School Psychologist CY

Job Overview

Incumbent will create and maintain a safe, positive learning environment to ensure the holistic development of each student and staff member through cultural, social, spiritual, physical and academic experience. Incumbent will support the Bureau of Indian Education’s mission, which is to provide high quality education opportunities from early childhood through life while considering a tribe’s need for cultural and economic well‑being.

Refer to BIE Job Category Standards for additional qualification requirements and substitutions for education. Applicants must meet the qualification requirements contained in the BIE Job Category Standard.

NOTE:

Persons submitting incomplete applications will be given credit only for the information they provide. It is the applicant's responsibility to submit all required documentation in support of their application in order to receive full credit for their Indian Preference, education, training and/or experience. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SOLICITED BY THIS OFFICE.

• Pay Level 05:
  Master's Degree plus 1 year of experience.
• Pay Level 06:
  Doctorate plus 2 years of experience.
• Qualifying Education will be in School Psychology or equivalent.

• Hold a valid teaching, counseling or administrative certification in a State; and,
• Will have demonstrated 1 year of successful experience as a teacher, counselor or school administrator; and,
• Hold a Master's Degree with a minimum of 24 graduate hours, with graduate coursework in one or more of the following areas:
  • Guidance and counseling techniques.
  • Diagnostic and remedial procedures of psycho‑educational evaluation procedures, e.g., reading problems, learning disabilities, visual‑perceptual problems.
  • Developmental Psychology.
  • Abnormal or Clinical Psychology.
  • Psychological Testing.
  • Statistics, Research Design or Education Methods.

Emergency and provisional certificates may be accepted under the conditions they are issued by the State certification authority.

• Good vision and ability to read without strain; printed material the size of typewritten characters is required; glasses permitted.
• Ability to hear the conversational voice, with or without a hearing aid.
• Must have mental and emotional stability.

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