SY School Psychologist; pool Job Savannah area,Georgia USA,Education / Teaching

Position: SY 26-27 School Psychologist (pool)

School Psychologist

Primary function:
To provide school psychological services related to the identification of and services for students with disabilities.

Reports to:

Program Manager, Special Education

Salary schedule:
Teacher

Work days: 200

Requirements:

Education level:

• Educational Specialist degree from an accredited university

• Master's degree from an accredited university and

(I) Completion of a National Association of School Psychologists( NASP )-approved School Psychology program; or

(II) Submission of a valid National Certified School Psychologist ( NCSP ) credential issued by the National School Psychology Certification Board

Experience, skill and certification:
Valid Georgia Certificate in School Psychology

Preferred Experience:

• Previous full-time school psychological services experience, including psycho-educational diagnostic testing

• Experience as a teacher and/or related school experience

• Experience in developing academic and behavioral interventions for the Response To Intervention (RTI) process

Essential duties:

Provides school psychological services to students in the public schools by means of psychological-educational tests, observation procedures, and consultations with administrators, teachers, and parents.

Communicates results and conclusions of evaluations as related to instructi

Completes comprehensive written reports according to departmental guidelines, accurately and punctually.

Creates academic and behavioral interventions.

Upholds the highest standards of confidentiality.

Participates in RTI, special education eligibility, and placement committees, as required by state guidelines.

Follows policies regarding psychological services consistent with federal, state, and local requirements.

Maintains records and statistical data of all activities.

Demonstrates effective methods of delivering psychological services with particular concern for fair and accurate assessment and interpretations.

Assists in staff development activities.

Functions as a cooperative team member with site personnel.

Uses program evaluation data to provide information to the Special Education Program Manager

Works with school-wide and grade level data teams to examine effectiveness of academic interventions and/or school-wide behavior approaches.

Provides consultation to discipline teams.

School psychologists, in collaboration with others, promote preventive and responsive services that enhance learning, mental and behavioral health, and psychological and physical safety and implement effective crisis prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery.

Facilitate family and school partnerships and interactions with community agencies to enhance academic and social–behavioral outcomes for children.

School psychologists implement evidence-based strategies to enhance services in both general and special education and address potential influences related to diversity.

School psychologists demonstrate an understanding and promote appreciation for diversity.

Performs other duties as necessary for the effectiveness of the organization.

Terms of employment:

Incumbents will receive an annual contract. The work calendar will be 200 days. Salary will be based on highest level of certification and allowable experience. Exempt. Revised 05/22

Non-essential responsibilities:

A responsibility is considered to be "non-essential" (for the purposes of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act) if:

it is shared between multiple incumbents in the job; or
it could be performed by an employee in another job within the workgroup.

Note the responsibility number from the list in the "Duties and Responsibilities" section for those responsibilities that could be considered "non-essential" based on this definition.

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