Position to start immediately.

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

Position open until filled.