School Psychologist-AkroTech

Duties and Responsibilities

• Consults with teachers and intervention specialists in the area of classroom behavior management, academic and behavioral interventions, proper implementation of IEP goals and BIP goals.
• Collaborates with principals on special education program, RTI processes, best practices in running IAT meetings, pre-referral interventions, and proper implementation of BIPs.
• Promotes school policies and practices aligned with the Character Education and anti-bullying programs and ensures the safety of all students by reducing school violence, bullying, and harassment.
• Conducts group sessions with students related to anti-bullying strategies, anger management strategies, problem solving, self-regulation and self-determination.
• Provides counseling, instruction, and mentoring for those struggling with social, emotional, and behavioral problems.
• Assesses barriers to learning and determines the best instructional strategies to improve learning, consulting with appropriate staff to mentor them and facilitate success.
• Enhances school-wide understanding and acceptance of diverse cultures and backgrounds.
• Identifies and addresses learning and behavior problems that interfere with school success.
• Supports students' social, emotional, and behavioral health.
• Designs and supports implementation of academic and behavioral interventions.
• Implements school-wide prevention programs that help maintain positive school climates conducive to learning.
• Participates in IAT meetings, ETR meetings, serves as a diagnostic member of the IEP team, and supports the development of IEPs and ETRs.
• Conducts functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) and oversees or writes draft BIPs as needed.
• Oversees special education processes, including compliance.
• Evaluates eligibility for special education services (within a multidisciplinary team).
• Designs and implements student progress monitoring systems.
• Collects and analyzes data related to school improvement, student outcomes, and accountability requirements.
• Enhances home–school collaboration and provides support to parents as needed or requested.
• Makes referrals and helps coordinate community support services as appropriate.
• Responds to crises by providing leadership, direct services, and coordination with needed community services.
• Designs, implements, and garners support for comprehensive school mental health programming.
• Collaborates with students and their families in and outside of school.
• Meets with the management team, Sponsors, ODE, or other officials and agencies as requested by the CEO, Director of Student Services, and Chief of Staff.
• Conducts training with staff as requested by the CEO, Chief of Staff, and Director of Student Services related to the student services program, interventions, special education service delivery, and compliance.
• Follows all prescribed Board policies faithfully.
• Reads and understands all policies outlined in staff handbook and student handbook/code of conduct.
• Keeps all student identifying information confidential at all times and all parent and student correspondences and communications confidential at all times.
• Reports any and all cases of suspected child abuse or neglect immediately to Principal, Assistant Principal, and/or Superintendent, before contacting Children’s Services or local law enforcement.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree required.
• Valid and current Ohio License.
• Satisfactory completion of federal and state required criminal history checks.
• Stays current on and understands all federal and state special education policies and laws.
• Experience with data analysis.
• Proficient in computer applications, including Google Docs, MS Office Suite, e-mail, and internet.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics

• Reliable, dependable, and trustworthy work ethic; a strong sense of integrity.
• Strong ability to gather, analyze, and interpret student data to make sound educational decisions.
• Ability to work in a diverse educational community setting and as part of a team.
• Understand state testing as well as state teaching standards, including Common Core and Extended Standards.
• Exhibit sound judgment while exhibiting flexibility regarding decision-making, daily challenges, and job duties.
• Ability to manage and communicate with students that need more support with regulating their emotions.
• Ability to work well under pressure, and effectively prioritize and execute tasks to meet deadlines consistently.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to be an active listener and critical thinker and make sound judgments.

Working Conditions

• Dexterity to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and to handle other computer and other technology related components.
• Report to the school no later than 7:30 AM and remain at school until 4:30 PM.
• Six weeks off (30 business days) during the schools’ summer break, subject to approval by the President.
• Follow the required school dress code for building staff.
• Attend all required meetings, Safe Schools trainings, parent/teacher conferences, in-services and professional development days.