School Psychologist

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

Location: Chisago Lakes High School

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

Occupational Therapist
**$5,000 signing bonus provided**

Position Location: This full time (1.0 FTE) Occupational Therapist will serve Chisago Lakes and North Branch

Position Purpose:
School-based occupational therapists (OTs) use meaningful activities (occupations) to help children and youth participate in the educational activities they need and/or want to do in order to promote physical and mental health and well-being. Using a collaborative model, school-based occupational therapy addresses the physical, cognitive, psychosocial and sensory components of performance. OTs focus on supporting student growth in academics, play and leisure, social participation, self-care skills (Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)), and transition/work skills. The OT’s expertise includes activity and environmental analysis and modification with a goal of reducing the barriers to participation. Occupational therapy is provided through a collaborative model in schools.

Essential Duties:

• Identification, Screening and Evaluation
  • Conduct in-home evaluations and assessments of infants and toddlers, ages birth to three, as deemed appropriate by screening results, medical records or evaluation team decisions
  • Complete informal screening of students whose parents or teachers express concerns regarding a student’s fine motor, sensory, functional or self-regulation needs
  • Conduct school-based evaluations for students ages three through 21 suspected of having disabilities as well as those with disabilities who are currently receiving special education and related services
  • Facilitate procurement and review of appropriate medical records, as applicable
  • Interpret results of motor assessments to determine the effect of fine motor impairments and/or sensory or self-regulation deficits on a students’ ability to learn and access the educational setting
  • Complete relevant portions of evaluation summary reports, including the documentation of evaluation results and present levels, the identification of educational needs, and, when appropriate, additions and modifications necessary to promote adequate progress and access to the general curriculum
• Service Delivery
  • Develop therapeutic strategies and accommodations specific to the student’s needs
  • Facilitate accommodations and modifications to educational materials, assistive technology, and the instructional environment
  • Incorporate self-regulation strategies to promote readiness for learning
  • Provide direct and indirect OT services to infants and toddlers, ages birth to three, in home setting throughout the calendar year
  • Provide direct and indirect OT services to students ages three through 21 throughout the school year
  • Assist in gathering accurate and timely data related to student progress, regularly review student progress, and assist in making instructional changes when necessary to allow students to make adequate progress and have meaningful and appropriate access to the general curriculum
  • Maintain proper documentation of service, in accordance with state and federal requirements
• Curriculum and Instruction
  • Provide input on curriculum and instruction development, selection, and implementation as requested
  • Assist in the development and procurement of accessible instructional materials, as needed
• Consultation and Collaboration
  • Assist in Individualized Education Program (IEP) planning for students with physical disabilities, differences in sensory awareness, and adaptive/functional needs, including attending IEP meetings, providing input on IEP goals related to Occupational Therapy service, and determining appropriate accommodations, modifications, and supports
  • Collaborate on the development of Personal Care Assistant (PCA) Plans of Care for students covered under the Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) who require school-based PCA support for Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
  • Participate in planning and procedural committee meetings at SCRED
  • Advise on the selection of specialized equipment and instructional materials/supplies when the need for Assistive Technology (AT) is identified
  • Monitor the use of necessary equipment to ensure proper functioning as well as consistency and fidelity of use
• Professional Learning
  • Provide ongoing training to educational teams, including the initial training and ongoing monitoring of the use and care of specialized equipment, curriculum materials, self-regulation, and motor strategies, and environmental modifications
  • Provide required training and supervision of PCAs providing school-based ADL services to students covered under MHCP
  • Facilitate professional learning in areas of expertise to individual student teams, parents, and SCRED and member district staff or other service providers, as requested
  • Develop resources pertinent to occupational therapy services when the need for such resources is identified
  • Actively participate in the regional OT community of practice (COP) as well as other relevant state or regional professional learning opportunities
• Other Duties
  • Performs other duties as assigned