Position Type: Student Support Services/ School Psychologist
Date Posted: 10/8/2024
Location: Preschool Services
Date Available: As soon as possible
Closing Date: 10/22/2024
Job Title: Preschool Services School Psychologist
Department/Location: Preschool Services
Supervisor: Director of Preschool Services
Salary Schedule: Teacher Salary Schedule
Lane Placement: A-G (based on qualifications)
Contract Length: 9.5 months (200 days)
FTE: 1.0
FLSA Classification: Exempt
Special Designations: Standard Contract or Intern position available
If you have questions regarding this position please contact Nannette Barnes at (385) 646-4670 or email nbarnes@graniteschoools.org.
Job Summary: The Preschool Services School Psychologist provides a variety of services, including, but not limited to, special education evaluations, social skills and behavioral training and supports with students, parent and teacher consultations, and data analysis.
Essential Functions:
- Work collaboratively with teachers, administrators, and parents.
- Conduct psychoeducational diagnostic evaluations, including classroom observations, preparation of evaluation reports, makes recommendations on eligibility for special education services, and ensures compliance with IDEA and Utah regulations with a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team.
- Write written assessment reports including recommendations.
- Conduct functional behavioral assessments.
- Interpret and analyze student academic and behavioral data.
- Provide consultation services with school personnel.
- Provide consultation services with parents.
- Act as a liaison with community professionals.
- Actively participate in and provide continued professional development activities.
Non-essential Functions:
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge and Skills:
- Possess strong oral and written communication skills.
- Possess strong computer and educational technological skills.
- Works independently with little direct supervision.
- Works as part of a team.
- Accepts responsibility and is self-motivated.
- Display effective multi-tasking and time management skills.
Required Education and Qualifications:
- Requires a Utah State Board of Education (USBE) cleared criminal background check.
- Requires one of the following:
- a valid Professional Educator License issued by the Utah State Board of Education with a School Psychologist License Area of Concentration;
- an equivalent license in another state;
- verification of enrollment or completion of an accredited School Psychologist program prior to the date of hire that will result in one of the licenses listed above; or
- current enrollment in a NASP-accredited university program and deemed ready for an internship.
New program graduates who have not yet received their license must upload a conferral letter from their university program in lieu of their license. This letter must include the anticipated date of graduation and the specific areas in which the applicant will be licensed.
Internship candidates must include a letter from their program verifying their current enrollment status, their readiness for an internship, and their anticipated program completion date. This letter must be uploaded in place of the required educator license in the application system.
Working Environment:
- Work takes place in a typical school environment.
- Supervision of students requires both indoor and outdoor responsibilities (e.g. recess duty, gymnasium activities, etc.) in all types of weather and air quality.
- Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
Physical Domains:
This list of essential and marginal functions and of physical requirements is not exhaustive and may be supplemented in accordance with the requirements of the job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and/or hear.
- The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
- The employee is occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel objects and must occasionally climb or balance.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
Please note that this posting closes at 3:00 pm on the date listed above.
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