School Psychologist

Overview

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The School Psychologist provides support to learners to help them succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. Will collaborate with educators, guardians, and other professionals to help create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments.

Salary:
In addition to the salary for the  school year, this position offers a Medicaid-funded stipend of $10,000. More information on funding, availability, and continuity of the stipend can be provided by the Director of Special Education. The position also offers an annual $2,000 stipend for maintaining Certificate of Clinical Competence in order to bill Medicaid.

Please complete the application and provide an up-to-date letter of interest, up-to-date resume, and three up-to-date letters of recommendation. Please also include your transcripts and a copy of your licensure through ESPB, if available.

Qualification Requirements
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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required for the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned)

• Develops positive, effective working relationships with learners and staff.
• Engages with other district staff in the professional learning community process.
• Utilizes effective communication skills to facilitate connection and sharing of thoughts and ideas in multiple formats with diverse audiences.
• Collaborates with outside agencies to support learners with mental health needs in the school setting.
• Promotes and collaborates on the implementation of system-wide educational initiatives such as MTSS, crisis de-escalation and intervention, and PBS.
• Provides consultation and coaching for classroom management and provides training on best practices in behavioral intervention and prevention at the school level based on an MTSS model.

• Communication
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  Connects and shares ideas through appropriate formats to express thoughts and ideas with integrity. Partners well with others to resolve controversy and conflict through respectful negotiation and accepts constructive feedback. Provides resources related to Special Education disabilities, eligibilities, and Special Education law for school personnel and families.

• Compassion
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  Empowers learners to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic learners, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information. Understands the complexities of cultural and global issues and how they relate to employee and learners’ experiences. Creates safe and positive school climates using research-based models of crisis prevention and preparedness. Partners with others to resolve potential controversy and conflict through respectful discussion. Proactively seeks to understand the ideas, opinions, and skills of others.

• Creativity
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  Connects with team members and shares ideas to improve learner and employee experience. Utilizes creative, critical thinking skills when faced with challenges. Proactively engages in problem-solving and focuses on planning and organization. Uses various data, including academic, emotional, behavioral, and psychological assessment to identify learner strengths and needs to support learning.

• Critical Thinking
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  Reasons, interprets, and analyzes information to generate new knowledge. Employs knowledge of research design, statistics, measurement, data collection and analysis techniques, and program evaluation for understanding research and interpreting data in educational settings. Demonstrates knowledge of content and pedagogy; explicitly connecting key concepts to develop learner skills.

• Reflection
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  Demonstrates understanding of the diverse social, emotional and developmental learning needs of learners. Maintains communication with supervisor and director regarding general feedback, career advancement opportunities, and areas of growth opportunities.

• Resilience
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  Maintains composure…