School Psychologist Vacancy Circular No 20 Borough Based Itinerant 2021 2022

(Subject to Budget Availability)

POSITION TITLE:

Borough Based Itinerant School Psychologist    

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Borough Based Itinerant School Psychologist (BBISP) is a one-year term assessment focused clinical assessment position. School psychologists are expected to provide services to District 1-32 and District 75 schools within the entire borough as assigned by the Office of Supervisors of School Psychologists. Itinerant School Psychologists will receive training on administering specialized assessments and are expected to use the wide array of assessments available to them in order to comprehensively evaluate students. Training includes but is not limited to tools that will support the identification of specific learning disabilities (reading disorder, math disorder, executive functioning disorder).

 

LOCATION:

School Districts citywide location TBD

 

ELIGIBILITY:

New York State Certification in School Psychology

 

REPORTS TO:

Executive Director of School Based Evaluations and Family Engagement and Director of Special Education Policy and Compliance.

Rating Officer:  Executive Director of School Based Evaluations and Family Engagement

Direct Reports: N/A

 

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

Principals, Supervisor of School Psychologists

 

SELECTION CRITERIA

(Preference will be given to the following):

1. Current NYCDOE employees must have a satisfactory ratingin the most recent three years of service
2. Experience evaluating the emotional, social, cognitive and educational performance of students
3. Knowledge of assessment strategies and tools
4. Ability to communicate effectively with families, agencies, and school personnel
5. Knowledge of the continuum of services and special education process, regulations of the NYSED Commissioner, regulations of the NYCDOE Chancellor
6. Knowledge of due process rights
   
   After interviewing applicants that meet the selection criteria above, the following applicants will be considered:

• Regularly appointed and tenured
• Regularly appointed and not tenured
• New applicants to the New York City Department of Education

 

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review information collected in SESIS to support assessment and analysis in the student evaluation process.
• For initials and reevaluations, use assessments and collect data pertinent to answer the referral question.
• Evaluate students in the areas of cognitive, social, emotional and educational competencies
• Ensure effective management of the evaluation process
• Conduct Classroom Observations
• Administer assessments within compliance timelines for assigned students referred for special education evaluations. This includes assessments resulting from initial referrals, three- year mandated reviews and requested re-evaluations, including Turning 5 students.
• Attend professional learning hosted by the Office of Supervisors of School Psychologists and apply skills learned to improve assessment practices.
• Engage in quality culturally sensitive assessment planning and practice that includes, when deemed appropriate, the use of cross-battery assessment, consideration of construct validity, as well as considerations for English Language Learners
• Develop high-quality assessment reports that clearly incorporate findings from multiple assessment sources and describe outcomes including the individual needs of each student assessed. Reports should be thorough and written clearly so that they may be readily understood by parents and school staff.
• Reports should be completed and provided to parents and IEP team members within a timeframe that allows for time to review the information shared and for scheduling the IEP meeting within compliance timelines.
• Consult with school staff, parents, and students regarding behavioral management issues and concerns.
• Case management
• Performs other related responsibilities as assigned by the executive director in accordance to their title and license and consistent with this posting

 

Preferred:

• Current NYCDOE tenured school psychologist
• Doctoral level school psychologist
• Neuropsychology certification or the equivalent training
• 5+ years of service as a school psychologist or privately conducting assessments of K-12^th grade students.
• 5+ years of consecutive satisfactory service
• Experience with cross battery assessment programs such as the X-BASS

 

Minimum

NYS Certification as a monolingual or bilingual school psychologist

 

SALARY:

As per current Collective Bargaining Agreement.

 

HOURS /WORK YEAR:

As per current Collective Bargaining Agreement.

 

APPLICATION:

Please email cover letter, resume and copy of license(s) to:

Arwina Vallejo, Executive Director of School Based Evaluations and Family Engagement Officesupsofpsych@schools.nyc.gov