School Psychologist

School Psychologist

Apply expertise in mental health, learning, and behavior to help students succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally. By providing assessment, support, and intervention services to students; partner with families, teachers, and other professionals to create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments; and collaborate with community providers to coordinate services for students.

Consult and collaborate with educators, parents, children, and other professionals or agencies to improve student outcomes. Develop individual, group or system level interventions, which improve or resolve the identified problems or concerns including academic, social/emotional/behavioral, and mental health needs as they relate to educational progress. Provide support, instructions, technical assistance, and ongoing monitoring of progress toward measurable, identified goals for students at individual, group, or systems level. Participate in interdisciplinary staffing to determine the eligibility, appropriate planning and reevaluation for students who require special education programs and services. Participation in group and individual counseling to promote social-emotional functioning and mental health. Consultation and collaboration with teaching and counseling staff, administrators, parents, and outside agencies. Involved with school-wide efforts such as ongoing implementation of strategic plan goals, including racial equity work, college and career readiness, and social-emotional learning initiatives, and crisis intervention team. Participation in 504 teams, including evaluation and plan development meetings. Completion of Functional Analyses of Behavior and Behavior Intervention Plans. Participation on problem-solving teams, implementation of academic and behavioral interventions, and data collection to measure progress and outcomes. Participate in staff development through membership in professional organizations, educating school personnel, consulting, and research. Involvement in data analysis and evaluation, using data outcomes for implementing plans at an individual, group, or systems level. Engage in public awareness activities that assist parents and staff in understanding services and anticipated outcomes of these services. Act in concert with legal requirements and ethical codes of the profession. Engage in professional growth including continuous inquiry, professional development practices, application and sharing of research based practices. Parent liaison for evaluation requests. Perform other tasks that may be assigned by the Director of Special Services.

Performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel via the Performance Evaluation Reform Act agreement. By the Board of Education. Working hours will be 7:50am to 3:20pm. The schedule is subject to change with district demands in compliance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.