This person will start at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year.
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SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST
Logan County School District Position Description
Requirements stated herein are minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities to qualify for this position. To perform the duties and responsibilities of this position successfully, the employee must possess the abilities and aptitudes to perform each task proficiently. "Ability" means to possess and apply both knowledge and skill.
The methods of meeting these requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. Some requirements, however, may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or others.
REPORTS TO: Director of Special Education
EXEMPT STATUS: Exempt APPROVED: Board Order #78, 2-10-15
SUMMARY
Under direction, to evaluate the needs of average, gifted, handicapped and disturbed children in an educational setting; to perform psychoeducational assessments to determine appropriate programs and instructional processes to enable students to achieve maximum achievement and adjustment; to assist students in understanding and seeking solutions to social, emotional, or academic problems and issues; to serve as a resource pertaining to student behavior management and learning strategies, and welfare and attendance problems and concerns; and to do other related functions as directed.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
This position classification requires subject matter expertise in psychological assessment and guidance processes. Directly related assessment and psychological counseling experience is suggested to perform problem analysis and to arrive at alternative solutions to student academic, psychological, and emotional problems, issues and concerns. The position classification performs decision analysis continually, and makes judgments and decisions of considerable consequence. The functional role of this position classification requires the application of a variety of assessment protocols, and interpretation of data, facts, procedures, and policies pertaining to student educational programming and psychological adjustments. The incumbent meets frequently with school administrators, teachers, other educational staff and parents to communicate information, data, and alternative problem solutions. This is a sedentary position classification and performs light work that involves sitting a portion of the time, but does require walking and standing for extended periods. This position requires accurate perceiving of sound, near and far vision, depth perception, handling and working with educational and psychological materials, and providing highly technical oral and written information.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a person with a disability to perform the essential functions of the job.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Perform a variety of individual and group psychoeducational assessments for eligibility determination of special education disabilities
Prepare recommendations pertaining to student remediation, placement in special programs, and psychoeducational interventions.
Consult and confer with instructional and administrative personnel in the development and implementation of instructional methods and procedure designed to facilitate learning and to overcome learning and behavioral disorders.
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Participate in parent conferences, pupil evaluation reviews and provide pupil profiles indicating
learning strengths and weaknesses.
Serve as a member of student study teams and collaborate with other team members in planning
special programs and in using remedial instructional materials for students with special needs.
Consult with parents to further their understanding of the learning and emotional adjustment
processes pertaining to their child.
Counsel pupils individually and in small groups using a variety of data gathering and therapy
techniques.
Serve as a resource to site and District personnel and members of the school community
concerning youth services.
Serve as a liaison between the schools and mental health and juvenile agencies in pursuing
referral follow-ups.
Assist in the development and monitoring of individual education plans for students with exceptional
needs.
May pursue evaluation and research activities to determine the effectiveness of the school
psychological service program.
Assist in identifying school psychological service needs.
Plan and present, as requested, a variety of management related reports pertaining to school
psychological service functions and activities.
QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of:
Principles, methods, techniques, strategies, and trends in educational, social, and emotional
adjustment assessment functions;
Applicable and appropriate psychological and achievement appraisal instruments, techniques,
and procedures;
Social service and youth service agencies in the local and greater metropolitan area;
Social, emotional, and behavioral characteristics of pre-school and school age students;
Evaluation and research techniques, strategies, and procedures;
Curriculum and instruction programs proven to be beneficial to pupils with special learning
needs.
Ability to:
Effectively and efficiently assess students and aid them in analyzing and developing alternative
solutions to behavioral, educational, social, and emotional problems and concerns;
Conduct, analyze, and effectively utilize a variety of individual and group counseling techniques
applicable to the student with severe learning, behavioral and emotional needs;
Effectively deal with site and District personnel, parents, social service, and youth service
agencies in resolving student problems and concerns;
Effectively participate in the planning and implementation of individual educational and learning
plans;
Communicate effectively in oral and written form;
Understand and carry out oral and written directions with minimal accountability controls;
Establish and maintain effective organizational, public, and community relationships.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge
and skill is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required knowledge and skill would be:
Experience:
Successful school psychologist experience including practica, internship, or employment
as a school psychologist
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST
Education:
Equivalent to the completion of an earned Master of Arts or science or higher degree in
psychology, or endorsement in school psychology.
Certification Requirement
Possession of certification as required by Kentucky law.