School Psychologist (Applicant Pool)

Company: CareerLink
Location: Omaha
Posted on: October 15, 2020

Job Description:

Job Title: School Psychologist - Applicant Pool If you are interested in a position for the current school year or the upcoming 2021-22 school year, please complete this application to be considered. We use pool postings throughout the entire calendar year to interview and hire school psychologists. We do not post by specific building openings. Location: TBD Reports To: Building Principals Work Schedule/FLSA Status: As per negotiated agreement / Exempt Salary Schedule: Commensurate with experience and education / number of days worked. Position Purpose: The School Psychologist will support students, teachers, staff, and parents in a variety of ways and in multiple settings to help students succeed. The psychologist will provide assessments and interpret assessment findings; collaborate and communicate with other building supports such as counselors and school social workers to meet the needs of students and staff; and serve as a student advocate in determining educational support. Essential Performance Responsibilities * Provide system-wide support for academic and behavior needs through Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS) and Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) frameworks.* Provides assessments of educational and behavioral strengths and needs of students.* Interprets findings to assist school staff, parents, and referral agencies.* Integrates evaluation data into comprehensive psycho-educational reports and maintenance of confidential student information.* Facilitates Multidisciplinary Team meetings.* Interprets individual student data for student programming and services.* Identifies specific skill deficits, develop interventions, track and analyze baseline and intervention data for Student Assistance Team (SAT) meetings.* Collaborate with other building support staff such as counselors and social workers to meet the needs of the students, families and building which may include participation on team meetings (MTSS-B, SAT, 504, MDT, IEP, Crisis Response Team, etc).* Serves as a student advocate in determining educational support.* Utilizes interactive skills necessary to be a positive contributor as a disciplinary team leader, counsel individuals with regard to problems to be resolved and responds promptly to conflict and crisis situations.* Understand and promote use of data for accountability and decision making.* Makes observations of children in various school settings, identifies and interprets significant behavioral patterns to appropriate staff members, and suggests procedures to be followed in dealing with these children.* Shares evidence based interventions to be utilized in the problem solving process.* Coordinates and participates as a member of the Student Assistance Team referral process.* Participates in the screening, pre-assessment, identification, follow-up for students involved in the referral process.* Administers individual psychological tests and other assessment instruments as needed for comprehensive individual student evaluations to determine special education eligibility.* Interprets test results and observations of individual students to staff members, parents, and referral agencies concerned and relates these to classroom activities and procedures.* Collaborates with staff, parents and other professionals to create supportive learning environments for all learners.* Consults with the administration and school staff in the improvement of educational programs and school-wide initiatives.* Participates in the referral of children to other appropriate agencies for f

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