School Psychologist (Bilingual Spanish/English preferred)

About the role

The Redwood City School District (RCSD) is seeking a School Psychologist to join our dedicated team. The ideal candidate will bring advanced training and specialized knowledge in pupil personnel services, counseling, and special education.

Responsibilities

• Conducts psycho-educational evaluations, including individual assessments of intellectual, achievement, personality factors, and perceptual and motor development.
• Analyzes assessment information and completes diagnoses, recommendations, and verifies certifications for special education programs.
• Prepares written evaluations and Individual Educational Plans for parent and teacher conferences.
• Evaluates pre-school children with special needs and finds appropriate programs to meet their needs.
• Evaluates students in private and parochial schools upon request.
• Evaluates students for in-district and out-of-district special programs, including learning disabled, severe behavior disordered, mentally handicapped, visually impaired, hearing impaired, developmentally disabled, physically handicapped, autistic, and severely emotionally disturbed, and gifted programs.
• Arranges out-of-district placement for students who cannot be accommodated within the school district, including finding appropriate facilities, making applications, transferring information, and recommending financial arrangements.
• Re-evaluates annually all students participating in special education programs to determine continuing needs and recommend appropriate placement in conjunction with an Individual Education Planning Team.
• Confers with parents regarding evaluation results, learning potential, achievement levels, personality adjustment, and recommends ways of helping students, including suggesting appropriate available resources.
• Consults with agencies and other professionals, including psychologists, physicians, psychiatrists, etc., regarding individual students when such consultation is needed and appropriate.
• Participates in school-level Child Study Team meetings to consider students individually who have special problems and needs, including recommendations for exemptions, non-promotional, acceleration, and placement alternatives within the school.
• Counsels, when appropriate, with individual students regarding test findings, academic problems, social or emotional problems, and general educational/vocational goals.
• Counsels teachers and other school personnel regarding classroom and playground behavior and adjustment of all students.
• Serves as a consultant and liaison for special education programs at the school level, including program development, evaluation, and adaptation.
• Provides staff development inservices and parent education as needed and appropriate.
• Provides direct, therapeutic contact, as needed and appropriate, with students and parents, to clarify problems and arrive at recommendations for remediation.
• Acts as a liaison between school district staff and other persons/agencies which influence student educational development, including teachers, principals, outside therapists, medical doctors, parents, and agencies.
• Provides other services and duties as needed and assigned by Director and/or Assistant Director of Special Education.

Requirements

• Completion of a college or university course culminating in the acquisition of a valid credential authorizing service as a psychologist in the public schools of California.
• Prior experience as a school psychologist preferred.

Qualifications

• Advanced training and specialized in-depth knowledge in the areas of pupil personnel services concepts and procedures, dynamics of individual behavior, counseling theory and procedures, measurement theory and procedures, education and career planning, research methodology, remedial and special education, laws relating to children and youth, and the organization and function of pupil personnel services in the schools.
• Knowledge of community educational resources and related services available to students.

Skills

• Ability to work harmoniously and effectively with students, parents, regular and special education teachers, administrative personnel, classified staff, and outside agencies and professional staff.
• Ability to communicate effectively in written reports as well as in oral presentations and conferences.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.

Benefits

• Excellent Benefits

Pay

$126,695 - $147,638 yearly salary

Schedule

8.0 hours per day

Additional Information

• Start Date: August 2026
• Department: Special Education
• Role: Psychologist (Certificated Management)
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Stipends: $2,000 Masters; $2,000 Doctorate
• Length of Work Year: 189 days
• Date Posting Opens: 08 June, 2026
• Additional Information: District Office, Corporate Culture, About Redwood City School District

Redwood City School District

The Redwood City School District (RCSD) is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.