POSITION: Network School Psychologist GRADE LEVEL: Middle and High School LOCATION: DSST: Home Office located in Denver, CO (Hybrid Role) SALARY: $68,000-$76,160 based on aligned years of experience up to 6 years. We also offer a relocation stipend for anyone joining us from 75 miles or more from Denver! STATUS: Full time school year, benefits eligible, exempt, in-person position START: July 2024. You can view the current School Year Calendar here. KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES Our Regional School Psychologists are leaders who play an integral role in ensuring that students with disabilities are welcomed, known, and challenged to achieve their most ambitious post-secondary path. DSST’s Regional School Psychologist will play a critical role in ensuring all students with disabilities in the network receive high quality and legally defensible evaluations for special education eligibility. At the direction of the Home Office Mental Health Team, the Regional School Psychologist will support DSST schools with identifying students with social emotional impacts, implementing supports that address root causes, and completing special education initial evaluations and reevaluations including completing social, emotional, and cognitive assessments and drafting evaluation reports. The Regional School Psychologist will assess students for social emotional impacts and support in creating connections with school based teams and the community to provide appropriate supports. This position will include working closely with the school based team and families to understand impact areas, complete the necessary assessments, and summarizing results in a holistic, comprehensive manner so schools and families can connect students with the appropriate supports. This role will support student cases across the DSST network at both the Middle School and High School levels and may include students who receive mild/moderate support as well as center programming. This role requires significant interpersonal skills given the collaboration between families, school teams and special service providers as well as strong communication, organization and time management. Network Mental Health Assessments & Evaluations: Spend, on average, 4 per week in the school setting Coached and managed by a member of the HO Mental Health team including bi-weekly coaching and development meetings. At the direction of the Home Office Mental Health Team, be assigned to schools and individual cases throughout the DSST network in order to ensure all students with disabilities have strong, comprehensive evaluations and assessments that help matching students with the appropriate in school and community support. Assignments will include working on several special education evaluations simultaneously and supporting multiple schools throughout the course of a week. Communication and Collaboration Build relationships with members of the school leadership and Special Education and Mental Health Teams at schools Communicate with Mental Health Teams, General Education Teachers, other Special Education Teachers and school leaders about information needed and timelines for assessment and evaluations. Communicate regularly with the Home Office Mental Health and Special Education Team As needed, communicate with families and outside providers about student needs MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Has a valid special service provider endorsement. You can read more about obtaining a Colorado Special Education Endorsement here. We recommend reaching out to CDE directly for information on transferring your out of state credentials. IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS Strong candidates for this role should have a demonstrated ability to respond flexibly to a changing work environment, to build positive relationships with a variety of stakeholders, and communicate clearly both verbally and in writing. Proven commitment to and experience with serving students of color, students with disabilities, and/or multilingual students. WHO WE ARE At DSST Public Schools, we are proud to be the largest and highest-performing network of public charter schools in Denver and Aurora with 100% of our students having been accepted into college or post secondary programs since our inception in 2004. When you join DSST, you play a part in ensuring ALL students at our 16 schools have access to a transformational and joyful education. We encourage you to visit our website to learn more about why we’ve been selected as the 2018 Broad Prize Winner and as a Denver Post “Top Place to Work”. Not interested right now but might be in the future, or want to learn about other positions? Complete our Interest Form to connect with a member of our Talent Team. INTERVIEW EXPECTATIONS For most of our positions, we hire on a rolling basis. Therefore, we recommend that you submit your application as soon as you are able! You can learn more about what to expect in our interview process here. TOTAL REWARDS At DSST, we know that our people are the greatest asset we have in reaching our mission of eliminating educational inequity. We work hard to build a work culture that allows our staff to not only feel fulfilled by the work they do but also feel supported to live a joyful, healthy life. We want this work to be your life’s work. Check out our website and our benefits highlight guide to learn how we deliver on our commitment to the human condition. Some Highlights: Excellent Healthcare Plan: We encourage you to check out our benefits guide to see the ways we are committed to the wellness of our staff. We are always looking to improve how we care and, through staff feedback, we’ve been able to implement innovative new benefits such as Fertility Benefits as well as staffing a Mental Health Counselor that is dedicated solely to DSST Staff. Time Off: DSST Staff enjoy 11 weeks off per year paid PTO (from Day 1!) Career Development: In addition to weekly coaching from a designated coach, you’ll have access to internal training and development pathways designed by our Professional Development & Training Team as well as external development opportunities. REFERRAL Know someone who would be a great fit? Refer them here! Anyone can refer a candidate and we offer a $500 referral bonus for every successful referral. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION DSST Public Schools is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not exclude participation in, deny benefits to or discriminate on the basis of, race, color, religion, National origin, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions, sexual orientation, or gender identity), Age (40 and older), Disability, Genetic information (including employer requests for, or purchase, use, or disclosure of genetic tests, genetic services, or family medical history), retaliation for filing a charge, reasonably opposing discrimination, or participating in a discrimination lawsuit, investigation, or proceeding in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and activities. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is active and may require standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and crouching throughout the day. The employee must lift and/or move items up to 30 pounds. The employee must have sufficient hand, arm, and finger dexterity to operate a computer keyboard and other office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. DSST Public Schools is a network of middle and high schools located in Denver, Colorado. We foster school communities where our students and staff become the best versions of themselves. At the core of our approach are strong and meaningful relationships, fostered in small schools, that ensure every student and staff member is known and valued for their unique contributions. Through this whole child approach, we operate many of the top middle and high schools in the city of Denver. But the true success has been that all our graduating seniors have been accepted into college since the first graduating class in 2004. Join a team that’s making an impact – apply to DSST!