School Psychologist

POSITION TITLE: Part-time School Psychologist

DEPARTMENT: Equity and Student Services

REPORTS TO: Coordinator of School Psychology and 504

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

PAYSCALE: Teacher

WORK SCHEDULE: 190

DATE REVIEWED: 7/2023

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

The Board of Education upon the recommendation of the Superintendent will appoint the School Psychologist with an annual period of service of 190 days on a part-time basis. The School Psychologist must maintain an up-to-date in-field certificate issued by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.

PRIMARY FUNCTION

The School Psychologist is directly responsible for the psychological assessment of academic social emotional and behavioral domains utilizing problem-solving and standardized evaluations. The School Psychologist monitors the completion of evaluations and participates in problem-solving meetings designing systems programs and services that maximize students social emotional and educational collaboration with staff families students and communities the school psychologist promotes effective educational environments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.

• Integrate multiple sources of data to make appropriate recommendations identify interventions and select and administer appropriate assessment instruments.
• Adhere to the Georgia Professional Standards Commissions Code of Ethics for Educators all Board policies and regulations and all local school procedures.
• Provide consultative support to parents teachers and administrators
• Participate in departmental meetings professional development and debriefings.
• Provide crisis intervention and therapeutic support for the student/ staff population.
• Provide school based mental health services as needed including behavior support counseling or group interventions
• Participate in planning and conducting in-service and professional learning for staff and parents.
• Conduct parent conferences as needed to help parents understand the nature of their childs challenges and recommendations for parent support.
• Provides consultative support to schools in the areas of Response to Intervention and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
• Provide other duties as assigned to help with the efficient functioning of the School Psychology Department

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to work collaboratively with others and facilitate groups to consensus.
• Ability to collect summarize and graph data.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences orally and in writing including electronic media.
• Cultural humility and growth mindset
• Knowledge of or experience with culturally responsive assessment practices
• Knowledge of methods of assessment; systematic processes to collect data translate assessment results into empirically based decisions about service delivery and evaluate outcomes of services.
• Knowledge of learning processes appropriate instructional interventions to meet students needs and the ability to implement and assess their effectiveness.
• Knowledge of behavioral mental health collaborative and/or consultation models and methods and their application.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Required experience

1. Education Level:
   • Educational Specialist degree from an accredited university
   • OR Masters degree from an accredited university and
     • Completion of a National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)-approved School Psychology program; OR Submission of a valid National Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) credential issued by the National School Psychology Certification Board.
2. Experience Skill and Certification: Valid Georgia Certificate in School Psychology

Preferred Experience:

• Previous full-time school psychological services experience including psycho-educational diagnostic testing
• Experience as a teacher and/or related school experience
• Experience in developing academic and behavioral interventions for the Response To Intervention (RTI) process

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
To perform the duties of this job the employee is required to stand walk sit or hear. Lifting up to 30 pounds may be required on an occasional basis. The employee is occasionally required to stoop kneel crouch or crawl. Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision and distance vision.