School Psychologist

Position Type:
Administration/Psychologist

Date Posted:
7/24/2026

Location:
Theuerkauf Elementary

Date Available:
08/06/2026

Closing Date:
until filled
Mountain View Whisman School District
Human Resources Department

Job Title: School Psychologist

Classification: Certificated Management

Date Revised: 03/01/2018

Position Description

Provides a full range of school psychological services to students. Develops behavior support plans and functional behavior assessments. Consults with school personnel, parents, and others concerned with the progress of students. Provides case management, behavioral support and program management to regular and special education students. Provides both individual and group counseling. Functions as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to determine the student's eligibility for special services, appropriate programming and on-going progress. School Psychologist-Bilingual positions provide such services as indicated above in English as well as in the specified language when such language use is appropriate.

Qualifications

Education
Required
An earned master's degree or advanced degree of at least equivalent standard from an accredited college of university.

Credentials
Required
One of the following California credentials or combination of credentials authorizing K-12 service:

1. General Pupil Personnel Services Credential authorizing service as a school psychologist;
2. Service Credential with a specialization in pupil personnel services designating service as a school psychologist
3. School Psychologist Credential

Bilingual Competency and/or Certification
Bilingual School Psychologists must hold state bilingual certification.

Experience
Desirable

1. Successful experience as a school psychologist, school counselor, or teacher in a public-school setting.
2. Successful full-time public-school service in a certificated position(s) in programs and/or services involving students with disabilities.

Compensation:

$152,462 - $187,510 190 work days


Annual Degree Stipends offered for each of the following (limit two; prorated by FTE)

• Doctorate: $2,700
• Masters: $2,500

Duties & Responsibilities

• Conducts psychological assessments and develops case studies of individual students to determine educational needs, learning characteristics, and social behavior relevant to educational placement and instructional planning; files such reports in compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Interprets the findings of individual studies to administrators, teachers, parents, students, and others directly concerned with the welfare of students.
• Evaluates the results of tests in relation to the cultural, environmental, and language backgrounds of students.
• Participates in the process required by federal, state, and local regulation for the identification, placement, and re-evaluation of students with special needs; participates in and may act as local education agency (LEA) representative for the Individualized Educational Program team.
• Participates in the Student Study Team.
• Assists in developing a written individual educational plan for students who are eligible for special education placement and/or service.
• Assists in developing behavioral objectives for individual students and special class groups; suggests implementation strategies as appropriate; confers with teachers and partners regarding strategies for the solution or amelioration of individual learning or adjustment problems of students.
• Supervises the Functional Behavioral Assessment process, including data collection, data analysis, behavioral hypothesis development, and creation of an individualized behavior plan.
• Counsels students individually and/or in groups to assist them in educational achievement and personal or social adjustment.
• Serves as liaison to community agencies, and private professional persons on matters related to student placement and adjustment.
• Provides psychological counseling to students, staff, and parents in crisis situations and serves as a member of the school crisis team.
• When assigned to a School Psychologist-Bilingual position, communicates with students and parents in a specified language when such language use is appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned

ADA Profile


Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of time; ability to sit, bend, kneel, perform grasping and handling motions and torso rotations on a continuous basis, lift, carry or move up to 50 lbs., ability to reach in all directions; adequate sight or corrected vision to read printed directions or instructions; hear and speak to communicate with co-workers, students and the public; dexterity of the hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and other office equipment.

Hazards:

• Exposure to bodily fluids, blood borne pathogens and infectious diseases
• Contact with dissatisfied or aggressive individuals (hitting, biting, scratching, spitting, throwing objects)

Supervised by: Superintendent or Designee
Evaluated by: Superintendent or Designee

The Mountain View Whisman School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, parental, pregnancy, family or marital status, military status or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. The Mountain View Whisman School District requires that school personnel take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so when he or she witnesses an act of discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying.


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