School Psychologist

Geary County USD 475

Job Description

Classification:                         Certified

Division/Department:              Elementary/Secondary

Job Category:                          Special Education

FLSA:                                    

Title:                                        School Psychologist

Qualifications:                        

Reports To:                             Director of Special Education

BASIC FUNCITON/PURPOSE

            To enable students to derive the fullest possible educational experience from school by promoting their sense of self and by treating any psychological or mental health problems.

CRITICAL SKILLS:

1. Ability to maintain regular and good work attendance and come to work on time.
2. Ability to work constructively and cooperatively with others.
3. Ability to respond to information requests in a courteous, timely and helpful manner.
4. Ability to manage job responsibilities while meeting established deadlines.
5. Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer.
6. Ability to maintain confidentiality of student and staff information.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

            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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.        

            The employee performing the duties of this position is frequently required to walk, sit, talk, hear, bend, stoop, and reach.  The employee may be occasionally required to manually lift, move, or carry up to 35 pounds.  The employee is required to interact with staff and meet the demands of several different people.  The employee is responsible for the work output of others.  The employee frequently works extended hours.  Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Assess difficulties of referred students through appropriate testing and diagnostic practices.
2. Administer tests and recommend placement for all exceptional and new students.
3. Help identify within school all types of exceptional children.
4. Maintain case records on all referred students.
5. Recommend corrective procedures.
6. Conduct individual, group, or facilitative therapy for children whose diagnosed problems would benefit from behavior modification.
7. Confer with teachers and parents whenever necessary.
8. Consult on special education needs of mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, and slow learning children.
9. Attend case conferences on placement of individual students.
10. Serve as a consultant on mental health topics for instructors in the school health program.
11. Interprets the school psychological services to teachers and parents.
12. Prepare and submit required reports on mentally retarded children and special education programs.
13. Supervise special education classes.
14. Cooperate with personnel of community health and social welfare agencies.
15. Act as liaison between the school and juvenile court.
16. Attend staff, professional and interagency meetings.
17. Assist with in-service training of school personnel.
18. Conduct appropriate research.
19. Keep abreast of new developments in the field.

Term of Employment:             192 day +(10 days per diem)

Salary Range:                          Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Evaluation Frequency:            Job performance will be evaluated a minimum of 1 time per year.

Updated 7-3-12