School Psychologist
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Job Description
MARION CITY SCHOOLS
Marion Ohio
December 12 2024
POSITION VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Anticipated Opening for theSchool Year
Title: School Psychologist
Department: Student Support Services
Responsible To: Director of Student Services
Qualifications: Certificate license or other legal credential required.
Degree(s) required in the area of major study.
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board mayfind appropriate and acceptable.
Terms of Employment: 184 Day Contract 21 extended days salary and benefits.
Job Goal:
To enable students to derive the fullest possible educational experience from school by identifying and providing recommendations of intervention for academic/behavioral/emotional concerns.
Performance Responsibilities:
- Ensure the safety of students.
- Assesses difficulties of referred students through appropriate testing and diagnostic practices based on team decisions.
- Administers tests and/or recommends placement for exceptional and new students.
- Helps identify all types of exceptional students within the school environment.
- Maintains case records on all referred students.
- May conduct individual group or facilitative therapy for children whose diagnosed problems would benefit from behavior modifications.
- Confers with teachers and parents when necessary to recommend possible academic/behavioral/emotional interventions.
- Consults on needs of students who are receiving special education services.
- Attends case conferences on placement of individual students.
- Serves as a consultant on mental health topics for staff interpreting the school psychological evaluation for teachers and parents.
- Prepares and submits psychological education assessments and evaluation team reports.
- Cooperates with personnel of community health and social welfare agencies.
- Attends staff professional and interagency meetings.
- Assists with inservice training of school personnel.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the superintendent.
Required knowledge skills and abilities:
- Maintain appropriate licenses/endorsements and training hours as required.
- Comply with applicable District state local and federal laws rules and regulations.
- Adhere to all standards established by the Ohio Department of Education for Licensed Educators.
- Maintain good attendance and punctuality.
- Maintain knowledge of academic areas teaching methodology and strategies to engage students.
- Ability to work effectively with others.
- Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
Other Duties and Responsibilities:
- Exhibit professional behavior emotional stability and sound judgment.
- Maintain confidentiality and respect for confidential information at all times.
- Establish and maintain cooperative relationships.
- Attends meetings professional development and serves on staff committees as required.
- Interacts in a positive manner with staff students and parents.
- Refer suspected cases of child abuse immediately to the appropriate child protective services/law enforcement agency as mandated by state law and Board of Education policy.
- Promote good public relations by personal appearance attitude and conversation.
- Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect district equipment materials and facilities.
- Plans purposeful assignments for educational assistants (paraprofessionals) volunteers and student teachers.
Note: The above lists are not ranked in order of importance.
Conduct:
Each staff member shall remain free of any alcohol or nonprescribed controlled substance and abuse of any prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District.
Evaluation:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Boards policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.
Marion City Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of the Marion City Schools Board of Education that the best qualified applicant shall be selected for each position without regard to race color religion national origin age sex marital status political affiliation disabling or military status. No person shall be denied employment solely because of any impairment which is unrelated to the ability to participate in activities involved in the position or program for which application has been made.
*This job description identifies primary responsibilities and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and activities. This job description is subject to change in response to student demographics staffing factors funding variables modified operating procedures program/curriculum changes as directed by the Superintendent of Marion City Schools.
How to Apply:
If you are interested in being considered for this position you must apply online at (click the link) prior to 4:00 p.m. on Friday May 23 2025.
If you have any questions please contact Jen Sheridan Director of Student Services via email.
Employment Type
Full-Time
