School Psychologist
Reports to: Director for Student Support Services
Supervises: NoneTerm of Employment: 10 months
Salary: Pay Tables for Current YearFLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt
Qualifications: School Psychologist Licensure Master's level or above
Essential Job Functions:- Identifies and assesses the learning, development and adjustment characteristics and needs of individuals and groups, as well as the environmental factors that affect learning and adjustment
- Uses assessment data about the student and student's environment in developing appropriate interventions and programs
- Provides interventions to students to support the teaching process and to maximize learning and adjustment
- Provides consultation to parents, teachers, and other school personnel, and community agencies to enhance the learning and adjustment of students
- Assists in the planning, development, and evaluation of programs to meet and identify learning and adjustment needs
- Delivers a planned and coordinated program of psychological services
- Applies ethics and standards of professional practice in the delivery of school psychological services and observes relevant laws and policies that govern practice
- Participates in professional organizations and continually seeks to improve professional knowledge and skills
- Communicates effectively with students, parents and school staff
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor
- Physical and Cognitive Requirements:
The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below are applicable to this job classification within Moore County Schools.
Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.
Must be able to:prepare, read and comprehend a variety of job-related forms, reports, spreadsheets, maps, plans, records, documentation and correspondence in all languages required by the jobunderstand and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and stylespeak to individuals or groups of people with poise, voice control and confidencerespond adequately to inquiries or complaintswrite using standard convention in all languages required by the jobapply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusionsapply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic formcommunicate effectively and efficiently in all languages required by the job using whatever communication device or system is required (telephone, Braille)use/interpret job-related terminology, mathematical formulas and functions effectively and efficientlydeal with people beyond giving and receiving instructionsperform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress and adapt when confronted with emergency situationsbe sensitive to cultural differences among individuals and groups of personsoperate a motor vehicleoperate/use a variety of automated office machines and other office equipmentoperate/use a variety of printing/graphic arts machinesoperate/use a variety of audiovisual/electronic machines and devicesoperate/use a variety of communication machines/equipment/devicesoperate/use a variety of job specific machines/equipment
