School Psychologist

School Psychologist

Location: Laurel School District

Reports To: Building Principal and Director of Special Education

Starting Date: August 24, 2026 or other mutually agreeable date for the 2026-2027 school year.

Qualifications:

• Applicant must qualify, at time of hire, for State of Delaware School Psychologist Certification.
• Must have successfully completed a supervised internship.
• Demonstrated knowledge of multi-tiered system of support strategies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of diagnostic procedures, instructional interventions and student accommodations.
• Demonstrated knowledge of behavioral interventions and crisis management.
• Favorable criminal background check and child registry check required.
• Tuberculin test required.
• Participation in Direct Deposit required.

Primary Duties:

• Review referrals for individual evaluation to determine appropriate interventions; assess students when an individual evaluation is deemed appropriate; ensure that information is disseminated to the appropriate persons.
• Attendance at school, student, and instructional meetings as required.
• Confer and collaborate with parents and all school staff to ensure students' academic and behavioral progress.
• Administers, interprets, and explains standardized cognitive, achievement, developmental and behavioral evaluation results with all participants during eligibility determination IEP meetings.
• Reviews, interprets, and explains evaluation results received from other school districts or evaluators outside of the district to determine eligibility for services and/or to determine if additional assessments are needed for eligibility determination.
• Schedule time in classrooms for direct observation and intervention with student's as required.
• Prepares comprehensive psychoeducational evaluation reports, ESR documents, and related compliance documents in accordance with federal, state, and DE Department of Education guidelines.
• Observe all federal, state, and district time lines for evaluation and submission of evaluation reports.
• Collect, monitor, graph, analyze and report student data as part of the FBA process.
• Participate in all Child Find and Kindergarten screening procedures within the district, Headstart, and for students who are parentally privately placed.
• Consult with personnel from outside agencies when needed.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Terms of Employment:

• Full time employee – 37.5 hours per week
• Eleven (11) month position – 207 days per year
• Salary based on current State and Local Teacher Salary schedule
• Benefits in accordance with current Laurel School Board policy

Application Procedure:

• Letter of Interest
• Evidence of or ability to acquire Delaware Dept. of Education certification/license
• Current Resume
• Three recent letters of professional reference
• College transcripts

Mailing Address:

Laurel School District Attention Judy Evans 1160 South Central Avenue Laurel, DE 19956

Closing Date: Position open until filled. Preference will be given to those applications received by noon June 4, 2026.