School Psychologist
School Psychologist
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Job Description
The Senior School Psychologist at KIPP Columbus provides crucial support and services to students with disabilities. In this role educators will have the opportunity to work with a caseload of students in grades K12 across KIPP Columbus schools. The primary focus areas of the Senior School Psychologist are to assess and identify KIPPsters eligible for special education or gifted services assist school teams with their MTSS/RtI process and work in collaboration with other service providers and student services team members to ensure a high quality continuum of services is available to all KIPPsters.
Job Description
The Senior School Psychologist will be licensed by the State Board of Psychology (pursuant to HB409 effective 1/1/2025 with a minimum of 1 year experience as a School Psychologist.
A summary of responsibilities include but not limited to:
Conduct psychological and academic assessments and collect and interpret student and classroom data
Support teachers in providing individualized instruction and interventions and progress monitoring
Promote positive student and classroom behavior while encouraging student motivation/engagement
Improve students development including communication social skills and socialemotional learning
Assess students emotional and behavioral needs; provide individual/group counseling
Promote problemsolving anger management resilience and conflict resolution
Coordinate services with communitybased providers
Provide culturally responsive services to students and families from diverse backgrounds
Assess diverse learning needs and modify or adapt curricula and instruction
Plan appropriate individualized education programs for students with disabilities
Monitor and effectively communicate with parents about student progress
Provide crisis prevention and intervention services; Help families understand childrens learning and emotional needs
Connect families with community service providers when necessary
Enhance staff understanding of and responsiveness to diverse cultures and backgrounds
Assist in navigating special education processes
Generate collect and interpret useful student and school outcomes data
Collect and analyze data on risk and protective factors related to student outcomes
Plan services at the district building classroom and individual levels
Qualifications :
Minimum of 1 year experience as a School Psychologist
Active State Board of Psychology (pursuant to HB409 effective 1/1/2025 license as a School Psychologist
Experience in analyzing student data and using data to inform the development of specialized services
Ability to persevere with a sense of optimism strong problem solving skills and desire to learn and grow in a collaborative professional learning community
Willingness and commitment to go above and beyond to prove the possible with students.
Ability to multitask and work within an ambiguous fastmoving startup environment while driving toward clarity and solutions
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Extreme flexibility with a strong work ethic and an entrepreneurial spirit to accommodate high levels of responsibility and multiple priorities
Model the values of KIPP Columbus (Imagine Navigate Seek Persevere Integrity Responsibility and Empathy)
Additional Information :
Compensation and Benefits
KIPP Columbus offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefit plan including medical and dental insurance as well as group term life insurance retirement plan and paid time off.
Statement of NonDisclosure
KIPP Columbus is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying to the school for consideration of any position (admission employment etc.. KIPP Columbus does not discriminate on the basis of disability gender nationality race or ethnicity religion sexual orientation or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 4112.02 of the Ohio Revised Code.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
