School Psychologist

Summary

Provides the full range of psychological services to schools, comprehensive service sites, and early childhood assessment teams, enabling students to achieve optimal learning; systematically collects, analyzes, synthesizes, and interprets data and information necessary to guide services such as consultation, counseling, behavioral assessment and intervention planning, and psychological evaluation in the educational setting.

• Master's degree from an approved program in school psychology, or a program deemed equivalent by the Virginia Department of Education review, consisting of 60 graduate semester hours, plus a one-year internship as prescribed by the college awarding the degree.
• Placement in a particular setting or model determined by experience with a specific student population.
• Must hold or be eligible for a license issued by the Virginia Department of Education with endorsement in school psychology.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the highest standards of ethical and effective practice.
• Knowledge of psychological theory and practice as applied to the behavior and development of children and young adults.
• Ability to apply knowledge to the needs and requirements of a public school system.
• Ability to perform and guide data collection and analysis to ensure effective services and to measure outcomes.
• Ability to gain the confidence and cooperation of students, teachers, and families.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with other professionals within the school and the community.
• Proficiency in the use of technology and data compilation, analysis, and reporting.
• Analytic ability and adaptability to changing needs.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to write comprehensive reports and interpret findings to families.

• Provides a full range of psychological services to schools and centers or to a diagnostic unit in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations, particularly regarding valid and reliable instruments, nondiscriminatory testing, and adaptive testing procedures.
• Supports and serves in a variety of settings and models which include general education, co-facilities, comprehensive service sites, preschool, and school-based services for students identified as having an emotional disability.
• Administers and analyzes the results of diagnostic psychological instruments which assess students' cognitive abilities, academic performance, interpersonal emotional/social functioning, and sensory-motor functioning.
• Provides psychological observations, interviews, and evaluations and provides follow-up.
• Provides crisis mental health services, including conducting suicide risk and mental health assessments.
• Serves as a member of a school crisis team and division wide crisis response teams.
• Determines school wide needs for specific psychological services through consultation with the principal and school staff and establishes priorities for service delivery within assigned schools.
• Provides direct and indirect intervention to include counseling, consultation, and designing and implementing behavioral change programs and tiered intervention.
• Collaborates with school personnel, central departments and offices, families, public agencies, and private practitioners, as required.
• Leads and facilitates discussions among groups and individuals to reach consensus, resolve conflicts, or influence outcomes on matters of significance, such as intervention approaches.
• Works as part of a team to ensure a program meets its goals.
• Provides oral and written feedback to school personnel, families, and related professionals.
• Makes or recommends referrals to county agencies, as required.
• Manages the organization and processing of cases for special education eligibility, including monitoring, reviewing, and liaison tasks.
• Guides families through the special education referral process.
• Participates in the advanced academic program screening process.
• Participates in local screening committee teams, administrative reviews, test reviews, and manifestation committees.
• May deliver training and professional development.
• May represent the Division in public meetings and/or present information to senior management team.
• Maintains case management logs, completes reports, conducts statistical analysis, and presents findings and interpretation, as required.
• Performs related duties as required or assigned.

This job operates in a professional office environment and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

$80,090 - $136,288

Unified Scale-Schedule B/Grade 006-FEU-IN

Psychologist

210-Day Contract

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