Elementary School Psychologist position open, T3 Program

Description

The Elementary Level T3 Student Support Program (or Tier 3) is an inclusion-based model of support for students with mental and behavioral health needs that interfere with daily school functioning and access to the general curricula. The goal of this program is to provide students with multidisciplinary emotional, behavioral, social, and academic support. Student have a regular schedule for their school day with their general education teachers, wrapped with program support. 

Students receive a combination of individual therapeutic interventions; specific in-class support for academic functioning; and group instruction regarding social skills, emotional regulation, self-reflection, and coping skills for school-based stressors. 

The goal of this program is to foster skills development in the areas of emotion regulation, academic resiliency, and socialization. By doing so, the intention is to decrease “out of class time” due to symptom interference, and increase each student’s ability to receive academic instruction. 

Position Overview

This position is for the staff psychologist role in the Andover Public Schools elementary level T3/SSP program. This psychologist will oversee program operations at one elementary school. They will be partnered with a T3/SSP Sp.Ed. teacher and work with their multidisciplinary school-based team to support students (i.e. BCBA, social worker). Of note, we hope applicants will desire working within layered team supports. The APS psychology team works together in a peer supervision model, the admin supervisor of the psychology team is a neuropsychologist, and the T3/SSP psychologists in district are included on the district level broad mental health team alongside social work colleagues. In addition, each school building that has the T3/SSP program also has an additional psychologist who manages general building needs, such as the majority of 

Responsibilities

  • School-based case management of T3/SSP students
  • Individualized program design
  • Therapeutic Interventions
  • Consultation to teachers/staff
  • Progress monitoring
  • Testing/Assessment for T3/SSP students
    • Note: There is a second psychologist conducting most assessments.
  • Work with multidisciplinary supports (i.e. social workers, BCBAs, SLPs, OTs, nursing)
  • Prevention planning

Qualifications

  • School Psychology certification by MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is mandatory.
  • Masters Degree or higher in psychology or related field is mandatory.
  • National Certification in School Psychology (NCSP) is strongly preferred.

Supplemental Information

Application Materials:
 

  • 3 letters of recommendation
  • 2 or more redacted psychoeducational assessment reports
    • Preference for a sample assessing SLD and a sample assessing social/emotional challenges.
  • 1 or more FBA reports 
  • 1 or more BIPs
  • 1 or more work samples related to intervention planning, progress monitoring, etc.

To apply: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/andoverma/jobs/4947489/elementary-school-psychologist-t3-program

School Psychologist (Holyoke, MA)

The Positive Regard Network (PRN) is actively seeking a School Psychologist for a unique opportunity to impact the mental and emotional well-being of students with special needs as well as mentor graduate and undergraduate students of School Psychology. This is a full-time, 12-month position with an excellent benefit package, but we would also be interested in speaking with applicants who might be seeking a part time schedule. 

Please see the job posting below and additional information at the end of this post:

PRN educates students (ages 5-22) whose social, emotional and/or behavioral challenges cannot be supported by the public school system. We also serve children and adults on the autism spectrum in the home and in day programs. We are known throughout Western Massachusetts and the Greater Hartford (CT) area for enabling students to thrive outside of the traditional school setting through the variety of therapeutic programs that we offer.

At PRN, we demonstrate our employee appreciation by offering the following to full time employees: 4 school vacation weeks, paid holidays & snow days; PTO & EST accrual; health/dental insurance and Medical & Dependent Care FSA after 30 days; generous tuition reimbursement policy – paying for up to $6,000 per year in tuition/fees; a new Student Loan Assistance policy; paid life & long term disability insurance; voluntary life, accident, cancer, long term care & short term disability insurance through payroll deduction; 401(k) & Roth retirement plan; EAP program; longevity bonus policy; and gym membership.

Resumes and letters of interest may be sent to: Human Resources, 1913 Northampton Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 or hr@positiveregard.com