School Psychologist

Job Description:  School Psychologist

Primary Role: 

• Perform specialized psychological work in an educational setting to enable students to achieve optimal learning.  

• Collects, interprets, and synthesizes information about a student's sensory motor/perceptual functioning, academic achievement, intelligence, social/emotional adjustment and significant crises that influence academic and behavioral functioning.  

Qualifications: 

• Must have a master's degree.

• Must be eligible for a Virginia license as a school psychologist.

• Must have knowledge of school psychology theory, child development, substance abuse education, tests and measurements, and crisis management.  

• Must possess the ability to synthesize and interpret diagnostic and assessment data. 

• Must demonstrate the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with community agencies, students, families, team members and others. 

Effective: 

2018-19 school year