School Psychologist

Position: School Psychologist

Qualifications: Valid NC Professional Educator License with School Psychologist (026) certification

Terms of Employment: 12 months

Minimum Starting Salary: $4,400 per month plus local supplement

Reports to: Director of Exceptional Children

Purpose: To enable students to derive the fullest possible educational experience from school by promoting their sense of self and by treating any psychological or mental health problems

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

* Assess difficulties of referred students through appropriate testing and diagnostic practices
* Administers tests and recommends placement for all types of exceptional and new students
* Helps identify within the school all types of exceptional children
* Maintains case records on all referred students
* Recommends corrective procedures
* Conducts individual, group, or facilitative therapy for children whose diagnosed problems would benefits from behavior modification
* Confers with teachers and parents whenever necessary
* Consults on special educational needs of mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, and learning-disabled children
* Attends case conferences on placement of individual students
* Serves a s consultant on mental health topics for instructors in the school health program
* Interprets the school psychological services to teachers and parents
* Prepares and submits required reports on mentally retarded children and special education programs
* Supervises special education classes
* Cooperates with personnel of community health and social welfare agencies
* Acts as liaison between the school and juvenile court
* Attends staff, professional, and interagency meetings
* Assists with in-service training of school personnel
* Conducts appropriate research
* Keeps abreast of new developments in the field

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provision of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel

This specification has been designed to represent the general nature and level of work found in positions of this class. As such, it is not intended to contain all the duties and qualifications required of an employee in a single position. Consequently, it is not to be perceived as a job description or as an identification of all essential functions as required by ADA.