buncombe county schoolsAsheville, NC
School Psychologist (2026-27)
School Psychologist (2026-27)
School Psychologist (2026-27)
buncombe county schoolsAsheville, NC
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School Psychologist
Position Purpose:
To assist students, educators and parents in enabling students to derive the fullest potential educational experience from school by promoting positive self esteem and resilience, and providing suggested methods and plans for overcoming psychological or mental health problems.
Salary: State Educator Salary + [8.5% - 16% local supplement]
Reports to: School Principal / Director of Special Services
Supervises:
N/AJob Goals: To provide psychological and psychoeducational services to students, parents and school personnel.
Qualifications:
- A valid North Carolina license as a School Psychologist, Level II.Performance Responsibilities
- Provides assistance, as needed, to student assistance teams in developing academic and behavioral interventions for referred students.
- Participates as a member of IEP teams to review referrals for students suspected of having a disability to determine the need for evaluation.
- Conducts assessments appropriate to the focus of concern and according to professional standards.
- Integrates data from assessment procedures and develops recommendations for IEP teams relative to both instructional and educational programming and program eligibility and placement.
- Interprets results of psychological and educational assessment accurately and clearly in written reports and conferences.
- Assists in identifying environmental factors, assessing their impact and developing effective direct and indirect behavioral and educational interventions to address student needs.
- Provides consultation to teachers, other school staff, and parents about strategies to facilitate learning and adjustment for individuals or groups of students.
- Assists schools and system administration in developing and updating crisis intervention, school improvement, and other program plans.
- Assists in monitoring accountability procedures to ensure compliance of special education records.
- Attends staff meetings for psychological services.
- Maintains effective communication both orally and in writing.
- Maintains collaborative relationships with school personnel, community agency representatives, and parents.
- Engages in continuing professional development by participating in appropriate training conferences and individual staff development activities.
- Observes federal, state, and local policies and regulations in the delivery of school psychological services.
- Delivers services consistent with the National Association of School Psychologist and the American Psychological Association ethical principles and professional standards of practice.
Be a part of the MTSS team by: (1) Help PLC teams analyze local data to assess Core Instruction and Supplemental Instruction. (2) Examine current and past data of individual students to determine how their achievement compares to norms and their need for Intensive Intervention. (3) Participate in Individual Problem-Solving meetings with teachers and parents to help design interventions and collect data within the MTSS model. (4) Analyze progress monitoring data and help graph the data.
Knowledge/SkillsMust be able to operate a variety of equipment including computers.
Requires the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with students, administration, counselors, teachers and parents.
Must have considerable ability to learn educational software.
Term of Employment: 10 Months, 8 hours a day/215 days
Evaluation: Performance will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation of personnel.
Instructions to Applicants: Follow the Hiring Process instructions on the Buncombe County Schools' website: www.buncombeschools.org/hiringprocess BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER © 2021 Buncombe County Schools Job Description | page 2 of 2
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Level
Senior
Location
Asheville, NC
Occupation
School Psychologists
Industry
Elementary and Secondary Schools
Posted
14 days ago