(Anticipated Opening) School Psychologist
Job | Posted a month ago
Start Date
08/15/2022
Position Areas
Specialists
Description
NOTE: This position is funded through Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund) and expected to be available for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST
QUALIFICATIONS:
JOB GOAL:
The School Psychologist is responsible for the evaluation of students and serves as a member of the multidisciplinary team. The School Psychologist provides consultation and direct services to special education classes and member districts.
The School Psychologist has specialized training in both psychology and education. The School Psychologist teams with educators, parents and other mental health professionals to ensue that every child learns in a safe, healthy and supportive environment.
2. Individual and group assessment
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Valid Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL)
- Endorsed in SPSY (School Psychologist)
- National certification from NASP (highly preferred)
- Master's Degree in Psychology and a one year ISBE approved supervised internship
- Bilingual Spanish and/or English Learner (EL) experience (preferred)
JOB GOAL:
The School Psychologist is responsible for the evaluation of students and serves as a member of the multidisciplinary team. The School Psychologist provides consultation and direct services to special education classes and member districts.
The School Psychologist has specialized training in both psychology and education. The School Psychologist teams with educators, parents and other mental health professionals to ensue that every child learns in a safe, healthy and supportive environment.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Maintains adequate daily attendance2. Individual and group assessment
- Assessment
- Use a wide variety of standardized and curriculum based techniques at an individual, group, and systems level to evaluate:
- Intellectual functioning
- Academic skills
- Learning aptitudes
- Personality and emotional development
- Social skills
- Learning environments and school climate
- Eligibility for special services
- Adaptive behavior
3. Counseling with students and parents
- Individual, i.e., short-term, long-term, crisis intervention
- Group, i.e. development of social skill, support groups for special issues
- School personnel
- Parents/community
- Students
- Give healthy and effective alternatives to teachers, parents and administrators about problems in learning and behavior
- Help others understand child development and how it affects learning and behavior
- Strengthen working relationships between educators, parents and community services
- Applying curriculum-based assessment to program effectiveness
- Evaluate effectiveness of curriculum materials with specific populations
- Reviewing recent scientifically based research relevant to assessment, intervention and instruction
- Work face-to-face with children and families
- Teach the utilization of conflict resolution and problem solving skills
- Provide social skills training, behavior management, and other strategies
- Help families and schools deal with crisis, such as separation and loss
- Liaison as needed between family, school and community support agencies/professionals
- Providing information to community groups
- Demonstrates dependable attendance, punctuality and work ethics
- Adheres to Illinois Professional Teaching Standards (2010)
Due to the volume of applications we receive, the district is unable to respond to email and phone inquiries
Posted By
Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120
1350 W. Hawley Street , Mundelein, IL 60060
At the following locations