School Psychologist - Early Childhood Education

Location: Thornton, CO – Adams 12 Five Star Schools

Standard hours per week: 40 | FTE: 1.0 | Months per year: 9 | Position type: Replacement – Permanent/Regular

About the role

Provide a range of services for students who demonstrate difficulties with learning, academic achievement, social/emotional functioning, and behavior. Serve as a psycho-educational service provider involved in proactive, preventative activities, as well as responding to identified concerns. Provide services based on a combination of problem-solving, consultative, and direct service models.

Responsibilities

• Develop individual, group, or system-level interventions which improve identified problems or concerns, including academic, social/emotional/behavioral/mental health needs as they relate to educational progress.
• Use research-based and technically sound practices to drive decision-making and interventions; collaborate with school personnel and parents to develop and modify student intervention strategies.
• Facilitate functional assessment of behavior (FBA) and design, implement, and progress-monitor intervention plans.
• Conduct, interpret, and implement student assessment which includes record review, interview, observation, and standardized assessment.
• Administer and interpret norm-referenced and curriculum-based edumetric and psychological assessment measures.
• Participate in team-based follow-up activities to review student progress, analyze data, and modify individual interventions.
• Review school-wide assessment data to assist building staff(s) in interpreting and designing school-wide interventions.
• Serve as a liaison among district building(s), families, and community; collaborate with various teams to assure positive outcomes for all learners.
• Participate in interdisciplinary staffings to determine eligibility, appropriate planning, and re-evaluation for students who require special education services/programs.
• Comply with Student Support Services and district policies and procedures (e.g., Medicaid billing, accident reporting).
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or higher.
• Minimum of 18 years old.
• Criminal background check required for hire.
• Must possess, or be able to obtain from, or be in process with, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) for a valid Colorado Educator License within 30 days of hire.
• Must possess the required license and endorsement. If highly qualified by content test or semester hours, with no endorsement: applicant must possess a Colorado educator license with a passing score on a CDE-approved content test or 24 semester hours in specific core content classes as determined by Human Resources.

Preference given to candidates with ELL Training and/or an ESL or (LDE) Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement.

Pay

All salary placement on the Certified Salary schedule is dependent on the employee’s education and/or work experience. Special programs teachers of students with significant support needs, structured learning services or affective needs, audiologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, school nurses, school psychologists, school social workers, and speech language pathologists receive experience credit for each full year of previous experience and are not limited to ten (10) years. Additionally, one (1) step for each full year of service in the district as a contracted certified, classified, in-building substitute, and/or administrative employee for educators beginning a new certified contract or returning to a certified contract. For further explanation, refer to the Certified Master Agreement on the district website.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Voluntary life insurance through PERA.
• 401(k), 403(b), and 457(b) retirement plans available immediately upon hire.
• Paid time off.