QUALIFICATIONS:Maintains a valid Massachusetts DESE certification as a school psychologist. (Masters degree or higher from an accredited college or university.)Highly Qualified as per Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).Proven ability to relate to a variety of constituencies including but not limited to: administrators parents teachers students other school staff and good communication skills both verbal and aptitude or competence for assigned responsibilities.A sense of humor and a proven ability to work in a polite and friendly manner with all staff members students and with the larger educational alternative to the above qualifications as the school department may find appropriate and TO: Building principal program manager and special education GOALS:To provide direct and indirect social and emotional supports to students staff and work collaboratively with all students staff and families in order to provide students with social emotional and behavioral supports in order for them to be more successful within the school setting. Provide a safe and supportive educational environment for all RESPONSIBILITIES (include but are not limited to):Participates in/follows all federal and state mandated procedures and timelines for the identification of students requiring special education services within the school setting including the administration of appropriate formal and informal assessment tools/measures based on the suspected area of an appropriate Individualized Education Plan for all students that are determined eligible for special education services. This includes the creation of short and long term goals based on assessment data and targeted curriculum standards for all of the students areas of identified disability. Participates in all federal and state mandated procedures and timelines for case management for all identified students i.e. team meetings and liaison to regular education meets counsels and instructs assigned students in the locations and at the time all assigned students and any assigned and prepares educationally relevant treatment plans that meet the individual needs interests and abilities of the classroom teachers in creating a classroom environment that is conducive to learning student for student groups and professional meetings showing written evidence/data of preparation upon request of immediate a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media in supporting student the school districts strategic plan and individual school improvement and documents student progress toward identified goals on a regular basis and provides progress reports as the assistance of district specialists as needed and all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students equipment materials and facilities. Maintains accurate and complete student records as required by law district policy and administrative regulation and provides documentation when implements and follows individual student safety plans IEPs 504s health care plans etc. Mandated reporting and referrals to outside agencies appropriate to the role Assists the administration in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct and for the classroom develops reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure maintaining order in the classroom in a fair and just provisions for being available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable to participate in professional development opportunities to remain current in the educational staff meetings and serves on staff committees as and maintains cooperative relationships with and maintains open lines of communication with students colleagues and parents concerning both the broad academic and behavioral progress of assigned other related tasks and assumes other related responsibilities as may from time to time be as assigned by the Principal and/or Program Manager.