Position Type: Related Service Provider
Date Posted: 2024-01-10
Location: Administration or As Assigned
INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSION
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD’s approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland’s schoolchildren.
THE OPPORTUNITY: 2024-2025 School Year
Provides comprehensive psychological services, including consultation, brief counseling, and assessment through the Integrated Health Model, collaborating across District departments.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conducts psycho-educational evaluations of students identified as or suspected of having learning or behavioral disabilities and acts as case manager.
- Contributes to the Evaluation Team Report (ETR), following both ODE requirements and best practice principles.
- Serves as Case Manager by summarizing findings for the development of the Individualized Educational Plan (IEP).
- Acts as Chairperson for all team meetings related to the ETR.
- Explains Due Process procedures to parents about compliance with IDEIA.
- Confers with teachers, parents, and other educational personnel regarding the education and mental health of students.
- Assists educators in implementing or modifying instructional delivery and intervention strategies.
- Complies with PowerSchool Special Programs documentation fully.
- Submits Medicaid documentation monthly for all eligible cases.
- Reports all service delivery in documented form every month.
- Counsels students and parents, individually or in groups, on specific student needs.
- Participates in the Student Support Teams (SST).
- Assists with evaluations to determine student eligibility for services under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
- Assists in the development of Manifestation Determination Plans.
- Assists and is a member of the Threat Assessments Team in conducting Threat Assessments.
- Conducts Early Entrance, Gifted/Talented and Advanced Placement, and Acceleration testing.
- Provides crisis intervention services, including death adjustment services to students, staff, and parents.
- Assists with Response to Intervention to address non-disability student needs.
- Provides in-service to school staff and parent groups about psychological service delivery and related topics.
- Serves on District and departmental committees to develop programs and procedures.
- Attends monthly staff meetings and any other departmental/District meetings required.
- Provides supervision to school psychology students and Psychiatric Fellows.
- Offers peer assistance to colleagues as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Valid Ohio Certificate/Licensure in School Psychology.
- NCSP is preferred but not required.
- Ability and willingness to work harmoniously as a team member.
- Ability and willingness to work with students of all ages and varied backgrounds.
- Experience in working in an urban educational environment.
- Strong writing, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with District initiatives.
- Ability to adapt teaching to the individual needs of students.
- Commitment to hands-on learning.
- Respectful and dignified classroom management techniques.
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Expected moving, walking, and standing consistent with an office environment.
- Regularly required to stand, walk, sit; use hands; and reach with hands and arms.
- Frequently required to talk and hear.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision and depth perception.
- Travel to schools will be required; must have reliable transportation.
NOTE: The above-stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description is not intended to be all-inclusive.
To Apply: Please submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. An offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.
EEO Statement: We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, and other characteristics protected by law.
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