School Psychologist

School Psychologist

Position Type:

Certificated:
Student Support Services

Date Posted:

3/18/2026

Location:

Student Support Services (District Wide)

Additional Information:
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For the 2026-27 School year

For best consideration please apply as soon as possible for initial consideration of screening qualified applicants.

JOB TITLE:

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST

SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT:
The role of School Psychologist provides diagnostic and consultative psychological services in accordance with Board policy and standards set by professional psychological organizations. This includes assessing the psycho-educational needs of students, their implications, and means of intervening. The School Psychologist works in coordination with building principals and other staff, within the Department of Student Support Services.

GENERAL LEADERSHIP EXPECTATIONS:

1. Understand and support the educational environment and the District's mission, vision, and Strategic Plan.

2. Implement principles and practices of effective leadership and management as well as research-based best practices.

3. Facilitate and promote collaborative decision-making and consensus among groups of individuals with diverse interests, values, and needs; provide guidance and direction to staff; facilitate conflict resolution; and inspire and support staff in carrying out District and Department goals.

4. Participate as a member or facilitator in meetings, workshops, and seminars that may involve a wide range of issues such as goals attainment, problem resolution, and District operations for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform job duties.

5. Recommend solutions to a wide variety of issues for the purpose of addressing the short and long-term needs of the District.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This is not an exhaustive list of all essential duties associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current responsibilities, the district reserves the right to revise the job as necessitated by operational need.

1. Consults and collaborates with parents, school staff, and outside agency personnel regarding the psycho-educational needs of students, their implications, and means of intervening.

2. Conducts comprehensive psychological and psycho-educational assessments of children and youth, as appropriate. Such assessments may use a variety of standardized and nonstandardized instruments/procedures to collect data; areas assessed may include social emotional adjustment, cognitive and aptitude, academic achievement, language and communication skills, learning styles, sensory and perceptual-motor functioning, adaptive behavior, environmental cultural influences.

3. Participates in facilitating the design and development of building level procedures to prevent educational failure and meet the mental health and learning needs of students.

4. Integrates information into an accurate and useful overview to be used for determining intervention, programs and service needs; participates as a multidisciplinary team (MDT) member and compiles information, which may include a written report integrating assessment results and implications, and providing feedback to MDT members and parents for all students formally referred.

5. Consults and collaborates in developing and maintaining positive relationships among students, parents and teachers, and involving them in assessment, interventions, and program evaluation procedures.

6. Provides, as appropriate, direct and indirect psychological interventions to facilitate the functioning of individuals and groups, such as developing, implementing and monitoring behavioral management strategies, providing group and individual counseling, designing intervention programs to enhance cognitive, affective, social, and vocational development in the school environment.

7. Initiates, expedites, and manages referrals to other agencies and specialists, as appropriate.

8. Integrates and interprets the steps and processes involved in implementing Board policies and other appropriate laws used in determining students
• program and service needs.

9. Develops and assists in the…