What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Psychologist position at Southside Middle School?
The Manchester School District offers a full benefits package to all eligible employees including:
- Anthem Medical insurance
- Anthem Vision insurance
- Delta Dental insurance
- Company funded HSA for select Anthem health plans
- Flexible spending accounts
- Retirement pension plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Gym Reimbursement
- Company sponsored life insurance
- 403(b) tax sheltered annuity plan
- Vision discounts
- Medical incentive rewards
- Employee assistance program
- Many more.
Minimum Qualifications and Requirements:
- Master’s Degree in school psychology or equivalent.
- Completed 45 graduate hours in school psychology or related area in addition to an internship.
- Have completed no less than a 500-clock hour supervised internship with school age persons.
- Meets competency requirements set forth in District’s personnel standards as required under 34 CFR 300.23 and 34 CFR 300.136.
- Requirements as set by the State of New Hampshire Certification Authorities and Board of School Committee regulations.
- Valid driver’s license and own transportation
Specific Core Function:
To administer a variety of psycho-educational instruments to students who are experiencing difficulties (academic or behavioral) in the classroom. To help the schools determine if a student is eligible for special education services.
Responsibilities of the Position:
- Provide intellectual, academic, behavioral and personality evaluations for individuals ages 3-21.
- Provide psychological evaluations of disabled or potentially disabled students ages 3-21 through:
- Interviews with relevant persons;
- Administration of diagnostic instruments;
- Integration of information and preparation for presentation to teams;
- Interpretation of findings to students, teachers, parent(s) and team members
- Preparation of written reports
- Prepare educational and behavioral plans based on diagnostic data
- Provide consultation and assistance to IEP team
- Provide consultation services to teachers and students
- Provide behavioral intervention services to students as needed
- Provide individual and/or group counseling services to students
- Lead group counseling for educationally disabled students as needed
- Participate in writing individual education plans for educationally disabled students being seen for individual or group counseling
Specified Length/Hours of Position:
This is an affiliated (MEA) position under the Teacher Association negotiated contract, following the school calendar with additional workshop days.
Application Procedure:
The Manchester School District uses this Applicant Tracking on-line application platform, please visit our site: https://mansd.schoolspring.com/ The Manchester School District's website is www.mansd.org