2025-26 School Year School Psychologist

Job Posted 11/28/2024
VDOE External
Virginia
United States
Job Description



We have new leadership and a strategic plan that we look forward to it guiding us into the future. Use the following link to learn more about our direction on "Excellence, Equity and Opportunity". https://www.fcps.edu/strategic-plan



The culmination of the strategic planning work resulted in the development of 5 student-centered goals, measures to monitor the progress toward those goals, equity commitments to support each and every student with attaining those goals and the four pillars that identify what FCPS must do well to reach these goals. This plan will guide the work through 2030.











Description




Provides the full range of psychological services to schools, comprehensive service sites, and early childhood assessment teams, enabling students to achieve optimal learning; systematically collects, analyzes, synthesizes, and interprets data and information necessary to guide services such as consultation, counseling, behavioral assessment and intervention planning, and psychological evaluation in the educational setting.

Major Duties and Essential Functions

1. Provides a full range of psychological services to schools and centers or to a diagnostic unit in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations, particularly regarding valid and reliable instruments, nondiscriminatory testing, and adaptive testing procedures. 2. Supports and serves in a variety of settings and models which include general education, co-facilities, comprehensive service sites, preschool, and school-based services for students identified as having an emotional disability. 3. Administers and analyzes the results of diagnostic psychological instruments which assess students’ cognitive abilities, academic performance, interpersonal emotional/social functioning, and sensory-motor functioning. 4. Provides psychological observations, interviews, and evaluations and provides follow-up. 5. Provides crisis mental health services, including conducting suicide risk and mental health assessments. 6. Serves as a member of a school crisis team and division-wide crisis response teams. 7. Determines schoolwide needs for specific psychological services through consultation with the principal and school staff and establishes priorities for service delivery within assigned schools. 8. Provides direct and indirect intervention to include counseling, consultation, and designing and implementing behavioral change programs and tiered intervention. 9. Collaborates with school personnel, central departments and offices, families, public agencies, and private practitioners, as required. 10. Leads and facilitates discussions among groups and individuals to reach consensus, resolve conflicts, or influence outcomes on matters of significance, such as intervention approaches. 11. Works as part of a team to ensure a program meets its goals. 12. Provides oral and written feedback to school personnel, families, and related professionals. 13. Makes or recommends referrals to county agencies, as required. 14. Manages the organization and processing of cases for special education eligibility, including monitoring, reviewing, and liaison tasks. 15. Guides families through the special education referral process. 16. Participates in the advanced academic program screening process. 17. Participates in local screening committee teams, administrative reviews, test reviews, and manifestation committees. 18. May deliver training and professional development. 19. May represent the Division in public meetings and/or present information to senior management team. 20. Maintains case management logs, completes reports, conducts statistical analysis, and presents findings and interpretation, as required. 21. Performs related duties as required or assigned.








Qualifications












All applicants must meet the certification requirements of the commonwealth of Virginia. Detailed information is available from the Virginia Department of Education online at: https://careers.fcps.edu/vdoe_licensure.htm




REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS STATEMENT










The work environment and physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.




WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS











This job operates in a professional office environment and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.




To apply for an exciting opportunity to work with US please visit:


https://www.fcps.edu/careers/career-opportunities/current-job-openings



To learn more about our School Leadership and Staff please visit:


https://www.fcps.edu/schools-centers


Eligible for up to $3000 Hire Bonus