School Psychologist

Tacoma Public Schools

Expected Start Date:September 1, 2026

FTE: 1.0

Hours per day: 7.5

Salary Level:Based on preparation level and experience per TEA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Range is $71,755 (BA+0 step
1) through $140,729 (MA+90 step 20)

Union/Days per year: Teacher, 182 workdays, 10-month

Benefits:This job has the full range of benefits offered by Tacoma Public Schools.

This position helps students with their psycho-educational development, their abilities and potentials, and their social-emotional needs; helps students adjust to cultural and environmental factors which influence the learning and adjustment processes.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Administers appropriate assessments to students, on referral, interprets results, summarizes findings for parents, and reports findings via approved District procedures; writes intervention plans; ensures that assessments and plans are implemented within stipulated time frames and according to guidelines; processes appropriate referral documentation.

2. Consults and collaborates with parents, school staff, and outside agency personnel regarding mental health, behavioral, social-emotional, and educational concerns, and their implications and means of intervention; supervises students in lunchroom, in hallways, on school grounds, and in any program held at the school under school district sanction; meets with parents/guardians on a regular or as-needed basis.

3. Designs and develops procedures for preventing and improving mental health disorders; promotes student mental health and learning, and educational systems improvement.

4. Provides training and other skill-enhancement activities to students, parents, school personnel, and others within the community regarding issues of human development, learning, and behavior, as well as parenting skills, instructional methods, and behavior management.

5. Establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships with various parent support groups, and governmental and community family service agencies; involves these groups in assessment, intervention, and program evaluation procedures; develops network of social referral sources; provides referrals to outside agencies for crisis intervention and grief counseling.

6. Provides short-term crisis intervention for students referred for psychological and psycho-educational assessments; coordinates and assists in the referral of students and their families to appropriate school and community resources as necessary.

7. Participates with student response team (SRT) in establishing and planning respective roles in modifying a student’s behavior; develops individualized student behavior management programs; makes recommendations; provides feedback to SRT members and parents.

8. Maintains current knowledge of state and federal legislation related to disabilities; enhances personal knowledge through participation in case conferences, in-service training, professional organizations, meetings, and ongoing program and theoretical research in the field of school psychology; may serve on related committees.

9. Maintains appropriate reports, records, and files; documents psychological and/or developmental histories for each student in caseload; provides summary progress reports and notes within pre-established time frames.

10. Serves as a consultant to the Board of Education, district and school administrators, teachers, and other staff regarding psychological matters and services within the district.

OTHER JOB DUTIES

1. Maintains and updates knowledge and skills required for success in the position by participating in professional development activities and needed or as assigned.

2. Manages special projects and performs related duties as assigned, on a temporary basis.

3. Regular, reliable, predictable attendance or physical presence is an essential job requirement and critical to the performance of the work.

CONDITIONS

Experiences frequent interruptions; required to attend meetings beyond regular work hours; occasionally required to work an extended work day; required to travel to District and community sites; occasionally required to travel outside of the community; may be required to…