School Psychologist position available for the Grand Forks Public Schools.
Qualifications
- Educational Specialist’s degree in school psychology
- Completed no less than a 500 clock hour supervised internship with school age persons
- Licensed as a school psychologist in the state of North Dakota
- Nationally Certified School Psychologist through the National Association of School Psychologists
- Valid teaching certificate with one or more special education endorsements
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Collaborate with teachers, parents, and administrators to find effective solutions to learning and behavior problems
- Design and implement academic and behavioral interventions
- Design and implement student progress monitoring systems
- Conduct assessments to identify students’ eligibility for special education and other educational services (within a multidisciplinary team)
- Determine social-emotional development and mental health status
- Use valid and reliable assessment techniques to assess progress toward academic and behavioral goals, to measures responses to interventions, and to revise interventions as necessary
- Use a consultative problem solving process to plan, implement, and evaluate academic and mental health services
- Effectively communicate information for diverse audiences, such as parents, teachers, and other school personnel
- Facilitate communication and collaboration among diverse school personnel, families, community professionals, and others
- Utilize a problem solving framework to address the needs of English language learners
- Consult and collaborate at the individual, family, group, and system levels
- Evaluate learning environments
- Participate in developing programming designed to meet individual needs of students
- Collaborate with teachers regarding learning styles, teaching strategies, individual needs, and classroom management
- Assist parents in understanding parent/child relationships, social development, peer relations, and child development
- Observe children in the classroom to assess learning environments
- Serve as liaison for school/community agencies and resources
- Conduct formal and informal assessment to determine a child’s ability, learning styles, emotional development, and social skills
- Provide individual and group counseling
- Enhance understanding and acceptance of diverse cultures and backgrounds
- Identify and address learning and behavior problems that interfere with school success
- Support students’ social, emotional, and behavioral health
- Provide training in social skills and anger management
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Position open until filled.
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