2025-26 School Psychologist

Class Title: School Psychologist  

Reports To: Director of Special Education

South San Francisco Unified School District

The South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) community includes 15 schools supporting 8,000 students in Daly City, San Bruno, and South San Francisco.

Our mission is that in partnership with our community, SSFUSD will provide exceptional instruction, engaging experiences, and equitable and accessible opportunities and resources to further support our diverse student body so that students are equipped to learn, thrive, navigate their future with purpose, and impact their community.

In February 2024, the School Board for SSFUSD adopted our new Vision and Five-Year Strategic Plan. Educators are at the heart of our priorities - exceptional instruction, engaged students, purposeful partnerships, empowered educators, and equity-centered systems.  

The Role

SSFUSD is seeking a dynamic, equity-focused, and inclusive School Psychologist to join our school community. SSFUSD refuses to accept that the educational outcomes of students in our district are overwhelmingly predictable based on students’ race, socioeconomics, ethnicity or learning differences. We remain committed to working each day to examine systemic, institutional, and individual biases in order to dismantle systems of inequities that will enable all students to thrive. 

Under the direction of the Director of Special Education/Pupil Personnel Services, the School Psychologist will assess behavioral, social, emotional and academic problems for students at assigned school sites; develop individual prescriptions for treating students in special programs; assist with assigned pupil personnel services programs.  

As a School Psychologist in SSFUSD, responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Identifying methods for treatment of problems in both regular and special education programs including recommendation or referral for individual or group counseling; developing behavior modification plan; providing referral to outside agencies such as mental health  
• Performing psycho-educational evaluations including review of records, interviews, assessments, observation and test interpretation; determining program eligibility and placement  
• Counseling with students with behavioral and emotional problems and their parents  
• Setting performance criteria in terms of desired behavioral outcomes and objectives using written, Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs) in collaboration with special education and administrative personnel; providing leadership in development of IEPs and in counseling the IEP team to meet IEP objectives 
• Conducting conferences with parents in child behavior management 
• Managing assigned cases; conducting conferences with teachers, aides, students, principals, therapists and others to identify student progress and resolve student problems  
• Observing students in the classroom setting and on the playground as well as in other areas as applicable  
• Conducting re-evaluation including observation, reviewing reports, reassessment, writing summaries and modifying programs as appropriate; scheduling and conducting follow-ups including periodic check-ups and progress evaluation
• Performing manifestation determination assessments  
• Assisting, evaluating and participating in mediations and hearings 
• Participating in and coordinating assigned Pupil Personnel Services programs on a District-wide basis as assigned  
• Providing assistance to students and staff in crisis  
• Conducting in-service training for teachers, instructional aides, parents and others as required through individual consultation, small or large groups 
• Conducting home visits as required  
• Performing related duties as assigned  

Working Conditions: 

• Environment:  
• Office environment.  
• Classroom environment during observances.  
• Travel from site to site.  
• Physical Demands:  
• Hearing and speaking to exchange information and make presentations.  
• Seeing to monitor students and read a variety of materials.  
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard.  
• Sitting or standing for extended periods of time.  
• Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching.  
• Hazards:  
• Contact with hostile or abusive individuals with unpredictable behaviors. 

Requirements

• Education And Experience: 
• Any combination equivalent to: 
• master’s degree in educational or clinical psychology, 
• including at least one year of internship under the supervision of a credentialed school psychologist and  
• experience in an elementary school setting.  
• Licenses And Other Requirements: 
• School Psychologist Credential.  
• Valid California driver’s license and proof of current California auto liability insurance at time of appointment, and throughout employment in this classification.  
• Personal automobile for job-related travel.  
• Knowledge Of:  
• Psycho-educational evaluation practices, procedures, and methods.  
• Various testing materials, instruments, and equipment.  
• Individual and group counseling techniques.  
• Federal and State laws and regulations regarding special education and assigned duties.  
• IEP preparation and implementation methods and procedures.  
• Appropriate referral agencies.  
• Record-keeping techniques.  
• Applicable sections of the State Education Code.  
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and courtesy.  
• Principles of providing work direction and guidance to assigned personnel. 
•  Technical aspects of field of specialty.  
• Ability To:  
• Perform professional evaluations of psychological, social, and educational needs of students.  
• Develop, write and implement comprehensive Individual Educational Plans (IEP) for special education students.  
• Utilize various testing techniques, materials, equipment, and instruments.  
• Counsel effectively with students and parents.  
• Prepare and maintain confidential records and files.  
• Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action.  
• Work confidentially with discretion.  
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.  
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.  
• Work independently with little direction.  
• Maintain current knowledge of technological advances in the field.  
• Provide work direction and guidance to assigned personnel. 

Application Requirements

• Updated resume
• Transcripts of your graduate degree(s). Unofficial transcripts are acceptable for application purposes only. Official transcripts will be required if you are extended an offer to work in the district. 
• Proof of credential or enrollment in credentialing program - attachment should either include number assigned by California Commission on Teaching Credentialing (CTC) or letter of appeasement from university where credential is being pursued
• Effective January 1, 2025: Under Education Code section 44939.5, you must provide a complete list of all prior employment with any Local Education Agency (LEA), including school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, or state special schools, including part-time and substitute roles.

Please note that if you are extended an offer from SSFUSD, you will also need to complete the following prior to beginning work, including training: 

• Provide clearance of TB test, as mandated by California Education code. 
• Submit fingerprints for California Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation clearance.

*Please note that this job description is subject to Board review. The details are subject to change upon approval. 

Salary : $104,278 - $126,746