Job Description

ROANE COUNTY SCHOOL

POSITION NAME: Substitute Psychologist

POSITION TYPE: Professional

LOCATION: ROANE COUNTY SCHOOLS

Position Type: Professional

Qualifications:

Master's degree with certification as a School Psychologist.

Teaching experience is preferred.

Strong background in human relations.

Responsibilities:

Examine children, by individual and group tests, for ungraded classes and special classes in which general or special mental abilities of the pupils are main factors.

Diagnose the learning difficulties of children and make recommendations for remedial treatment.

Investigate causes of personality and social maladjustments.

Recommend the diagnostic and remedial measures used by teachers in overcoming learning difficulties or social maladjustments of pupils.

Give individual assistance to pupils in overcoming learning difficulties and maladjustments.

Confer with teachers and parents with regard to the learning difficulties and maladjustments.

Advise teachers and administrators regarding matters relating to psychological problems of children.

Act as a liaison between school and outside school personnel for psychological service issues.

Provide "resource information" to all county personnel concerning testing and evaluation and maintain county library on testing information.

Attend workshops and participate in research projects, in-service and training to continue education relevant to the field of school psychology and other related subjects.

Perform any other duties as assigned by the Superintendent of Schools and/or the Director of Special Education.

COMPENSATION:

Salary based on experience and education level per Roane County salary schedule.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Most commonly, the educational setting is indoors with outdoor settings for recess and field trip activities. The noise level in the work environment is low to moderate (20-60 dB). Exceptions include gymnasiums as well as vocational/ technical laboratories where the noise levels may be moderate to loud (60-90 dB).

Application Procedure:

ALL POSTINGS WILL NOW BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE PROGRAM CALLED APPLITRACK. YOU MUST VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE http://www.applitrack.com/mars/onlineapp AND COMPLETE THE PROCESS THERE.