School Psychologist Internship 2024-2025 - Barnwell School District

Office of Special Services
Position: 2024-2025 School Psychologist Internship

Purpose:
Under general supervision of a qualified school psychologist supervisor, the school psychologist intern assists in ensuring that the district’s vision and mission are achieved through the provision of a wide range of services to promote academic, social, emotional, behavioral, and mental health functioning for students with and without disabilities. The school psychologist intern, working in close collaboration with the school psychologist supervisor, will coordinate and consult with parents, teachers, administrators, external agencies, multidisciplinary IEP teams, Section 504 teams, and MTSS/intervention teams to select and monitor interventions, develop appropriate instructional goals and objectives, recommend accommodations and/or modifications, and assist in the planning of appropriate educational programming to meet the needs of students with their assigned schools.

Supervisor: Director of Special Services
Salary: Based on Board-approved salary scale (190-day contract)
Location: District Office

Qualifications:

• Requires enrollment in an accredited graduate school psychology program and approval of their university program for the internship.
• Completion of all requirements defined by the intern’s school psychology training program must be satisfied such that the training program affirms the intern is ready for internship.
• Certification as a School Psychologist I (Internship certificate) by the S.C. Department of Education before the start date of the internship.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
These essential job functions and responsibilities are performed under the supervision of a district psychologist:

• With supervisor, assesses current skills and develops a plan for development of all appropriate skills needed for competent school psychology practice.
• Attends scheduled supervision sessions and seeks supervision at other times as appropriate.
• Maintains knowledge of requirements of the training institution/university regarding internship and arranges for completion of these requirements.
• Keeps abreast of all federal, state, and district policies, procedures, regulations, and laws pertaining to the practice of school psychology.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policies, and administrative regulations. Completes reports and other products within appropriate timelines and with the supervisor’s input and signature.
• Maintains documentation of internship hours and activities.
• Limits practice to areas of training and adheres to appropriate ethical guidelines.
• Maintains awareness and expertise in current professional research, trends and methodologies as they apply to school psychological services; attends training, conferences, workshops, etc., as appropriate to enhance job knowledge and skills.
• Coordinates and implements, as part of a multidisciplinary team, comprehensive psychological and psychoeducational evaluations to determine eligibility for special education and Section 504 services.
• Communicates evaluation results to parents and teachers.
• Analyzes and interprets evaluation/re-evaluations data and information based on evaluation and eligibility criteria.
• Collaborates with other evaluators to produce comprehensive written reports for evaluations/re-evaluations and shares this information with parents and appropriate school-based personnel and external agencies.
• Consults and collaborates with teachers, parents, administrators, and outside agency personnel to facilitate student’s learning and promote social-emotional adjustments through direct or indirect intervention strategies.
• Makes recommendations for instructional programming based on theoretical models of school psychology.
• Provides individual and group counseling to students.
• Prepares and submits accurate, complete, and timely documentation for all assigned cases.
• Participates in IEP, Section 504, and MTSS/intervention meetings.
• Provides schools with legal and technical information related to IDEA, Section 504, ADA, state laws and regulations, and district policies and procedures.
• Provides and/or assists in providing in-service training for district/school personnel and service providers.
• Attends other meetings and complete other duties as assigned or requested by the Lead School Psychologist or Director of Special Services.

References:
Please be sure to provide references that can attest to your ability to perform the duties listed in the job description and for the position in which you are applying. References should include, but are not limited to, previous supervisors/managers, colleagues, current or previous instructors, current principal or assistant principal, etc. When providing references please include a current and valid email address for each reference. All applicants must provide 3 references. Immediately upon your application submission, your references will be emailed a reference request.