Senior School Psychologist
KIPP NYC Public Schools
- Columbus, OH
- Training
- Full-time
- The Senior School Psychologist will be licensed by ODE and the Ohio Board of Psychology and will hold a doctoral level education with a minimum of 5 years experience as a School Psychologist. A summary of responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Conduct psychological and academic assessments and collect and interpret student and classroom data
- Support teachers in providing individualized instruction and interventions and progress monitoring
- Promote positive student and classroom behavior while encouraging student motivation/engagement
- Improve students' development, including communication, social skills and social-emotional learning
- Assess students' emotional and behavioral needs; provide individual/group counseling
- Promote problem-solving, anger management, resilience and conflict resolution
- Provide individual and group counseling
- Coordinate services with community-based providers
- Provide culturally responsive services to students and families from diverse backgrounds
- Assess diverse learning needs and modify or adapt curricula and instruction
- Plan appropriate individualized education programs for students with disabilities
- Monitor and effectively communicate with parents about student progress
- Implement school wide positive behavioral supports, positive discipline and restorative justice
- Assess school climate and improve school connectedness
- Identify at-risk students and school vulnerabilities; prevent bullying and other forms of violence
- Provide crisis prevention and intervention services; Help families understand children's learning and emotional needs
- Connect families with community service providers when necessary
- Enhance staff understanding of and responsiveness to diverse cultures and backgrounds
- Assist in navigating special education processes
- Generate, collect and interpret useful student and school outcomes data
- Collect and analyze data on risk and protective factors related to student outcomes
- Plan services at the district, building, classroom and individual levels
- Recruit newly licensed Masters level School Psychologists to join the KIPP team on the teacher contract
- Supervise newly licensed Masters level School Psychologists when they join KIPP
- Recruit psychology interns through local universities
- Develop additional partnerships with community mental health providers.
- Doctoral Degree
- Licensed by ODE and the Ohio Board of Psychology
- Active ODE Pupil Services License, 5-Year or Active ODE Temporary Pupil Services License - 1 Year, in the area of School Psychology, with the intent to pursue a 5 year license within the school year of hire
- Minimum of 5 years experience as a School Psychologist
- Experience in analyzing student data and using data to inform the development of specialized services
- Ability to persevere with a sense of optimism, strong problem solving skills, and desire to learn and grow in a collaborative professional learning community
- Willingness, and commitment, to go above and beyond to prove the possible with students.
- Ability to multi-task and work within an ambiguous, fast-moving, start-up environment, while driving toward clarity and solutions
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Extreme flexibility, with a strong work ethic and an entrepreneurial spirit to accommodate high levels of responsibility and multiple priorities
- Model the values of KIPP Columbus (Imagine, Navigate, Seek, Persevere, Integrity, Responsibility, and Empathy)