Title: School Pyschologist (Multiple positions available)
Classification: Ancillary
Location: EDC/Services for Exceptional Students
Work Hours: 7.5 hours per day – 37.5 hours per week
Contract Length: 203 days
Salary: Level I = $61,361
Level II = $73,635
Level III = $85,906
Supervisor: Director of Special Education
General Job Description. To improve the school performance of special education students identified as having serious emotional or behavioral disabilities through evaluation, and therapeutic interventions
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
As a member of a number of multidisciplinary teams, the school psychologist is responsible for the following kinds of activities:
- Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments of students referred for multifactorial evaluations.
- Interpret results of psychological evaluations to school personnel, other concerned professionals, and parents and to students (whenever this is deemed appropriate).
- Serve as a member of the Individual Education Planning Committee to assist in development of an individualized plan to enable the assigned student to progress, educationally.
- Conduct individual, group, or facilitative therapy with students whose identified emotional/behavioral needs require psychosocial counseling, and/or behavioral modifications.
- Provide assistance and support to classroom teachers, or other school staff, as required to assist in implementing as student’s IEP.
- Participate in case staffing as requested by supervisor.
- Participate in in-service training, as assigned.
- Attend scheduled staff meetings and committee meetings as required.
- Maintain an acceptable knowledge level of most current and relevant developments in the field of School
- Psychology/Special Education, as they may pertain to this job description.
- Complete required reports in a timely manner as requested.
- Complete other tasks as deemed appropriate by the immediate supervisor and/or the superintendent
- Complete Safe Schools training as directed by the District
Qualifications:
A. Level 1, Entry Level School Psychologist
1. A bachelor’s and master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university; AND 60 graduate hours (which may be completed as part of a master’s degree program or in addition to the master’s degree) meeting the applicable program requirements as follows:
a. The 60 graduate hours awarded by a regionally accredited college or university must incorporate the lNew Mexico State Board of Education’s approved competencies in school psychology and include a 1200 hour internship, 600 hours of which must be in a school setting. Psychological counseling with students with severe emotional disturbances, and/or behavior disorders shall comprise a minimum of 300 hours of the internship under the supervision of a clinical supervising school psychologist; OR
b. The 60 graduate hours awarded by a college or university outside of New Mexico must be for a school psychology or equivalent program approved by the New Mexico State Board of Education and include an internship in a school setting; OR
c. The 60 graduate hours as described in a or b above, excluding an internship, with documentation of one (1) year of successful clinically supervised experience in one of the following areas:
(1) school psychology;
(2) psychological counseling or psychological interventions including counseling; OR
2. A doctoral degree in clinical psychology, counseling psychology, or school psychology that includes 12 semester hours of child focused course work and /or 600 hours of experience in child psychology; OR
3. A valid clinical psychologist, counseling psychologist, or school psychologist license issued by the New Mexico Board of Psychologist Examiners; AND the specialty area examination of the National Teachers Examination in school psychology.
B. Level 2, Independent School Psychologist
1. A valid level license; AND
2. Verification by the superintendent of the local school district or the governing authority of the private school or state institution that the school psychologist has satisfactorily demonstrated the school psychology competencies approved by the New Mexico State Board of Education with competencies regarding the provision of psychological counseling services for students who are designated as severely emotionally behaviorally disturbed be documented by a clinical supervision school psychologist.
C. Level 3A, Clinical Supervision School Psychologist
1. Doctoral degree in school psychology, clinical psychology, or counseling psychology from a regionally accredited college or university; AND
2. A valid clinical psychologist, counseling psychologist, or school psychologist license issued by the New Mexico Board of Psychologist Examiners; AND
3. Evidence of a minimum of 875 hours of supervised experience in diagnosing and treating children, including children with severe emotional disturbances and behavior disorder of children in a school setting; AND
4. Verification by the superintendent of the local school district or the governing authority of the private school or state institution that the school psychologist has satisfactorily demonstrated the clinical supervising school psychology competencies approved by the New Mexico State Board of Education; AND
5. The specialty area examination of the National Teachers Examination in school psychology.
Physical Requirements: Ability to perform the job and access the environment for which you are hired. The following may be required: Sitting, standing, lifting, moving about the room or school, carrying (up to 50 pounds), reaching, squatting, kneeling, prolonged typing, physical ability to type on a keyboard terminal, and moving light furniture.
Equipment/Technology Handled: Must know how to properly operate or be willing to learn to operate all multimedia equipment including current technology.
Work Environment: Must be able to work within various degrees of noise, temperature, and air quality. Interruptions of work are routine. Flexibility and patience are required. Must be self-motivated and able to complete job assignment without direct supervision. After hour work may be required.
Terms of Employment: Salary and work calendar established yearly by the district.
All GMCS schools are eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
All applicants must upload copies of official transcripts or evaluations of foreign transcripts from any and all accredited colleges/universities attended by you for review in order to be considered for this position.