Job Title: PSYCHOLOGIST – SCHOOL TEAM
Revision Date: 1.15.2020
Job Code: 87001
FLSA: Exempt
Salary Plan: Certified
Pay Grade: MA
Funding Source:
Work Location: Local (Primarily works at Bransford Office Campus)
Duration: 10 months
Job Summary: MNPS school psychologists are members of school teams that promote prevention and early intervention through multi-tiered systems of support. Their unique training makes them qualified to support schools in systems change, data-based decision making and effective practices in the areas of academics, social-emotional learning, and behavior. They have a strong skill set in collaboration with families, teachers, school administrators, and other professionals to create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments that strengthen connections between home, school, and the community.
Department Name: Exceptional Education
Primary Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Strong understanding of Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) for the purpose of interpreting the data, supporting equitable access to core instruction, aligning increasingly intensive interventions to a student’s individual need(s) and determining eligibility for exceptional educational services using the state of TN criteria.
- Coordinate, facilitate and support school staff with the implementation of MTSS ensuring effective practices to assist students who experience academic, social and emotional difficulties.
- Collaborate with other specialists (e.g., literacy specialists, behavioral analysts, occupational and physical therapists, counselors, speech-language pathologists, etc.) for the purpose of creating and delivering effective, evidence-based supports to students.
- Administer assessments for the purpose of measuring the cognitive, academic, adaptive, social and emotional development of students and/or determining eligibility for services in compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with other staff with aligning academic, social-emotional and behavioral interventions as well as supporting teams with continuous monitoring systems.
- Compile information from a variety of sources (i.e., administrators, teachers, nurses, parents, SLP) for the purpose of producing a comprehensive evaluation or screening report in compliance with established guidelines.
- Collaborate and support families so they better understand their children’s learning and mental health needs.
- Consult and collaborate with principals, teachers, and support personnel relative to specific educational and adjustment concerns, analysis and interventions.
- Partner with families, teachers, school administrators, and other professionals to create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments that strengthen connections between home, school, and the community.
- Provide culturally responsive services to students and families from diverse backgrounds.
- Participate in meetings, workshops, and seminars as assigned for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform functions.
- Promote and support school-wide practices that ensure the safety of all students by reducing school violence, bullying and harassment.
- Consult and support school teams for the purpose of creating smooth transitions to and from school and community learning environments, such as residential treatment centers or Alternative Learning Centers (ALCs).
- Assist with crisis prevention and intervention services.
Education and Experience Requirements:
Education:
Licenses, Certifications or Registrations Required: Licensed School Psychologist, TDOE
Experience:
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People Responsibility: Level 4: Mentors others by advising, counseling, or guiding them regarding problems that may be resolved by scientific or other professional principles.
Assets Responsibility: Level 2: Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies, or small amounts of money.
Mathematical Requirements: Level 3: Uses basic algebra calculating variables and formulas, and/or basic geometry, calculating plane and solid figures; may compute discounts, interest, ratios and proportions, and percentages.
Communications Requirements: Level 5: Reads professional publications; composes complex reports and manuals; speaks formally to small groups within and outside the organization.
Complexity of Work: Level 4: Makes decisions with moderately serious impact - affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens.
Impact of Decisions: Level 3: Makes decisions with moderate impact - affects those in work unit.
Equipment Usage (if applicable): Level 1: Handles machines, tools, equipment, or work aids involving little or no latitude for judgment regarding attainment of standard or in selecting appropriate items.
Safety of Others: Level 3: Requires responsibility for the safety and health of others and for occasional enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.
ADA Requirements/Compliance:
Physical Demands: Level 3: Requires light work involving standing or walking some of the time, exerting up to 20 pounds of force on a regular basis, and moderate dexterity in operating machinery, tools, or office equipment.
Unavoidable Hazards: N/A
Sensory Requirements: Level 1: The position requires normal visual acuity and field of vision, hearing, and speaking.
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires MNPS to provide adequate accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.
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