Job Description

Job Title:                  District School Psychologist/Counselor

Supervisor:              Principal

FLSA Status:           Exempt

JOB DESCRIPTION

SUMMARY This position will focus on student academic success and preventative services for all students and will also provide intervention services for students identified as academically, emotionally, or socially at-risk.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES including the following. Other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with a qualified disability to perform the essential functions.

• Connects families with appropriate community and government resources and recommendations (i.e., transportation, insurance, mental health, food, service providers, etc.)
• Provides and participates in crisis intervention
• Consults and collaborates with teachers, staff, families, and other educational/community resources to meet the needs of students in the educational setting
• Plans, teaches, and monitors social/emotional/behavioral interventions for increased achievement of students when needed
• Uses skill-based interventions for students struggling with academic, social, or emotional challenges
• Supports individual students and/or groups of students
• Facilitates support groups to meet the various personal, social, and academic needs of identified students
• Trains school staff on suicide and self-injury protocol, Department of Child Safety (DCS) reporting, bully prevention, and harassment/sexual harassment issues
• Provides counseling to students who are frequently tardy and/or absent upon administrator referral
• Uses student data to plan, implement, and assess school-wide interventions
• Helps to identify and support school-wide prevention efforts
• Provides parent education and community outreach
• Participates as needed at special education meetings to advocate for students as well as collaborate and consult with teachers and parents about educational goals
• Cultivates and promotes a culture of wellness and self-care
• This position will attend required program training and conduct required program activities, including implementation of social-emotional learning strategies
• This position will implement School Counselor responsibilities as recommended by the American School Counselor Association
• Provides consultation to students, teachers and other school personnel and parents regarding students' academics, social/emotional, or behavior.
• Administers individual and group assessments to
• Analyzes & interprets the results of individual, class, school and district
• Conducts record
• Collaborates with site special education & general education teams to make
• Facilitates activities related to the implementation of the Response to Intervention (RTI) model and is an integral part of site teams assisting with analyzing and interpreting data derived from the RTI process.
• Serves as a resource to committees, school administrators and school personnel surrounding issues and events that would benefit from the specific skill set of a school psychologist.

• Serves as a liaison between students, parents, school staff and community agencies surrounding issues and events that would benefit from the specific skill set of a school psychologist.
• Conducts site-based educational research, as
• Maintains accurate and confidential records of
• Participates in trainings, conferences, meetings, workshops and other professional development activities, as required or as assigned.
• Provides professional development opportunities to staff as required or as

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES This position has no supervisor responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Master's degree and Arizona certification as a School Psychologist (PSS). S. Educational specialist or doctoral degree preferred.
• Must have knowledge of the principles and practices of school psychology
• Must be able to interpret laws, policies and guidelines relating to school psychology
• Must be able to work with a diverse student & staff population
• Applicants with Arizona psychologists license considered based on prior experience in a K-12 school setting

Valid Arizona Standard School Counselor, PreK-12 certificate Valid Arizona school psychologist certification

Valid Arizona IVP fingerprint clearance card

LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common and technical journals, reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or governing boards.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to work with mathematical concepts and fundamentals of math. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The primary work environment is indoors. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.