Speech Language Pathologist (2022-2023 School Year)

School Psychologist
**$5,000 signing bonus provided**

Position Location: Chisago Lakes Middle School in the Chisago Lakes School District

Position Purpose 
School psychologists provide direct and/or indirect support and interventions to students, consult with teachers, families, and other school-employed mental health professionals (i.e., school counselors, school social workers) to improve support strategies, work with school administrators to improve school-wide practices and policies, and collaborate with community providers to coordinate needed services. Through their work, school psychologists help SCRED member districts and buildings successfully implement a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) framework in order to: improve academic achievement, promote positive behavior and mental health, support diverse learners, create safe, positive school climates, strengthen family-school partnerships, improve school-wide assessment and accountability, and monitor individual student progress in academics and behavior.

Essential Duties

MTSS Implementation

• Promote and assist in effective and efficient school-wide implementation of an MTSS framework for both academics and social emotional learning, in partnership with building administrators and teams
• Facilitate the problem solving team (PST) in each building, ensuring that each PST is:
  • using standard data for decision making
  • defining problems in observable and measurable terms
  • collecting sufficient information for intervention planning
  • developing detailed intervention plans
  • evaluating integrity of implementation
  • supporting classroom teachers or interventionists in data collection activities
  • graphing intervention effectiveness
• Participate in various data team meetings within each building
• Provide consultation to parents and/or teachers regarding social emotional learning and/or academic difficulties, utilizing the SCRED 5-step problem-solving model: Problem Identification, Problem Analysis, Plan Development, Plan Implementation, and Plan Evaluation
• Assist in conducting needs assessments to support various resource allocation and/or programming decisions

Special Education Leadership

• Facilitate Student Support Team (SST) meetings
• Attend special education department meetings
• Serve as a liaison between SCRED and its member districts, in promotion of a positive, collaborative culture
• Provide consultation on special education due process to staff and parents
• Assist in the improvement of special education services (e.g., program evaluation, evaluation/service process, resource allocation, transitions), under the direction of SCRED Administration and the principal
• Facilitate the child find process by assisting in responding to referrals for initial special education evaluations for students suspected of having disabilities
• Assist in coordinating the reevaluation process for students receiving special education and related services
• Administer and interpret intellectual ability tests, social behavior assessments, and adaptive assessments as part of comprehensive evaluations for current and potential special education students when necessary
• Assist in the planning process for the provision of Extended School Year (ESY) services in building(s)/district of assignment
• Assist with facilitating transition planning, including attending IEP meetings (as needed) for children moving from ECSE programs to kindergarten, elementary to secondary, or between buildings and programs
• Support special education staff in reviewing progress monitoring data on IEP goals and designing appropriate interventions
• Assist with state compliance review activities, including the implementation of any resulting corrective action plans
• Serve as an active member of the SCRED Implementation Team (I-Team)
• Plan and implement professional learning opportunities at SCRED and building(s)/district of assignment

Academic Assessment and Services

• Support building-wide academic screening processes
• Complete diagnostic assessments in reading, math and written expression, as deemed appropriate by the Problem Solving Team or Student Support Team
• Develop, implement and monitor the fidelity of academic interventions, as requested
• Assist in ensuring compliance with child find requirements related to the implementation of Scientific Research-Based Interventions

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Assessment and Services

• Provide direct SEL services to individuals, small groups, classrooms or school-wide, as requested
• Provide direct counseling services to individuals or groups, as requested
• Complete mental health screenings and assist students,  families, and school staff in determining appropriate mental health supports, both internally and through outside agencies
• Complete function-based behavior assessments (FBAs), when deemed appropriate by the Problem Solving Team or Student Support Team
• Assist in the development of Behavior Support Plans (BSPs), in collaboration with special education staff to write Behavior Support Plans, and track BSPs data with integrity checks
• Gather and organize data to assist teams in making manifestation determination, when needed
• Provide behavior consultation services to general education and special education staff

Crisis Response Services

• Facilitate crisis response procedures and participate in the school’s crisis team at the discretion of the building principal
• Provide consultation in crisis prevention and response
• Complete student risk assessments when necessary
• Assist in completing student threat assessment activities when necessary
• Provide an immediate response to students, families, and school staff in crisis situations and determine when a referral to an outside agency is needed

Other Duties

• Perform other duties as assigned