School Psychologist
School Psychologist
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JOB SUMMARY: Provides a variety of professional psychological services to help children and youth succeed academically socially behaviorally and emotionally. Collaborate with educators parents and other professionals to create safe healthy and supportive learning environments that strengthen connections between home school and the community for all students.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum requirement of a Masters Degree in School Psychology.
- Possession of or eligibility for a Maryland Standard Professional Certificate with a school psychologist endorsement is required.
- 1200 clock hours experience in a school psychology internship program approved by and under the direction of an institution of higher education which has an approved program in school psychology or two years of successful experience providing psychological services to children in an educational setting under the direction of an individual certifiable as a school psychologist.
- Knowledge of the provision of psychological services to students and their families.
- Other knowledge skills and abilities: Technology competency. Knowledge of and skill in the use of database internet spreadsheet word processing and related applications. Knowledge of and skill in data analysis.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Consultation and Collaboration
- Communicate information effectively for diverse audiences such as parents teachers and other school personnel policy makers community leaders and others.
- Consult and collaborate at the individual family group and systems levels
- Function as a change agent using their skills in communication collaboration and consultation to promote necessary change at the individual student classroom building and district state and federal levels.
StudentLevel Services
- Work with other school personnel to develop implement and evaluate effective interventions for increasing the amount of time students are engaged in learning.
- Share information about research in curriculum and instruction with educators parents and the community to promote improvement in instruction student achievement and healthy lifestyles.
- Use systematic decisionmaking to consider the antecedents consequences functions and potential causes of behavioral difficulties that may impede learning or socialization.
- Evaluate implementation and outcomes of behavioral and mental health interventions for individuals and groups.
SystemsLevel Services
- Work in collaboration with others to incorporate evidencebased strategies in the design implementation and evaluation of effective policies and practices in areas such as discipline instructional support staff training school and other agency improvement activities program evaluation student transitions at all levels of schooling grading home school partnerships and more.
- Participate in the development of school improvement plans that impact the programs and services available to children youth and families and the manner in which school psychologists deliver their services.
- Participate in school crisis teams and use databased decision making methods problemsolving strategies consultation collaboration and direct services in the context of crisis prevention preparation response and recovery.
- Act as an advocate for families and support parents in their involvement in school activities for both addressing individual students needs and participating in classroom and school events.
- Assist in creating linkages between schools families and community providers and help coordinate services when programming for children involves multiple agencies.
DataBased Decision Making and Accountability
- Collect data from multiple sources as a foundation for decisionmaking and consider ecological factors (e.g. classroom family community characteristics) as a context for assessment and intervention in general and special education settings.
- Conduct assessments to identify students eligibility for special education and other educational services as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Utilize systematic and valid data collection procedures for evaluating the effectiveness and/or need for modification of schoolbased interventions and programs.
Caroline County Public Schools prohibits discrimination in its educational programs and in employment on the basis ofactual or perceived racecolorreligionnational originsexagemarital statussexual orientationgenetic informationgender identity ordisability.This prohibition pertains to enrollment in courses and program offerings participation in schoolsponsored activities hiring promotion compensation job classification assignment and all other functions and activities of the school system affecting either its student population or its employees.
PAY & HOURS: This position is an 11month position with a minimum of 37.5 hours per week. Caroline County Board of Education Teacher Salary Scale. Placement on the appropriate salary lane/step will be based on knowledge experience skills and abilities related to this position.
Employment Type
Full-Time
