Anticipated School Psychologist Everett Public Schools
School Psychologists support students learning social development and mental and behavioral health by implementing assessments utilizing problemsolving and databased decisionmaking to determine the needs of the students and recommending evidencedbased interventions. School psychologists collaborate and consult with educators families and other professionals to help create safe healthy and supportive learning environments for all students. The essential duties or responsibilities listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. School psychologists provide a comprehensive range of services as described in the current standards from the National Association of School Psychologists. The school psychologist is part of the schools Student Support Services Team.
Required Education/Experience:
- Qualified applicants will have completed an accredited graduate degree program at the specialistlevel (e.g. Ed.S. M.A. CAGS; M.A. CAS; M.S./M.A. or higher requiring a minimum of 60 graduate semester hours of study and a 1200 hour supervised internship in School Psychology with a minimum of 600 hours in a school setting.
- Qualified applicants will hold or be eligible to obtain a valid School Psychologist license/certificate issued by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education School Psychologist all levels
- School psychologists who hold the National Certification in School Psychology (NCSP) in addition to the required state certification/licensure are encouraged to apply.
Preferred Education/Experience:
- 3 or more years of experience
- Experience working in an urban public school setting
- Coursework in literacy instruction and/or Applied Linguistics
- Experience working with students with disabilities and multilingual learners preferred.
- Proficiency in reading writing and speaking in another language in addition to English.
Essential Duties:
- Utilize varied models and methods of assessment and data collection for identifying strengths and needs of individual students and the broader school community developing effective services and programs and measuring progress and outcomes.
- Consult and collaborate with colleagues students families and other stakeholders to promote the effective implementation of services.
- Use assessment and data collection methods to implement and evaluate services that support cognitive and academic skills that are responsive to the cultural and linguistic background of students.
- Use assessment and datacollection methods to implement and evaluate services that support socialization learning and mental and behavioral health including but not limited to behavioral supports individual and group counseling and social skills training.
- Develop and implement practices and strategies to create and maintain effective and supportive learning environments for children and others (e.g. positive behavior interventions and supports) (currently do not).
- Promote services that enhance learning mental and behavioral health safety and physical wellbeing through protective and adaptive factors and to implement effective crisis preparation response and recovery.
- Implement and evaluate services that respond to culture and context and facilitate family and school partnerships and interactions with community agencies to enhance childrens academic and socialbehavioral outcomes.
- Using evidencebased culturally and linguistically sustaining practices to provide for equitable assessment practices.
- Provide effective professional services that promote effective functioning for individuals families and schools with diverse characteristics cultures and backgrounds and across multiple contexts with recognition that an understanding and respect for diversity in development and learning and advocacy for social justice are foundations for all aspects of service delivery.
- Evaluate and apply research as a foundation for service delivery and in collaboration with others use various techniques and technology resources for data collection measurement and analysis to support effective practices at the individual group and/or systems levels.
- Communicate with students families using culturally responsive strategies that promote twoway conversations.
- Employ a strong growth mindset and participate in professional development that is relevant to the challenges of urban education in order to close opportunity gaps.
- Provide services consistent with ethical legal and professional standards.
- Engage in responsive ethical and professional decisionmaking.
- Collaborate with other professionals to support the administration of assessments.
- Apply professional work characteristics needed for effective practice as school psychologists including respect for human diversity and social justice communication skills effective interpersonal skills responsibility adaptability initiative dependability and technology skills.
- Perform any other duties and assume other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Director of Special Education Superintendent of Schools and Assistant Superintendents.
Salary:
Salary for this position will be based on the Everett Teachers Association Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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