Psychologist (District Wide)

Job Description

Job Description

​To apply:

Purpose:  Support students' ability to learn and teachers' ability to teach, utilizing their expertise in mental health, learning, and behavior, to help children and youth succeed academically, socially, beAhaviorally, and emotionally.

Supervisor:  Director of Student Services

Minimum Qualifications:

• Job-related experience within public school psychology is preferred.
• Advanced degree as required by Board of Licensing or Department of Education certification (Masters +30 or higher preferred).
• Must hold or be eligible to hold New Hampshire School Psychologist or hold a New Hampshire Psychologist license.

Skills:

• Communicate effectively in written and oral form, their findings from conducted assessments and recommendations to parents and school personnel.
• Choose, administer and interpret assessment instruments.
• Proficient with technology, including relevant software applications.
• Preparing and maintaining accurate records.
• Able to conduct psychological assessments within administrative guidelines and interpret the results.
• Able to write a psycho-educational report of results for various audiences.

Knowledge:

• Psychological (developmental, cognitive, learning, and typical and atypical psychological functioning) and educational principles.
• Knowledge of pertinent codes, test construction, and statistics.
• Program planning and development.
• Policies, regulations, and/or laws.

Abilities:

• Specific ability-based competencies required.
• Adapting to changing work priorities.
• Communicating with diverse groups and individuals.
• Understanding detailed information and data.
• Collaborating and working as part of a team.
• Work independently and/or under limited supervision using standardized practices.

Essential Functions:

• Assesses students' functional educational capabilities and home and/or classroom environment to determine students' functional levels and develop recommendations for instruction, program needs, social/emotional/behavioral interventions, developmental needs, and/or placement to help children meet their educational goals.
• Compiles information from a variety of sources (e.g., students, parents, teachers, medical professionals, probation officers, mental health providers, and other involved people) for producing a comprehensive evaluation report in compliance with accepted guidelines.
• Administers standardized and/or supplemental assessments to measure the cognitive (e.g., intellectual, memory, executive function, etc.), adaptive, academic, social/emotional/behavioral development of children,  determining, with the IEP team members eligibility for services in compliance with regulatory requirements, and/or identifying students' learning needs to help children meet their educational goals.
• Communicates with students, parents, teachers, school personnel, outside service providers, and/or others involved with the student to evaluate situations and students, solving problems and/or resolving conflicts, and relaying results and recommendations in an understandable manner.
• Consults with students, parents, teachers, other personnel, and/or outside professionals to provide requested information, develop plans for services, and/or making recommendations to help children meet their educational goals.
• Coordinates with community agencies including medical, judicial, social service, and mental health services for determining appropriate treatment plans and to meet the needs of specific students to help children meet their educational goals.
• Prepares a wide variety of written materials (e.g., correspondence, memos, behavior plans, Medicaid logs, psychological reports and/or summaries, supervisory evaluations, and other required documentation) to document activities, providing written reference, and/or conveying information within all required timelines.
• Counsels students, parents, and guardians for enhancing students' success in school.
• Facilitates meetings, processes, etc., to meet the students' needs, ensure that state mandates and help children meet their educational goals.
• Implements school-wide program development and program evaluation (e.g., crisis intervention services, etc.) for ensuring effective programs to assist children who experience physical, mental, social or emotional difficulties.
• Advocates for the needs of individual students for ensuring student success to help children meet their educational goals.
• Intervenes in occurrences of inappropriate behavior of students for assisting students in modifying such behavior and developing successful interpersonal skills.
• Participates in meetings, workshops, and seminars, as approved, to convey and/or gather information required to perform functions to help children meet their educational goals.
• Consults on behavior plans, curriculum modifications, accommodations, etc., for implementing treatment programs and IEPs to help children meet their educational goals.
• Researches resources, methods, and topics affecting the student population (e.g., intervention and treatment techniques, assessment tools and administration methods, community resources, etc.) for determining the appropriate approach for addressing students' functional and educational goals.
• Supervises interns, practicum students, and others for providing for professional growth, evaluating performance, and achieving overall objectives of their school's curriculum.
• Adheres to the standards of professional ethics, as well as state and federal laws and regulations.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

MRSD is an EOE