School Psychologist
Location: Laurel School District
Reports To: Building Principal and Director of Special Education
Starting Date: August 24, 2026 or other mutually agreeable date for the 2026-2027 school year.
Qualifications:
Applicant must qualify, at time of hire, for State of Delaware School Psychologist Certification.
Must have successfully completed a supervised internship.
Demonstrated knowledge of multi-tiered symptom of support strategies.
Demonstrated knowledge of diagnostic procedures, instructional interventions and student accommodations.
Demonstrated knowledge of behavioral interventions and crisis management.
Favorable criminal background check and child registry check required.
Tuberculin test required.
Participation in Direct Deposit required.
Primary Duties:- Review referrals for individual evaluation to determine appropriate interventions; assess students when an individual evaluation is deemed appropriate; ensure that information is disseminated to the appropriate persons.
- Attendance at school, student, and instructional meetings as required.
- Confer and collaborate with parents and all school staff to ensure students' academic and behavioral progress.
- Administers, interprets, and explains standardized cognitive, achievement, developmental and behavioral evaluation results with all participants during eligibility determination IEP meetings.
- Reviews, interprets, and explains evaluation results received from other school districts or evaluators outside of the district to determine eligibility for services and/or to determine if additional assessments are needed for eligibility determination.
- Schedule time in classrooms for direct observation and intervention with student's as required.
- Prepares comprehensive psychoeducational evaluation reports, ESR documents, and related compliance documents in accordance with federal, state, and DE Department of Education guidelines.
- Observe all federal, state, and district time lines for evaluation and submission of evaluation reports.
- Collect, monitor, graph, analyze and report student data as part of the FBA process.
- Participate in all Child Find and Kindergarten screening procedures within the district, Headstart, and for students who are parentally privately placed.
- Consult with personnel from outside agencies when needed.
- Other related duties as assigned.
- Terms of Employment:
- Full time employee – 37.5 hours per week
- Eleven (11) month position – 207 days per year
- Salary based on current State and Local Teacher Salary schedule
- Benefits in accordance with current Laurel School Board policy
- Application Procedure:
- Letter of Interest
- Evidence of or ability to acquire Delaware Dept. of Education certification
- Current Resume
- District Application certification/license www.joindelawareschools.orgThree recent letters of professional reference
- Mailing Address:
- Laurel School District Attention Judy Evans 1160 South Central Avenue Laurel, DE 19956
Closing Date:
Position open until filled. Preference will be given to those applications received by noon June 4, 2026.
