Temporary School Psychologist

Position Summary

This is a temporary full-time (1.0 FTE) position for the remainder of the 2025/2026 school year. The above salary references a 1.0 FTE salary for the full school year. Anticipated daily schedule:
Monday through Friday 7:30-3:30. This position includes consultation and collaboration with staff and parents on psycho-educational evaluations and effective prevention activities. Major activities include leading the evaluation planning process, conducting comprehensive special education evaluations, analyzing and interpreting evaluation results, supporting school teams to make data-based decisions, and guiding staff and parents regarding the educational, emotional, behavioral and developmental needs of students.

• Communicate effectively (both orally and in writing) with students, parents and staff.
• Participate in regular building data team meetings as feasible, and district school psychologist meetings.
• Complete special education evaluations and re‑evaluations within state‑mandated timelines under the eligibility categories:
  Autism Spectrum Disorder, Emotional Disturbance, Intellectual Disability, Other Health Impaired, Specific Learning Disability, and Traumatic Brain Injury.
• Interpret evaluation data, progress monitoring data, psychological reports, psychiatric reports, and special education documents for teams and staff.
• Use a variety of assessment tools to assess academic skills, cognitive ability, psychological processing, adaptive skills, social skills, emotional/behavioral status and mental health status.
• Integrate evaluation data into a clear, organized and educationally relevant evaluation report.
• Use technology fluently to manage all components of the job requirements.
• Facilitates special education meetings.
• Performs other duties as requested by the Student Services Director or special education administrators.

• Cultivates and models a respectful working and learning environment.
• Works effectively and collaboratively with diverse student, staff and community populations.
• Strives to improve professional competence through an ongoing program of reading, workshops, seminars, conferences, classes, and other professional development activities.
• Remains an active learner, being willing to learn new ways to do things.
• Follows‑up appropriately on all referrals for assessment services.
• Uses a wide variety of assessment techniques to evaluate students' academic skills, learning aptitudes, personality and emotional development, adaptive behavior, and social skills.
• Integrates assessment data into a concise, organized and educationally relevant evaluation report.
• Coordinates all special education evaluations and three year re‑evaluations for all students in the district.
• Attends data team meetings in the assigned school(s), IEP meetings and meetings of the school psychologists.
• Responds to questions from parents concerning the evaluation process and district procedures.
• Maintains accurate, complete and confidential records as required by law, district policy and administrative regulations.
• Maintains compliance with state and federal rules for establishing special education eligibility and completing evaluations.
• Works harmoniously with others and communicates effectively (both orally and in writing) with students, parents and staff.
• Works as an active, contributing team member of school teams, regional teams, district teams and Student Services Department groups to solve problems and create new opportunities.
• Facilitates special education meetings.
• Operates computer and software programs as related to job responsibilities.
• Performs other duties as requested by the Student Services administrator.
• Frequent or prolonged standing, walking and sitting.
• Frequent and prolonged talking/hearing conversations.
• Experience differentiating practices for diverse populations.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with diverse students, staff and community populations.
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Minimum Qualifications
• Valid Oregon TSPC license with School Psychologist endorsement.
• Bilingual proficiency and/or multicultural experience strongly preferred.
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