EXAMPLES OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Demonstrates positive, collaborative problem-solving orientation with students, parents and guardians, educators, administrators, community members, and colleagues.
2. Provides core services including prevention, consultation, intervention, assessment, and counseling. Services include, but are not limited to:
a. Conducts comprehensive psychological assessments (e.g., conduct observations, collects data, reviews student records, confers with teachers and parents, and interviews students; also includes administration and interpretation of psychological and educational instruments). Completes written psychological reports for individual students in accordance with MCPS Regulation JHE-RA, Psychological Assessment.
b. Completes functional behavioral assessments, develops behavioral interventions plans, and collaborates with teams to gather data and monitor progress.
c. Provides psychological counseling and behavioral interventions, and gathers data to monitor student progress.
d. Participates positively and effectively on grade-level, team, school- and district-level meetings.
e. Supports school-level efforts such as serving as: coach for school-level Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) team, trainer for school-level crisis intervention team; or member of school improvement team or subcommittee. Delivers crisis response and intervention services to students, families and staff members, when needed.
f. Conducts in-services and professional development.
These core services are adapted to the particular needs of each student, situation, and setting.
3. Participates in disciplinary proceedings: expulsions, manifestations, and causation meetings.
4. Participates in mediations, administrative reviews, hearings and due process proceedings, as needed.
5. Fulfills mandates of federal and state law and the expectations of the MCPS Board of Education and school system leadership.
6. Performs related work and other duties as required; additional coverage responsibilities will be assigned at the discretion of the director; coverage responsibilities will be assigned at the discretion of the director.
Provides leadership in the development and implementation of objectives and operational plans for the Division of Psychological Services.
1. Establishes a yearly calendar with the department members to accomplish program goals within a specific timeline.
2. Provides assistance with the development of an equitable psychologist assignment.
3. Attends countywide psychologist meetings.
4. Co-leads regular department meetings to keep psychologists up-to-date on policy, regulations, and new procedures.
5. Facilitates professional development activities for newly hired staff and interns.
6. Manages mentors for newly hired psychologists.
7. Assists with the process for interviewing and hiring interns; finds supervisors; monitors interns progress.
8. Manages the Psychologist Coverage calendar.
Serves as a consultant to principals and other school personnel presenting the psychological point of view on matters such as school processes and procedures involving school psychologists.
1. Serves as a liaison with cluster, county and state personnel.
2. Coordinates the implementation of psychologist-related surveys/reports.
3. Advises on an as needed basis to the Joint Collaboration Committee of Psychological Services (JCCPS).
4. Participates in staff meetings.
5. Supports in-service activities for psychologists.
Participates in interviewing, selecting and evaluating psychologist staff
1. At the discretion of the Directors, may serve as an observer in the evaluation of psychologists in accordance with MCPS regulations.
2. Participates in interviews and other aspects of the staff selection process.
Supervises assigned personnel and facilitates psychologist participation in professional growth and development activities
1. Facilitates communications by conducting regular department meetings and arranging psychologist/administrator meetings.
2. Helps to establish and implement uniform department procedures.
3. Supervises the psychologists and psychology interns and facilitates psychologist participation in professional growth and development activities: (a) Conducts observations and follow-up conferences. (b) Promotes the concept of team effort to implement psychological services. (c) Participates in a variety of national, state, and local meetings/workshops for professional development
4. At the discretion of the director, may serve as a second observer in the evaluation of psychologists in accordance with MCPS regulations.
Serves as account manager for all psychological services funds.
1. Serves as account manager for all psychological testing funds: (a) Works with the Administrative Assistant in maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of all receipts and expenditures of the Division of Psychological Services. (b)Assists in budget preparation by making recommendations related to the needs of the Division of Psychological Services. (c)Helps to manage online psychological assessment sites (e.g. Q-Global, Q-Interactive, MHS, Harcourt-Mifflin/Riverside, etc.) and makes budgetary recommendations based on need and expenditures by psychologists.
Serves as liaison with local parent and community groups
1. Coordinates the communication of psychological information to parents and to the community.
2. Promotes the concept of parent/community involvement within the schools.
3. Coordinates and updates information about community resources.