SPECIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE HIRED ON A YEAR ONLY CONTRACT - CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR WILL BE DONE IN THE SPRING AND CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT IS BASED ON DEPARTMENT NEEDS AND BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVAL
THIS POSITION IS ELIGIBLE FOR A ONE TIME SIGNING BONUS* OF $2,500 PAYABLE ON JUNE 15, 2027 AND
A RETENTION BONUS OF $2,500 AFTER THREE YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT PAYABLE ON JUNE 15, 2030
Starting Date: January 5, 2027
District 49 credits each year of verified full-time/full-year relevant experience up to 20 years
182 contracted work days (prorated based on start date)
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This position is eligible for benefits including group insurance (health, dental, and vision), paid sick leave, and elective retirement savings plans. Benefit details can be found here.
The minimum starting pay is $72,516*/year and the maximum salary is $92,100*/year. Initial pay placement is dependent on level of formal education, licensure, and years of relevant experience (maximum credit granted is 20 years). *Salary is prorated based on start date.
School District 49 is actively seeking a School Psychologist for the PEAK Programs at the Student Success Center. Come join our fun, energetic, and dynamic team at PEAK! Students and staff enjoy a family-like atmosphere while working to support K-12 students with learning challenges. Every-evolving. Never dull. Problem-solving is our jam. We love to learn inside and outside the classroom with activities in our unique learning environment and our community.
The Personal Excellence Academic Knowledge (PEAK) school psychologist will work in a strong and collaborative team environment in partnership with other PEAK para educators, special education teachers, and intenerates in a center-based environment. Students served through PEAK programming benefit from affective needs instruction, trauma responsive care, social communications activities, restorative practices, and behavioral dysregulation interventions. The PEAK school psychologist will support a range of social, emotional, and behavioral interventions and strategies designed to support students with serious emotional disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and/or low-cognition, but may present with other educational disability areas. The school psychologist will work with students with delays that are significantly affecting social, verbal, and/or non-verbal communication interactions, in combination with challenging behaviors.
See attached job description for more details about this position.
Job Description: School Psychologist
About School District 49
District 49 is a progressive, rapidly growing district in eastern Colorado Springs. Home to more than 25,000 students and 2,000 staff members, District 49 aims to be the best district to learn, work, and lead. As one of Colorado's only two recognized Districts of Innovation, District 49 is a challenging and stimulating place to lead. As part of our commitment to innovate, we host a robust portfolio of conventional, charter, online, and blended schools, including homeschool support as well as career and technical education.
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The entire application process is completed online. Please complete and upload all documents via the Applitrack system.
Interviews are site-based and not conducted by the Human Resources office. If you have questions regarding the status of an open or recently closed position, you may contact the site where the vacancy is located.
District 49 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. For further information on notice of non-discrimination, visit the Office of Civil Rights for the address and phone number of the office that serves your area, or call 1-800-421-3481.
Our vision is to be the best choice in public education. We envision a future when every time a student, parent, or educator chooses a school district, we are the best choice they can make. We have a mission to Learn, Work, and Lead. Our commitment is to be the best place to learn, to work, and to lead. Every day, we create environments so that everyone associated with the district is always learning, working, and leading us to be the best.
District 49 spans 133 square miles of urban and rural areas in Colorado, covering northeast Colorado Springs and the Falcon area of El Paso County. The district's central office is located at 10850 E. Woodmen Road in Peyton, Colo. As the fastest growing school district in the Pikes Peak region, it's currently serving more than 21,000 students within its portfolio of schools.
District 49 prepares students, in a safe and caring environment, to be successful, competent and productive citizens in a global society. Our teachers, administrators and staff members are committed to the creation of educational environments where all children can maximize their individual learning potential. Further, we are committed to meeting students' needs in all domains: academic, social and physical. An emphasis in all activities will be toward empowering students to take an active role in their own learning.
