerned professionals, parents and students.
• Serves as a liaison between the school team and private professionals and/or agencies to facilitate a collaborative approach to understanding and meeting the needs of all students.
• Functions as an inter-disciplinary team member in the development and implementation of special education and district-level goals and initiatives.
• Contributes to school-wide and building-level instructional, progress monitoring and intervention practices to ensure effectiveness and guide continuous improvement by collecting and interpreting student, building, district and state data.
• Researches and makes recommendations of intervention strategies.
• Links families with community resources and services.
• Contributes to the development and proactive implementation of positive behavioral interventions and supports.
• Effectively and consistently builds rapport with students, parents and other staff, and values positive relationships.
• Uses effective communication and listening skills to anticipate and minimize conflicts with others.
• Provides mentoring and coaching to other staff.
• Develops and delivers formal and informal professional development to district staff, parents and community members/agencies.
• Follows and demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge of federal, state, district and school procedures and established professional standards and licensure.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

• Supervises students and serves as a district representative.

• Master's Degree in school psychology or equivalent.
• Completed 45 graduate hours in school psychology or related area in addition to an internship.
• Completed no less than a 500 clock-hour supervised internship with school-aged persons.
• Meet competency requirements as set forth in R 340.1156 Special Education Rules.
• Completed one year of successful experience as a school psychologist with direction from a fully-approved school psychologist.

• Valid School Psychologist certificate.

210 contract days/year