Part time School Psychologist

 

Mountain Discovery Charter School is looking for a part time School Psychologist. School psychologists help students succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. They collaborate, problem-solve, intervene, and evaluate to support the whole child within a Multi-Tiered System of Support and use/support the use of evidence- and/or research-based interventions to overcome barriers to student success, and they analyze and evaluate data to support student growth.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with school leadership to implement a Multi-Tiered System of Support in order to ensure high quality instruction matched to student needs.
• Provide services to schools including direct and indirect support of universal screenings; use of data-based problem-solving; data-based decision making; development of academic, social-emotional, and behavioral programming; progress monitoring; and interpretation of data to various stakeholders.
• Consult with school staff, families, and community agencies regarding cognitive, academic, social, and behavioral performance/needs of individuals and groups of students.
• Collaborate with Exceptional Children staff in order to prepare for initial referral and reevaluation meetings.
• Administer relevant assessments as needed in order to determine student strengths, needs, and areas of suspected disability.
• Compose written reports of comprehensive psychoeducational assessments that assist with developing appropriate programming and instruction for students and provide these reports to various stakeholders.
• Assist with the development, implementation, and review of Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans.
• Address and promote student safety through intervention and crisis response to schools, suicide screenings and threat assessments.
• Provide professional development to stakeholders on pertinent topics

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid School Psychologists License

 

Term of Employment:

• 10 Months Part Time (16 hours per week).
• Grant Funded for 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 School Years.
• Compensation based on the North Carolina State Salary Schedule.