School Psychologist

School Psychologist

Location: District 117 (shared services between LCHS, ACHS, and Life Skills Academy)

Application Procedure: Apply Online

Pay Rate: via Salary Schedule

The School Psychologist engages in a number of essential job functions for special education, regular education, parents, school staff, and the community at large including: Individual and group assessment/counseling, Consultation, Program Evaluation and Community Networking.

Major duties and performance responsibilities include:

• Individual and group assessment evaluation
• Intellectual functioning; cognitive processing
• Achievement and current educational functioning
• Adaptive behavior
• Functional performance
• Social/emotional development
• Behavior: Parents/student interview
• Assessment of learning environment and school climate
• Report writing
• Score protocols, interpret scores
• Prepare data slides for re-evaluation meetings
• Order protocols and testing materials when needed
• Goal updates
• Lead domain, re-evaluation and initial evaluation meetings
• Serve as the Local Education Agency representative at meetings where directed by the administration
• Coordinate scheduling of domain and evaluation meetings in collaboration with case managers
• Coordinate investigation of threat assessment concerns
• Academic Assessments, i.e. CBA/CBM, classroom observations, review of records
• Behavioral Assessments, i.e. observation, anecdotal records, time samples, behavior rating scales, functional analysis of behavior and behavior intervention plans development
• Counseling with students
• Individual caseload, i.e. satisfy weekly IEP minutes, update quarterly IEP progress reports, short-term, crisis intervention
• Group, i.e. development of social skills, support groups for general education and IEP students
• Multi-tiered System of Supports School-wide MTSS team member
• Assist with Child Find responsibilities and identification of students requiring special education evaluation
• Coordinate progress monitoring for specific academic interventions
• Help with administration of social-emotional learning assessments
• Develop and implement plans for individual students; progress monitor
• Eligibility for Specific Learning Disabilities and special education services
• Consultation
• Member of multidisciplinary team
• Behavior management techniques
• Adapting instruction to individual needs and learning styles
• Consulting on classroom and mainstreaming techniques
• Crisis intervention
• Problem solving and conflict resolution
• Support of instructional staff
• Program development based on individual student needs
• Provide effective alternatives to teachers, parents and administrators regarding problems in behavior and learning
• Collect specific data in order to determine whether test scores show a pattern of improvement or a curricular weakness
• Program Evaluation/Research
• Investigating the application of curriculum based assessment
• Comparing effectiveness of curriculum materials with specific populations
• Reviewing recent research and comparing effectiveness of testing materials/tools
• Community Networking
• Liaison as needed between family, school and community support agencies/professionals
• Providing information to community groups