Reno County School Psychologist

Position Title:

School Psychologist

Status:
Ten Month Contract – Benefit Eligible

Reports To:

Reports to the RCEC Director and Assistant Director

FLSA Classification:
Exempt

Wage Determination:
Determined by qualification and experience

Summary:

The school psychologist assists children and youth to succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally; conduct effectively decision making using a foundation of assessments and data collection providing services to schools and families that enhance the competence and well-being of children.

• Decision Making and Accountability
• Uses data-based decision making and accountability to promote student learning.
• Uses systematic and valid data-collection procedures for evaluating the effectiveness and/or need for modification of school-based interventions and programs.
• Applies the problem-solving process that results in the identification of factors that influence learning and behavior.
• Conducts formal and informal assessments to determine a child’s abilities, learning styles, achievement levels, emotional development, and social skills in an effort to identify appropriate educational services for individual students.
• Assists general education staff in identifying and implementing research-based interventions through the SIT process.

• Utilizes effective consultation and collaboration skills to promote student learning.
• Collaborates with school personnel to develop, implement and evaluate effective interventions for increasing learning during the SIT process.
• Works collaboratively with other school personnel to create and maintain a multi-tiered continuum of services to support all students’ attainment of academic, social, emotional, and behavioral goals.

• Utilizes interventions and instructional support strategies to develop academic skills in students.
• Facilitates design and delivery of curriculum and instructional strategies that promote children’s academic achievement, including, but not limited to literacy instructions, teacher-directed instruction, peer tutoring, interventions for self-regulations, and planning.
• Incorporates all available information in development instructional strategies to meet the individual need of the students.

• Oversees school-wide practices to promote student learning.
• Applies psychologist and educational principles necessary to enhance collaboration and achieve effectiveness in provision of services.
• Advocates for all students within assigned buildings whether regular education or special education.
• Assists with Functional Behavioral Assessments for students who do or do not qualify for special education services.
• Assist teachers and parents in developing appropriate IEPs for students.
• Promotes preventive and responsive services to enhance student learning.
• Participates in designing and implementing universal screening programs to identify students in need of additional instructional or behavioral support services, as well as progress monitoring systems to ensure successful learning and school adjustment.
• Participates in the screening, general education interventions, identification, placements, follow ups, and review of students for special education programs.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates prevention and intervention programs based on risk factors that are precursors to severe learning and behavioral problems.
• Utilizes interventions and mental health services to enhance students’ learning of social skills and life skills.
• Participates in the referral of students to other agencies as appropriate.
• Promotes diversity to enhance student development and learning.
• Promotes the development and maintenance of learning environments that support…