School Psychologist - South Haven
School Psychologist - South Haven
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Job Description
Contract: 187 days 7.25 hours per day
Reports To: VBISD Regional Special Education Supervisor
Location of Work:
Special Services Building
701 South Paw Paw Street
Lawrence MI 49064
Summary:
The School Psychologist is a highly skilled team member who provides leadership around studentfocused outcomes at the individual classroom grade building and district levels through evaluation consultation and collaboration within a MultiTiered System of Support (MTSS) framework. This job includes participation in problemsolving teams and requires knowledge of assessment data collection and analysis; curriculumbased assessments and tiered systems of interventions.
Education:
- Education Specialist Degree (Ed.S. in School Psychology from an accredited program
- Strong new graduates and outofstate candidates may be considered.
Certification:
- Valid Michigan School Psychologist Certificate or eligible for approval as a School Psychologist
- Outofstate applicants must be eligible for Preliminary School Psychologist certificate or an emergency provisional certification.
Work Experience:
- Previous experience as a school psychologist in a public school setting preferred
Preferred Job Skills:
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in leading multidisciplinary evaluations
- Ability to work collaboratively with administrators parents teachers other ancillary team members paraprofessionals mental health clinicians etc.
- Experience with Functional Behavior Assessment and Positive Behavior Intervention and Support
- Ability to provide consultation related to best practices in classroom management and instruction
- Working knowledge of traumainformed practices
- Working knowledge of QGlobal and QInteractive assessments and scoring preferred (training will be provided if needed)
- Knowledge of state and federal special education laws
Essential Job Functions:
- Valid Drivers License required
- Assist school teams in the development and implementation of MTSS and traumainformed practices
- Conduct psychological assessments of academic social emotional and behavior domains
- Consult with parents agencies and school teams concerning the educational socialemotional or behavioral needs as well as providing direction in child development accessing community resources and problem solving home or crisis situations.
- Assist with the collection and analysis of data for building or district decisionmaking
- Assist students in understanding their unique strengths and areas of difficulty
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Generous professional development opportunities and stipend
- Financial support for renewal of certification and/or professional association memberships
- Up to $1000 signing bonus
Terms of Employment: As per master agreement and provisions established by the Van Buren Board of Education.
This posting and our online application can be found on the Van Buren ISDs website at www.vbisd under Employment. If you do not have access to a computer with internet access you may use a computer at VBISD by calling.
Position is open until filled.
Inhouse staff must fill out the online internal application.
Employment Type
Full Time
