School Psychologist - Houston, United States - YES Prep Public Schools

YES Prep Public Schools
YES Prep Public Schools
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Houston, United States

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POSITION:
School Psychologist - Elementary


REPORTS TO:
Manager of Psychological Services


POSITION TYPE:10-month


START DATE:
August 1, 2024


COMPENSATION:
$**67,359 to $80,831, Home Office Grade 6

At YES Prep, work for a mission that impacts the life trajectory of students and their families. YES Prep creates pathways to extraordinary opportunity through best-in-class development, competitive compensation and benefits, and recognition for your impact. Grow as an authentic leader and be part of an equity driven, team-oriented culture.

  • Our campuses are advancing educational equity.

Some quick stats about us:

  • 19,500 Students
  • 2,100+ Team Members
  • 15 Secondary Campuses
  • 9 Elementary Campuses
  • 92% Students Who Qualify for Free/Reduced-Price Lunch
  • 96% Hispanic & African-American Students
  • 90% Students Who Are Accepted to a 4Year University
  • 88% First-Generation College Students
  • Ranked in the Top 100 High Schools in the Nation, _U.S. News & World Report_
We serve the students of Houston, Texas, the 4th largest city across the United States.

There are over 20 public-school districts and other great public charter school options within Houston's city limits serving our increasing population.

We are a rapidly growing organization, committed to creating life-changing opportunities for over 23,000 students by 2025.


THE OPPORTUNITY


YES Prep needs a dynamic (title of role) with a diverse set of experiences, to make our mission a reality.

As a YES Prep employee, you will achieve jaw-dropping results, create pathways to opportunity for our students, build transformative relationships, and eliminate educational inequities to advance social justice.


To put it simply, you will provide psychological services to elementary students as a member of our growing special education evaluation team.


THE ROLE

  • When you join the YES Prep team, some of the exciting work will include:
  • Administering, scoring and interpreting formal and informal assessment tools to determine initial and continued eligibility for special education services;
  • Producing high quality evaluations for students that reflect thoughtful analysis of the student's strengths and weaknesses, and can be meaningfully explained to both families and other professionals;
  • Conducting Functional Behavioral Assessments and assisting with the development of Behavior Intervention Plans and Crisis Plans for special education students with significant behavioral or emotional needs;
  • Collaborating in Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings to review special education referrals;
  • Providing direct support and consultation for campusbased personnel and parents regarding critical cases involving students with significant emotional and behavioral needs;
  • Assisting in the development of preventative behavioral programming and continuum of behavioral services provided to students with emotional and behavioral needs
  • Additional duties as assigned.

THE PERSON

  • We seek staff with diverse backgrounds, talents, interests, and ideas.
Certain traits consistently shine through for our most successful employees:
passion for the mission, drive for results, care for students, and resilience.

Other traits needed and desired for this role are:


THE MUST HAVES

  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited fouryear educational institution
  • Master's degree from an accredited college or university in student evaluation, psychology or in another related field
  • Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP) licensure in the state of Texas (TSBEP)

THE MUST HAVE BELIEFS

  • Belief in and commitment to the
    mission and core values of YES Prep Public Schools
  • Desire to disrupt systemic status quos in education
  • Willingness to go above and beyond to disrupt said status quos
  • Passion to develop resiliency through a relentless pursuit of jawdropping results
  • Conviction that high expectations + high accountability = high performance and high growth

THE NICE TO HAVES

  • Bilingual in Spanish

THE PERKS
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Compensation - **This position is an exempt, salaried position; offers commensurate with experience.

***-
Health and Supplemental Insurance - A $0 monthly medical option that includes $600 towards a Health Savings Account, in addition to a variety of supplemental benefits including Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, etc. Employees must work 20+ hours a week to be eligible for a full spectrum of benefits, and 10 hours a week minimum for medical benefits.
- **Retirement Plans*
  • Participation in Teacher Retirement System of Texas and a 457b Retirement Plan.
- **Paid Time Off

  • Employees working 20+ hours a week receive 10 days of Paid Time Off in addition to the system closures during the Academic Calendar**.
- **P
aid Leave Programming
  • In the event you need to be out due to medical needs (including maternity and paternity leave), YES Prep offers paid leave, paid out at 100%, based on eligibility and tenure.
- **Professi
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