ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW:
KIPP DC is a network of high-performing, college-preparatory charter schools in Washington D.C., which serve the city's under-resourced communities. At KIPP DC, there are no shortcuts: outstanding educators, more time in school, a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum, and a strong culture of achievement and support help our students make significant academic gains and continue to excel in high school and college. We are looking for highly dedicated educators who preferably have two years of teaching experience in urban settings and who undoubtedly have a "whatever it takes" attitude to help children succeed.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
KIPP DC is looking for a dynamic, committed and flexible School Psychologist to become part of a vibrant educational community. The KIPP DC School Psychologist will do whatever it takes to improve student achievement and ensure that students are progressing on their individual goals.
We are looking for a highly dedicated Psychologist who will bring a "whatever it takes" attitude to helping children succeed. KIPP DC Psychologist(s) are responsible for delivering effective, high-quality, interventions that are data-driven. KIPP DC staff approach work with sense of possibility and sees challenges as opportunities for creative problem solving. KIPP DC gives its students an intensive foundation in the core academic subjects with an emphasis on developing the knowledge and skills necessary for success in school and in life. The KIPP DC community holds itself to high standards, cognizant that success can be achieved by all, regardless of challenging circumstances, through team work, tenacity and focused dedication.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Demonstrates positive, collaborative problem-solving orientation with students, parents and guardians, educators, administrators, community members, and colleagues.
· Provides core services including: prevention, consultation, intervention, assessment, and counseling. Services include, but are not limited to, conducting observations, collecting data, reviewing student records, conferring with teachers and parents, interviewing students, conducting functional assessments, counseling (individual and group), planning behavior interventions, and conducting in-services and professional development. These core services are adapted to the particular needs of each student, situation, and setting.
· Helps all stakeholders understand child development and how it affects student performance academically and social/emotionally.
· Serves in a consultative role with designated personnel to offer prevention and intervention strategies related to learning and behavioral problems of students; and provides consultation on an on-going basis to teachers, parents, and other school personnel to resolve students' learning and behavioral problems.
· Routinely gathers evidence of positive outcomes resulting from psychological services delivered to students, school personnel, and parents.
· Fulfills mandates of federal and state law and the expectations of the DCPS Board of Education and school system leadership.
· Provides oversight to social workers and supports them in writing functional behavior assessments, developing behavior interventions plans, and tracking student responses to the behavior interventions.
· Assists in identifying needed community resources for students and makes appropriate referrals to resources to facilitate educational and behavioral interventions recommended for student success.
· Receives and reviews available developmental information from school and outside resources about student behavior(s) and selects evidence-supported or evidence-based psychological interventions.
· Accurately administers, scores, and interprets psychological measures of intelligence, personality, behavior, achievement, adaptive functioning, and developmental maturity.
· Delivers crisis response and intervention services to students, families and staff, when needed.
· Participates in mediations, administrative reviews, hearings and due process proceedings, as needed.
· Participates in disciplinary proceedings: expulsions, manifestations, and causation meetings.
· Participates in IEP meetings to communicate the results of psychological assessments to members of the team in parent friendly language.
Serve as a full-time and engaged member of the KIPP DC team
· Believes deeply in the mission and values of KIPP and subscribe to KIPP's Five Pillars
· Holds high expectations for each student
· Demonstrates strong pedagogical content knowledge
· Implements the school-wide student management policies within classrooms and everywhere on campus
· Exhibits positive rapport with students
· Creates and fosters a positive learning environment
· Establishes and maintain strong communication lines with all parents
· Available for Open Houses, Parent-Teacher Conferences and other events involving parents outside of normal operating hours
· Remains on call in the evenings (via school cell phone) to provide student support
REQUIREMENTS:
· At least two years of experience as a School Psychologist (Preferred)
· Master's Degree in School Psychology, Educational or Clinical psychology from an accredited institution, to include forty-two (42) semester hours of graduate level coursework and five hundred (500) clock hours of satisfactory field experience in a pre-K through 12 school setting under the supervision of a certified school psychologist. See DCMR 1659.1 for additional details regarding required graduate level coursework.
· Certification as a School Psychologist by the District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE).
· Commitment to working with underserved students (Required)
· Experience working in an urban public school (Preferred)
· Pass a criminal background check, as required by law
Other skills and traits
· Unquestioned integrity and commitment to KIPP DC's mission
· Passion for education and a desire to help KIPP DC schools grow
TO APPLY:
Please apply online through kippdc.org/careers. If you have any questions, please email Careers@kippdc.org. The position is available in July 2013 and applicants are encouraged to apply early. Competitive salary and benefits commensurate with qualifications and experience.
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