Job Summary:
To provide a comprehensive school psychological evaluation utilizing various techniques to determine the eligibility of children suspected of being handicapped.
Flint Community Schools, located in Flint, Michigan, is an urban public school system with about 5,000 students and 500 employees. With campuses throughout the City of Flint, the district has a long and rich tradition of community education. Flint Community Schools provide a range of academic, extended services and extracurricular activities at the elementary and secondary levels to meet the needs of our students and their families.
Essential Functions:
- To continue to ensure that the rights of students with handicapping conditions and their parents are maintained and safeguarded.
- Participates in establishing procedures for early identification and intervention for learning, social and emotional difficulties in the pre-assessment of students suspected of being handicapped.
- To provide assessment and written psychological evaluations of intelligence, achievement, personality and adaptive behavior in identifying eligibility criteria for those suspected of mental impairment, learning disability, emotional impairment or other handicapping conditions.
- Chairperson for the Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team (MET) Meeting and the Individual Educational Planning Committee (IEPC) for the consideration of mental impairment.
- To participate in MET’s to consider a learning disability and emotional impairment as handicapping conditions as well as to participate in all other METs, as necessary.
- Provides a comprehensive psychological report for each student evaluated.
- Participates in all support staff meetings and participates in all in-services, as necessary.
- Responsible for carrying out the special education policies and procedures in all assigned buildings.
- To interpret all psychological assessment data in a meaningful and understandable manner to pertinent personnel such as parents, teachers and administrators.
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The essential functions listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and /or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education:
Specialist Degree in School Psychology, or its equivalent and State full approval and/or State certification as a school psychologist (Special Education Code Rule 340.1152).
Experience:
Previous school psychology work experience in a public school setting or other related agency experience preferred.
Skills:
- A school psychologist shall possess applicable knowledge of consultation and planning for effective classroom organization, social structures, implementation of effective teaching techniques and development of appropriate educational plans and behavior management programs.
- Knowledge of the development of assessment procedures that measure instructional progress and learning outcomes for individual children.
- Ability to assist in modifying instructional practices to make them more appropriate to the social and academic needs of students with diverse backgrounds and characteristics.
- Knowledge and ability to analyze assessment instruments typically used to measure educational potential.
- Ability to objectively analyze a situation in order to make a placement decision based solely on the best interest of that child.
- Ability to provide educational programs or provide information to help parents, school personnel and others who work with youth to be more effective in their roles.
- Ability to work directly with a pupil, family or educators to help solve problems related to learning and adjustment.
Other Requirements:
Residence within a 60-mile radius of the borders of the district is required; residence within the City of Flint is preferred. Newly hired employees must satisfactorily pass: 1) physical examination by a medical doctor; 2) police clearance; 3) reference check, including digital fingerprinting; and 4) 5-panel drug test. Must comply with Student Safety Initiative Legislation, as amended.
Salary & Benefits:
Teacher Basic Salary Schedule ($38,000 - $72,788 Based on experience and education) + $3,000 Hiring Bonus (contingent upon grant funding)
Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance. Employees shall be subject to the co-payment of health care costs equal to the difference between the premium cost and the annual cost limitation imposed on public employers.
Education:
Valid Michigan Teacher Certification with BR, BT, or BX endorsement (6-12) required.
An online application is required for all positions. In addition, all applicants must submit the following:
- A signed cover letter
- Current resumé
- Copy of transcripts
- Three signed professional letters of recommendation (cannot be older than 18 months)
These documents must be scanned and uploaded through the online application process
