School Psychologist
School Psychologist
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Job Description
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Kentucky School Psychology Certification
2. Such additions to the above qualification as the Board may findappropriate and acceptable.
REPORTS TO:Special Education Director
SUPERVISES:N/A
JOB GOALS:To enable students to derive the fullest possible educational experiencefrom school by promoting their sense of self and by treating anypsychological or mental health problems.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Standard 1: An education leader promotes the success of every student by facilitating the development articulation implementation and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by all stakeholders.
Functions
A. Collaboratively develop and implement a shared vision and mission
B. Collect and use data to identify goals assess organizational effectiveness and promote organizational learning
C. Create and implement plans to achieve goals
D. Promote continuous and sustainable improvement
E. Monitor and evaluate progress and revise plans
Standard 2: An education leader promotes the success of every student by advocating nurturing and sustaining a school culture and instructional program conducive to student learning and staff professional growth.
Functions
A. Nurture and sustain a culture of collaboration trust learning and high expectations
B. Create a comprehensive rigorous and coherent curricular program
C. Create a personalized and motivating learning environment for students
D. Supervise instruction
E. Develop assessment and accountability systems to monitor student progress
F. Develop the instructional and leadership capacity of staff
G. Maximize time spent on quality instruction
H. Promote the use of the most effective and appropriate technologies to support teaching and learning
I. Monitor and evaluate the impact of the instructional program
Standard 3: An education leader promotes the success of every student by ensuring management of the organization operation and resources for a safe efficient and effective learning environment.
Functions
A. Monitor and evaluate the management and operational systems
B. Obtain allocate align and efficiently utilize human fiscal and technological resources
C. Promote and protect the welfare and safety of students and staff
D. Develop the capacity for distributed leadership
E. Ensure teacher and organizational time is focused to support quality instruction and student learning
Standard 4: An education leader promotes the success of every student by collaborating with faculty and community members responding to diverse community interests and needs and mobilizing community resources.
Functions
A. Collect and analyze data and information pertinent to the educational environment
B. Promote understanding appreciation and use of the communitys diverse cultural social and intellectual resources
C. Build and sustain positive relationships with families and caregivers
D. Build and sustain productive relationships with community partners
Standard 5: An education leader promotes the success of every student by acting with integrity fairness and in an ethical manner.
Functions
A. Ensure a system of accountability for every students academic and social success
B. Model principles of selfawareness reflective practice transparency and ethical behavior
C. Safeguard the values of democracy equity and diversity
D. Consider and evaluate the potential moral and legal consequences of decisionmaking
E. Promote social justice and ensure that individual student needs inform all aspects of schooling
F. Performs professional responsibilities related to job assignment including attendance and punctuality.
G. Adheres to professional code of ethics.
H. Performs duties consistent with the goals for Kentucky students and mission of the school the local community laws and administrative regulations.
Standard 6: An education leader promotes the success of every student by understanding responding to and influencing the political social economic legal and cultural context.
Functions
A. Advocate for children families and caregivers
B. Act to influence local district state and national decisions affecting student learning
C. Assess analyze and anticipate emerging trends and initiatives in order to adapt leadership strategies
RESPONSIBILITIES SPECIFIC TO ADMINISTRATIVE AREA:
1. Assesses difficulties of referred students through appropriate testing and diagnostic practices
2. Helps identify within the school all types of exceptional children and recommends corrective procedures.
3. Consults on special educational needs of students with social emotional and cognitive disabilities.
4. Attends ARC meetings on placement of individual students and conveys essential informationin an open manner.
as a consultant on mental health topics for instructors.
the school psychological services to teachers and parents.
staff professional and interagency meetings and keeps abreast of new developments in the field.
with professional development training of school personnel.
with personnel in the prereferral process and RTI systems.
comprehensive psychoeducational evaluation for referrals for exceptional children services for students in the 3 through 21 year old age range.
11. Participates in SBARC meetings to interpret evaluation data and generates appropriate
recommendations.
School Psychology interns as needed.
13. Solicits information about students from school sources and available community resources; interviews students and teachers effectively and engages in counseling procedures wheredesired or necessary.
with teachers administrators and parents using effective communication skills in
developing implementing and evaluating interventions designed to promote academic/socialskills.
administers scores interprets and describes findings from an appropriate battery of tests which may include individual tests of cognitive ability educational achievement perceptualmotor language social and emotional development.
findings in verbal and written form and generates recommendations in a timely clear and effective manner.
accurate and thorough records.
and reacts in a positive constructive and mutually respectful manner when dealing with others.
such other tasks as may be assigned by the Superintendent or Special Education Director.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary and work year to be established by the Superintendentand the Board.
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions ofthe Boards policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.
Employment Type
Full-Time
