School Psychologist

Job Description

Job Title: School Psychologist
Reports To: Executive Director, Special Ed Director
Supervises: Teaching Staff
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Start Date
2025-2026 School Year

Position Summary: School psychologists provide a full range of psychological services to support the academic and behavioral competence of students in grade K-6 in one or more sites in the Spero Academy School District. Essential functions of these positions may include:

* Utilizing evidence-based best practice in all aspects of work, including pre-referral interventions, consultations, and evaluations.
* Participating in design, implementation, and evaluation of early intervention with children experiencing academic and behavioral difficulty.
* Providing individual and group intervention services for students, including social skills training and crisis intervention.
* Assisting in the development of crisis response teams and providing crisis response services.
* Assessing individual students through direct and indirect methods, including use of the Minneapolis Problem-Solving Model.
* Collaborating with peers to develop, plan, and implement best practices based on the needs/abilities of the students.
* Supporting development and implementation of data collection and analysis systems to support data-based decision-making.
* Adhering to due process requirements, state and federal laws regarding students with disabilities, and professional ethics and standards of school psychology.
* Supporting building staff in developing good practices related to due process requirements.
* Participating in revenue-generating activities required for special education personnel, including logging services for MA billing, using the web-based EasyIEP system, and participating in the 'random moment' study for administrative Medicaid-claiming and Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Time Studies, as scheduled.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
* Ph.D. or Ed.S. Degree in school psychology or related field.
* Completion of graduate program in School Psychology that is (a) approved by NASP or consistent with NASP's Standards for Training and Field Placement Programs in School Psychology or was accredited, at the time of the applicant's graduation, by an agency approved by the U.S. Department of Education.
* Valid Minnesota License in School Psychology or eligible for license.
* Completion of supervised internship in school psychology.
* Demonstrated continued professional development though course work, research, peer collaboration and/or job-embedded staff development.

Institution Description

We are a tuition-free public charter school with programming designed to meet the individualized needs of students with disabilities. We invite you to explore our website to learn more about how our program may be able to help your student grow academically, emotionally, and socially.

Application Instructions/Comments

Send resume and district application to:
Spero Academy
Human Resources, hr@spero.academy
2701 California Street NE, Minneapolis, MN55418
hr@spero.academy

EOE/AA