School Psychologist (26-27SY)

Lighthouse Community Public Schools • Oakland, CA

3d

About The Position

Lighthouse Community Charter School is looking for a School Psychologist who is relentlessly committed to ensuring that traditionally underserved students achieve our mission of completing college and securing the career of choice. Lighthouse staff believe that this important mission is not only attainable; it is essential to transforming our Oakland community. The School Psychologist will be an integral part of the multi-tiered systems of support team (MTSS) which ensures all students receive necessary academic, behavioral, and socio-emotional supports to thrive in alignment with the Lighthouse Mission, Theory of Change, Graduate Profile, and Instructional Stances.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in appropriate field including: Psychology, School Psychology, Education Psychology, required
• California Pupil Personnel Services Credential with School Psychology authorization, required
• Experience working with youth in K-12, urban settings similar to our student population

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual in Spanish, preferred

Responsibilities

• Conduct psycho-educational assessments for initial or triennial evaluations (including selecting appropriate instruments, administering tests, observing, and writing a report) and interpret results to parents, teachers, and administrators
• Provide recommendations to the individualized education plan (IEP) team regarding eligibility, goals, accommodations, modifications, and services
• Monitor caseload timelines and support with preparation for IEP meetings
• Conduct educationally related mental health services, functional behavior assessments, and/or other assessments, as needed
• Collaborate and/or provide oversight to other mental health clinicians to support the implementation of counseling services as identified in the IEP
• Design and facilitate professional development for staff regarding special education and other related topics, as needed
• Support the development and implementation of multi-tiered systems of support, including intervention, data collection, collaboration with a range of stakeholders, documentation, and child find processes
• Participate in student support team/coordination of services team meetings, as needed
• Makes recommendations in cases of exemption, non-promotion, acceleration, class assignment change and other cases upon request
• Assists in the development and implementation of effective individual educational plans for students, including consulting with parents and staff to support accommodations and modifications.
• Support the development and implementation of behavior intervention plans, including staff consultation, training, and modeling of strategies
• Provides crisis counseling for students, as needed
• Participate in professional development to keep abreast of most recent case law, best practices in assessment, and other relevant content
• May provide direct mental health or behavior intervention services to a select individual students or select groups on as needed basis
• Maintain strong communication with caregivers
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor

Benefits

• competitive salary
• generous health and retirement benefits (100% employee health coverage/50% for dependents; 8% employer-matching for retirement program; medical and dependent FSA, Employee Assistance Program, life insurance, optional 403b retirement plan, and other optional insurance benefits)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees