RESPONSIBLE TO: SPECIAL EDUCATION DIRECTOR
QUALIFICATIONS: AS SET BY BOARD AND STATE CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES
To provide psychological and psycho educational services to students through consultation, intervention, counseling, assessment, staff development and program development, implementation and evaluation.
* Prevent educational and behavioral problems through early identification and consultation.
* Identify special needs of children through consultation, observation and other psychological and educational assessment.
* Analyze, integrate and report psychological and educational information about child behavior and conditions related to learning.
* Consult with teachers and other staff members in planning, implementing, and evaluating needs of individuals and groups of children.
* Plan and manage a program of psychological services including: 1) pre-referral and assessment services; 2) early identification services; 3) intervention and counseling for children; and 4) program evaluation and applied educational research.
* Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the supervisor or superintendent.
* Consult with general and exceptional teachers about the effects of various teaching techniques and methods of classroom instruction.
* Confer with teachers and parents about the child’s learning abilities, achievement levels, social/emotional development, and learning needs.
* Help teachers and parents understand more about how children grow, learn and develop.
* Assist teachers and parents in the development of appropriate goals and objectives necessary to meet the needs of each child.
* Provide crisis intervention services to students and school personnel upon requests.
* Aid in the construction and selection of evaluation procedures and instruments and assist in the development evaluation of programs, materials, and educational strategies for the district.
* Participate in screening meetings, serving to interpret and consult on the available data.
* Develop with teachers, parents and administrators intervention strategies designed to help in solving students’ school related problems in the regular classroom setting.
* Monitor the effectiveness of intervention strategies and, when necessary, ensure the initiation of a formal referral for complete psycho-educational assessment.
* Complete individual psycho-educational assessments and evaluation reports within federal due process timelines.
* Attend ARC meetings, as needed.
* Conduct needs assessments in order that service delivery goals may be set.
* Serve on district committees to apply psychological expertise for the development, implementation and evaluation of educational programs. Such areas may include grant application writing, the development of performance assessment procedures, curriculum design, competency testing and remedial programming.
* Providing professional development opportunities for teachers, administrators, and other school personnel: and develop systematic research programs to answer questions of concern to school personnel, such as the relationships between educational programs and pupil achievement. This service would be provided as the need arises.
* Assist with testing for the gifted program.
* Assist with early childhood assessment and intervention.
* Interpret the psychologist’s role to the community.
* Assist in beginning programs for the children who are found to be “at risk” and provide for parent training as needed.
* Psychological assessment.
* Consultation methods and practices.
* Psychological practices, procedures and equipment.
* Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary.
* Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.
* Technical aspects of field of specialty.
* Basic public speaking techniques.
* Provide technical assistance in the development, dissemination and evaluation of procedures for obtaining psychological services.
* Assist in the identification and evaluation of students with psychological and emotional problems.
* Determine appropriate action within clearly defined guidelines.
* Consult with parents, teachers and others regarding psychological and emotional-related issues.
* Maintain current knowledge of technological advances in the field.
* Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
* Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
* Work independently with children.
* Complete all mandatory training and attend in-service sessions
* Performs assigned tasks in a timely manner
* Consistently displays self-control with parents, students, and school personnel
* Maintains a clean workstation (desk, office, etc.)
* Be clean, neat and appropriately/professionally dressed
* Be consistently responsible and display an attitude of honesty and credibility
* Show enthusiasm, interest and concern for the total program and its efficient operation
* Maintains student control
* Operate equipment in a safe manner
* Demonstrate positive behavior toward the purposes and goals of the Russell County Public Schools
* Maintain regular and punctual attendance
* Be consistently responsible-maintaining regular punctual attendance and timely completion of assigned duties, working assigned contract and extended days and using sick and personal leave appropriately.
* Maintain professional interpersonal skills using tact, patience, courtesy and cooperative effective relationships with others consistently displaying self-control, honesty and credibility with parents, students, visitors and school personnel.
* Act as a district liaison demonstrating positive behavior, interest and concern toward the programs, purposes, goals and efficient operation of the Russell County Public Schools.
* Follow the procurement guidelines and purchase order process.
* Disseminate information/resources in areas of responsibilities.
* Supervises and provides performance evaluations for assigned personnel.
* Maintain proper care and safe use of district equipment and property.
* Participate in required professional development and trainings as assigned or approved for professional job growth, to remain abreast of program requirements/responsibilities and to improve student educational services.
* Maintain confidentiality and privacy of all school records.
* Is familiar with and incorporates the use of technology in daily tasks.
* Adheres with federal, state and district program guidelines, policies, procedures and laws.
* Administer health services to students as necessary including, but not limited to, the administration of medication; the operation, maintenance, or health care through the use of medical equipment; or the administration of clinical procedures
* Adheres to the State Professional Code of Ethics.
* Perform other tasks and assume other responsibilities as may be assigned by the supervisor or superintendent.
* Render health services as necessary after appropriate training.