Applicant Pool: School Psychologist - Sp Ed

APPLICANT POOL: SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST - SP ED

JOB STATUS: OPEN

POSTING NUMBER: 00059082

SCHOOL YEAR: 2024-2025

CLOSING DATE: 03/31/2025 04:00 PM

POSTING NUMBER: 00059082

LOCATION: 093:SPECIAL EDUCATION DEP

POSITION TITLE: APPLICANT POOL: SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST - SP ED

JOB DESCRIPTION:

To provide direct therapy and consultation services to individuals, groups and/or families in a school setting to facilitate behavioral and crises intervention, knowledge of community resources for mental health needs and administer personality instruments and projective tests utilizing different therapy models and current practices of school psychology.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Incumbent must achieve the following outcomes with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Provides individual, group and/or family interventions to special education and general education students.

• Provides consultation to teachers, administrators, parents and other appropriate personnel in order to facilitate behavioral interventions and academic success for students.

• Provides crisis intervention services for students at risk; this may take form of intervention, evaluation and/or referral to an appropriate community agency.

• Maintains current knowledge of community resources for mental health needs for students and families.

• Administers behavioral rating scales, objective personality instruments and projected techniques for diagnosis purposes.

• Completes necessary evaluations, reports and correspondence as requested by supervisor for at risk and/or SEBD students.

• Consults with appropriate personnel in the development of District-wide programs to improve the classroom climate to meet students needs.

• Assists school in working with parents to foster positive emotional growth in working in their children.

• Assists school personnel and students in developing, monitoring and evaluating objectives for social/emotional growth.

• Plans, implements, monitors and evaluates behavioral/academic intervention strategies for students.

• Attends IEP.

• Utilizes different models, concepts and be familiar with current issues concerning the practices of school psychology.

• Provides case management services to students and families when the IEP committee and/or the school determines that home-school coordination, inter-agency coordination, community resources referrals and/or assistance for families are needed.

• Coordinates the mental health team (ES, SW, Counselor, Nurse, BMS, BD consultant) assigned to the school sites and the clusters.

• Reports directly to supervisor regarding the mental health team's interventions/issues/concerns

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE:

The minimum expectations for this job are as follows:

• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Flexibility, organization, decision-making and problem solving skills.

• Interpersonal skills with diverse populations in-person and on the telephone.

• Knowledge of APS community, computer system, financial and legal requirements.

• Ability to meet deadlines, work on multiple projects and coordinate the work of others.

• Knowledge of District policies on immunization, medication, first aid, emergencies and child abuse/neglect.

• Knowledge of all laws, regulations and guidelines affecting teachers and students.

• Knowledge of effective classroom management techniques.

REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION AND LICENSURE: The minimum requirements for this job are as follows:

• Master's Degree.

• Valid New Mexico 906 license.

• New Mexico State Board of Education's approved competencies in school psychology and include the following:

• 1200 hours internship (600 hours of which must be in a school setting).

• 300 hours internship under the supervision of a clinical supervising school psychologist of psychological counseling with students with severe emotional disturbances and/or behavior disorders.

• Satisfactory completion of pre-employment physical examination.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

CONTACT: Lisa Oliphant / Oliphant@aps.edu

APPLY TO:

APPLY ONLINE: WWW.APS.EDU, APS Jobs, Certified Application.

In addition to providing supporting documents to meet the position requirements, you must also submit an updated cover letter & resume.

ADDITIONAL INFO:

SALARY: Schedule A

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