School Psychologist

East Providence School Department Myron J. Francis Elementary School
- Rumford, Rhode Island Open in Google Maps Silver Spring Elementary School
- East Providence, Rhode Island Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Rhode Island State DOE Consortium Job Board

Starting Date: Aug 31, 2026

Class

Title:

School Psychologist
Department:
School
Classification:
Teacher - 183 days
Immediate Supervisor:
Director of Pupil Personnel and/or
Assistant Director Pupil Personnel Services
CLASS DESCRIPTION
The School Psychologist is directly responsible to the Director of Pupil Personnel and/or the Assistant Director Pupil Personnel Services and works in liaison with the building principals. The psychologist is expected to provide a full range of school psychological services. He/she will devote his/her efforts toward improving the educational experience of those students with emotional, behavioral and learning disabilities.

Conducts psychological evaluations to assess intelligence, educational development, perception, and sensory-motor skills and social-emotional skills of students.
Prepares interpretive reports from psychological assessment in a style that is lucid to other concerned professionals.
Confers directly with administrators, teachers, parents and students regarding his/her findings, and offers appropriate recommendations to benefit a student referred for a psychological evaluation.
Provides individual and/or group psychotherapeutic counseling to students in his/her assigned buildings.
Assists/consults teachers in the development of more effective behavioral management programs in the classroom.
Participate actively in case evaluation team conferences and offer constructive suggestions for assisting referred students.
Contacts and cooperates with personnel of medical and community agencies in seeking services for the welfare of referred students.
Conducts periodic re-evaluation of students as needed and/or as requested.
Maintains a confidential file of case records on all students who have been evaluated.
Serves as a resource person concerning learning handicaps for teachers and other school personnel.
Participate and/or assist in in-service training programs for school personnel.
Attends schedule staff meetings and committee meetings as needed.
Keeps abreast of new developments in the field.
Prepares and submits required reports concerning his/her program of services to the Director of Pupil Personnel.
Interprets the school psychological services to teachers and parents.
Maintains a daily log of activities.
Assists in developing and writing individualized educational programs (IEP) for those students evaluated.
Performs other related tasks as may be assigned.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree or higher.
5 year’s experience preferred.
Must possess a valid Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) certification as a School Psychologist
Must possess a high degree of tact, diplomacy and confidentiality.
Must be detailed oriented with good organizational skills.
Must be proficient with computers.

Medicaid billing
Response to Intervention involvement
Supervision of Psychologist and Counseling interns
Crisis Intervention participant
Member of the Crisis Intervention Teams
Conduct Functional Behavioral Assessments/Behavior Intervention Plans
Conduct classroom observations
Type, copy all reports/clerical work
Pull and transport student files from central office to building-based team meetings
Conduct manifestation determinations
Assist parents (Behavior management instruction, SPED info/education, referrals to community resources)
Review outside psych evaluations for TEAM

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this…