Counseling psychologist Jobs in Cleveland, OH

Position Type :

Special Education / Psychologist

Date Posted : 2 / 25 / 2025

Location :

District Position : School Psychologist

Reports to : Principal and Special Education Director

Employment Status : Regular / Full-time

Status : Administration

Contract Days : 210

Description :

We are looking for a compassionate school psychologist to work with our students, their families, and faculty members. The school psychologist's responsibilities include administering psychological evaluations, providing counseling, making diagnoses, and contributing to the development of learning programs. The school psychologists will conduct individual or intervention-based evaluations to assist school staff and parents; effectively meet the academic, behavioral and social-emotional needs of children, consult with educational staff to develop intervention plans along with individualized learning and / or behavioral plans for students.

To be successful as a school psychologist you should be able to successfully aid students in their personal and academic development. Ultimately, an outstanding School Psychologist is compassionate and committed to students' well-being.

NOTE : The below lists are not ranked in order of importance

Essential Job Functions :

• Promote child growth and development through the school program
• Assist with student 504 plans
• Expert to share knowledge and understanding of special education regulations
• Must be available to staff and parents for consultation
• Engaging and counseling teachers, parents, and caregivers about issues.
• Researching and implementing intervention programs.
• Developing programs to address behavioral issues and learning difficulties.
• Counsel individually and in groups with children and students with disabilities and / or their parents
• Provide screening programs for children, if necessary
• Provide referral to and consultation with outside service agencies, if necessary
• Conduct individual psycho-educational evaluations of children; interpret findings, when appropriate, to parents, teachers and other school personnel, child and qualified community agencies through conferences and written reports
• Participate in the identification and placement of children with disabilities
• Recommend appropriate classroom management strategies and interventions for RtI and behavior management plans
• Responsible for implementing new practices or methods in the area of school psychology and the RtI process
• Attend meetings and in-services as required
• Maintain respect at all times for confidential information
• Provide the results of psycho-educational evaluation for consideration in the development of IEP's for each student with a disability
• Provide intensive psycho-educational evaluation of individual children identified as, or thought to have a disability
• Assume case manager responsibility for individual students for the assessment phase and evaluation team report writing portions of child study
• Maintain accurate and complete records as required
• Provide guidance to students to promote their educational development
• Collaborate with colleagues
• Assist the administration in implementing all procedures and rules governing the preschool program and legal mandates
• Observe ethics of the teaching profession
• Keep abreast of all rules and regulations regarding special education standards

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Additional Working Conditions :

This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent's supervisor, appointing authority.

Garfield Heights City Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, genetic information, race, color, age, religion, disabilities, military status, sexual orientation, or national origin in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities.

Application Deadline : Until position has been filled.

To Apply : On-line