Psychologist (2027/2028 School Year)

NOTE: This posting has been opened for application intake for anyone interested in a position with School District U-46 for the 2027/2028 school year. We anticipate the review of applications to begin sometime near the end of January. If you are interested in a role for the current 2026/2027 school year, we encourage you to check out our open vacancies.

Position / Title: School Psychologist
Bargaining Unit: ETA: Department/Location: Specialized Student Services
Calendar Days: 184: Reports To:Principal/Special Education Administrator
JD Revision Date: 04/12/2023: Supervises:NA

Function / Position Summary

Provide support for instruction and technical assistance with progress monitoring and data analysis consultation; involvement in intervention; and evaluation processes.

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teachers, parents, and administrators, to find effective solutions to academic and behavior problems
• Participate in service team meetings
• Participate in the case study process
• Observe students in the instructional environment in order to identify intervention strategies, barriers to interventions, and collect data pertinent to initial eligibility and re-evaluations
• Document evaluation results appropriately
• Evaluate a student's cognitive functioning when necessary
• Participate in the development of functional/behavioral analysis and the implementation of behavior plans
• Serve as LEA for Annual Reviews, Re-evaluations and Domain meetings. (required for middle school psychologist only)
• Collaborate with the building service team to schedule meetings.
• Serve as the LEA in FBA/BIP development and update meetings. (required for middle school psychologist only)
• Perform other duties as assigned by the principal, or other administrative staff.

Education

• Masters Degree and/or Specialist Degree in School Psychology.
• PEL (Professional Educator License) with a School Psychologist endorsement.
• Bilingual - Spanish/English (written/verbal) preferred.

Experience / Knowledge

• Knowledge of assessing student's intellectual potential, achievement levels and social/emotional profile through the use of a variety of standardized tools.
• Highly skillful in gathering, utilizing and analyzing data that will assist in educational programming for students.
• A wealth of knowledge of various diagnostic tools.

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Ability to work with many interruptions throughout the course of the day

Terms of Employment

• This is a 184 day school year.
• Salary and benefits as established by the Board of Education.
• The starting salary for this role is $60,689.

• Attachment(s):
• ETA Benefits Sheet.pdf
• ETA Salary Schedule 2026-2027.pdf