TITLE: School Psychologist- Special Education
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. A valid MSDE certificate (or proven eligibility).
- A master’s degree and advanced graduate degree or doctoral degree from an approved program in clinical or school psychology, according to current MSDE requirements.
- Successful completion of required internship or experience under a certifiable supervisor.
- Such alternatives to the above as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
REPORTS TO: Coordinator of Services for Exceptional Children
JOB GOAL: To facilitate the appropriate educational, emotional and behavioral experiences of all students in the school community through a comprehensive program of psychological services.
ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Uses psychological principles to prevent or remediate a student’s educational, emotional, or behavioral problems.
- Identifies the special psychological needs of students through consultation, observation, and other psychoeducational techniques.
- Conducts extensive psychological assessments for referred students.
- Analyzes, integrates, and reports psychological and educational information about students.
- Consults with school personnel in planning, implementing, and evaluating school programs and interventions to meet the identified psychological and educational needs of individual and groups of students.
- Develops,implements, and evaluates psychological interventions, including counseling, for students who have need of such services.
- Counsels or consults with parents of students with psycho-educational needs.
- Consults with school and other LEA personnel who apply psychological principles to enhance teaching processes, curriculum development, and the optimal development of each student.
- Acts as a liaison between private and community resources and the schools to integrate psychoeducational information.
- Provides inservice training to members of the school community regarding application of psychological principles to the educational process.
- Maintains and continues to seek professional development in areas of need.
- Interprets assessments to school personnel, other concerned professionals, parents and the student, as appropriate.
- Makes recommendations regarding interventions based on assessment results.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the superintendent or designee.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Exempt position. Ten, Eleven or Twelve Month teacher contract.
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