JOB TITLE:  School Psychologist

 

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Special Education Director                                                          

 

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: 

Apply knowledge and experience in learning, behavior, and mental health to help children succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally.  Collaborate with teachers, parents, and school personnel to analyze and problem-solve students’ concerns.   Provide specialized assistance through the use of consultation; observation; data collection and interpretation; curriculum-based measures; standardized assessments; behavioral assessments; threat and risk assessments; crisis intervention; counseling; research-based academic and behavioral recommendations; and staff development.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Actively participate on school-based student support / child study teams and special education committees.
• Review information; collect and analyze data; and collaborate with educators, parents, and/or students to tailor and monitor interventions to meet the learning, behavioral, and/or social-emotional needs of students.
• Select, administer, and interpret scientifically validated psychological and/or psychoeducational assessments to effectively respond to the reason for the referral; identify the individual strengths and weaknesses of students; and determine eligibility for special education services.
• Effectively and efficiently communicate assessment results to parents and school-based teams through written reports and verbal presentations. 
• Serve as a member of the multi-disciplinary team by attending and/or facilitating meetings, discussing evaluation findings with team members, and making appropriate recommendations.
• Demonstrate knowledge of special education disability categories by making legally and ethically defensible eligibility recommendations to school-based teams.
• Demonstrate knowledge of local, state, and federal legal requirements and policies governing special education and Section 504.
• Manage and maintain organization of caseload to meet legal timelines.
• Provide individual and/or group counseling interventions to address the unique learning, behavioral, and/or social – emotional needs of students that adversely impact them within the school setting.
• Directly assist school personnel with crisis response and intervention.
• Demonstrate skills to assess students for imminent risk of harm and to make referrals to appropriate community agencies and/or specialists when needed. 
• Provide in-service training as needed/requested to assist school personnel to meet the learning and/or mental health needs of students.
• Responsible for developing Plans of Care and providing documentation required for Medicaid billing.
• Perform other duties as required.

 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Ed.S and/or equivalent Master's Degree in School Psychology with an additional one year school psychology internship. Must have or be eligible for a Virginia Board of Education Pupil Personnel Services License with an Endorsement in School Psychology. 

Position will be posted until filled.

 

 

Salary Range:  $58,386 - $104,177

 

HENRY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

 

Due to limited funds, Henry County Public Schools is unable to sponsor Visas.