The school psychologist/ director of support services is directly responsible for the support of students’s academic, social, emotional, and behavioral domains utilizing holistic problem-solving, pedagogical design, and evaluations. The school psychologist is a liaison between the support services department (consisting of mental health counselors and speech and language pathologists) and faculty/ administration. She/he is a resource to faculty by offering suggestions to help with academic, social, or behavioral concerns. She/he is familiar with the educational past of every student in the school and develops individual learning plans for each student. Further, she/he has the ability to complete additional testing as needed.

The school psychologist creates and delivers campus-wide programming that maximizes students’ social, emotional, and educational success. She/he assesses and provides mental health support in times of crisis, including but not limited to safety assessments. She/he assists the director of college counseling to secure accommodations and deliver college entrance exams.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate degree in education with the potential of earning a doctoral degree within the next two years.
• Valid Massachusetts DESE license in school psychology.
• Knowledge of methods of assessment; including processes to collect data and translate assessment results into pedagogy. 
• Knowledge of behavioral mental health, collaborative and/or consultation models and methods, and their application.
• Ability to run campus-wide and targeted wellness programs.
• Knowledge of learning diversity and learning processes, differentiated instruction to meet various students’ needs, and the ability to implement and assess their effectiveness.
• Knowledge of various standardized testing for college entrance and appropriate accommodations for equal access to the exams.
• Ability to work hours outside of the typical school day.

Responsibilities –
Job specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

To provide evaluations, consultation, intervention, and prevention to aid in the improvement of the educational experience of students.

Educational Leadership

• Maintains the integrity of the school’s mission within the educational program
• Works with faculty to determine the needs of individual students and to design instruction to meet those needs
• Counsels faculty in the area of interpreting cognitive testing and developing differentiated instruction

Partnership with Academic, Student Life, and Admissions Administration

• Confers with assistant head for academics about current educational or mental health practice and research
• Advises assistant heads for academics and student life about any student, faculty, or parent issues or concerns
• Reviews testing and files to aid in admission decisions

Counseling and Therapeutic Support

• Provides counseling and evaluation support to EHS students on a twelve-month basis
• Provides crisis management for students on a short-term, as-needed basis
• Functions as the liaison to independent counselors working with EHS students on campus, including scheduling and general administration of the counseling programs at EHS
• Designs and implements group counseling as appropriate for students at EHS.
• Aids in the evaluation of a student’s return from medical leave as it relates to mental health
• Acts as a liaison between the school and a student’s mental health provider if applicable

College and Cognitive Testing

• Assists the director of college counseling in administration of the ACT and SAT, specifically to prepare all students’ requests for accommodations on standardized testing, to schedule ACT and SAT testing
• Researches appropriate products and administer standardized testing to the lower school (grades 8, 9, 10)

It is the policy of Eagle Hill School to give equal opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, age, disability, or pregnancy.