POSITION: SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST

Job Summary

This position focuses upon the psycho-educational development of children, their abilities and potentials, and the social-emotional, cultural, and environmental factors which influence learning and adjustment processes. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide individual student psycho-educational assessments, and report findings via approved district procedures.Consult and collaborate with parents, school staff, and outside agency personnel regarding mental health, behavioral, social-emotional, and education concerns, their implication, and means of intervening.Provide training and other skill-enhancement activities regarding issues of human development, learning, and behavior; parenting skills; instructional methods; and behavior management; provide individualized instruction to meet the unique needs of each affected student.Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with various parent support groups, governmental, and community family service agencies.Participate with multi-disciplinary team (MDT) in establishing and planning for respective roles in the modification of a student’s behavior.Provide short-term crisis intervention for students referred for psychological and psychoeducational purposes; coordinate and assist in referral of students and their families to appropriate resources as necessary.Maintain current knowledge of state and federal legislation related to disabilities.Design, conduct, report, and apply the results of psychological and educational research.
• Maintain appropriate reports, records, and files.

Specific Qualifications

• Graduate training at a Masters or Doctoral level in an approved school psychology program, and successful completion of all assigned practicum and internship requirements.Washington ESA Certificate in School Psychology (NCSP accepted).Knowledge of state and federal regulations regarding the identification and placement of students in special education.Knowledge of current theories and methodologies of effective social skills development, and behavioral and family interventions.Knowledge of community support resources and family service agencies.Demonstrated ability to obtain, clarify, and exchange information.Demonstrated ability to provide instruction to parents related to social skill development and the use of behavior interventions.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with a variety of people and to work in a team concept.

Completed application should be submitted to:

          Heidi Joyner, Manager, Cert HR

          School Psychologist

          Fife School District No. 417

5802 20 Street E

Tacoma WA  98424-2000  

A completed application should include the following:

Letter of application

Completed district application

Resume

College/university placement file (or three letters of recommendation in lieu of placement file)

A copy of your ESA Certificate

The district reserves the right to extend the deadline as circumstances warrant.