School Psychologist (2026-2027)

Job Title:  School Psychologist

Qualifications:  Ed.S. or Masters + 30 in school psychology.  Must hold School Psychologist II or III state certification in school psychology.

Job Goal:  Under limited supervision, provides a wide range of services to promote mental health, emotional/behavioral functioning, and educational progress for all students with and without disabilities; coordinates and consults with teachers, administrators, placement teams, 504 team, and student intervention teams to design interventions, develop appropriate instructional strategies, accommodations and modifications; performs related professional and administrative duties as required.

Reports to:  Chief Academic Officer

Performance Responsibilities:

• Coordinates and implements, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, comprehensive psycho-educational evaluations to determine eligibility of students for special services.
• Communicates evaluation results to parents, teachers and administrators
• Consults and collaborates with teachers, parents, administrators and outside agencies to facilitate student learning and promote social-emotional adjustment through direct or indirect intervention strategies
• Makes recommendations for instructional programming
• Serves as an advocate for students
• Provides individual and group counseling for students as needed
• Observes students in school and home environments
• Provides parent and teacher consultation to address management of student progress in academics, behavior, communication, social and adaptive skills
• Prepares and submits accurate and complete documentation of all assigned cases.
• Participates on crisis teams
• Provides schools with legal and technical information related to IDEA, Section 504, and district policies and procedures related to special services
• Provides and/or assists in providing in-service training for school personnel
• Maintains awareness and expertise in current professional research, trends, and methodologies as they apply to school psychological services; attends trainings, conferences, workshops as appropriate to enhance job knowledge and skills
• Receives and responds to inquiries, concerns and complaints from staff, parents, medical personnel and students regarding special services
• Prepares/processes evaluation reports, intervention plans, training materials, case notes, and other records for special services
• Obtain records from other districts/agencies and input student data in data bases
• Perform other duties as assigned

Physical Requirements:  Requires light work that involves walking or standing some of the time, and involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force on a recurring basis and/or routine keyboard operations

Terms of Employment:  210-Day Contract based on Teacher Salary Schedule plus stipend

Evaluation:  Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with Board Policy