School Psychologist

School Psychologist ($5,000 Sign On Bonus)  BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 has one opening for 1.0 FTE School Psychologist to provide student services support for Bristol Bay Elementary School starting the  school year.

The role of the school psychologist is to provide psychological services for the betterment of academic and social development for students in the Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 system. In order to have improved emotional/mental health and academic outcomes, the school psychologist will need to develop effective evaluation, consultation, and intervention as services related to individuals, subgroups and whole school populations utilizing research skill and knowledge in the fields of psychology, school psychology and learning.

Building Principal

• Demonstrates an awareness of adolescent and child development related to emotional functioning and academic achievement as it relates to school-wide practice through the school improvement process, building review of discipline, and social-emotional intervention
• Works to develop school team norms related to sound and contemporary views of school-wide data collection related to academic skill development
• Collaborates with team on effective home-school continuity and practice for both academic and social-emotional functioning
• Utilizes an understanding of mental health diagnoses, treatment, and intervention effective for adolescent and child populations
• Collaborates with building administration regarding effective practice related to the prevention strategies for social-emotional and academic difficulties
• Implements appropriate legal practice in accordance with guidelines for related to response to intervention, the evaluation process, student discipline, diversity of student needs and student advocacy
• Demonstrates an understanding of learning theory, research practice, and contemporary research findings that influence social-emotional, familial, academic, and instructional practices in line with school psychology or psychology in general
• Utilizes knowledge related to the effective implementation of psychological instrumentation, conclusions, and data systems

• Develops effective interventions for school-wide, sub-groups and individuals within a school setting
• Collaboratively works with school administration in developing interventions and service so as to focus on prevention of social-emotional and academic difficulties so as to promote learning and social/personal development for all students
• Utilizes skills necessary for assessing the effectiveness of interventions and programs continuously and through the school-wide system
• Demonstrates the effective utilization of research related skills tied to scientific inquiry related academic and social-emotional interventions
• Provides analysis and interpretation of psychological, sociological, and academic assessment for individuals and school-wide systems through problem‑solving teams (RtI, special education teams, and parents)
• Provides direct intervention for family-school continuity
• Provides direct intervention for students in keeping with appropriate research related to the fields of school psychology, child and adolescent psychology and other relevant mental health fields
• Utilizes effective assessment of skills, abilities, and attitudes for students, staff, and parents regarding meaningful intervention

• Demonstrate collaborative relationships with families from diverse backgrounds and make concerted efforts to engage families into the school process
• Provides meaningful follow-up and consultation with…