School Psychologist - Extended Learning Program

Bakersfield City School District

  • California
  • $130,437-159,039 per year
  • Permanent
  • Part-time
  • 7 days ago
  • Demonstrated ability to work and communicate effectively with staff, students, parents and public, and to respect confidential matters
  • Bilingual ability desired
  • Ability to work flexible and irregular hours
  • Possession of valid California driver's license and personal automobile for use on district business
REPORTS TO: Administrator as assignedJOB GOAL: To support students learning, social development and mental and behavioral health using problem solving, assessment, data-based decision-making, and delivery of evidenced-based interventions. To collaborate and consult with educators, families, and other professionals to help create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments for all students.PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: * Utilizes varied models and methods of assessment and data collection for identifying strengths and needs of individual students and broader school community, developing effective services and programs, and measuring progress and outcomes
  • Consults and collaborates with colleagues, students, families and other stakeholders to promote effective implementation of services
  • Uses assessment and data collection methods to implement and evaluate services that support cognitive and academic skills, support socialization, learning, and mental and behavioral health, including but not limited to behavioral supports, individual and group counseling, and social skills training in collaboration with others
  • Develops and implements practices and strategies to create and maintain effective and supportive learning environments for children and others (e.g., positive behavior interventions and supports)
  • Promotes services that enhance learning, mental and behavioral health, safety, and physical well-being through protective and adaptive factors and to implement effective crisis preparation, response, and recovery
  • Implements and evaluates services that respond to culture and context and facilitate family and school partnerships and interactions with community agencies for enhancement of academic and social–behavioral outcomes for children
  • Provides effective professional services that promote effective functioning for individuals, families, and schools with diverse characteristics, cultures, and backgrounds and across multiple contexts, with recognition that an understanding and respect for diversity in development and learning are foundations for all aspects of service delivery
  • Evaluates and applies research as foundation for service delivery and, in collaboration with others, use various techniques and technology resources for data collection, measurement, and analysis to support effective practices at individual, group, and/or systems levels
  • Provides services consistent with ethical, legal, and professional standards; engage in responsive ethical and professional decision-making; collaborate with other professionals; and apply professional work characteristics needed for effective practice as school psychologists, including respect for human diversity, communication skills, effective interpersonal skills, responsibility, adaptability, initiative, dependability, and technology skills
  • Functions as part of district's continuum of mental health services. Collaboratively provide a multi-tiered system of supports through implementation and monitoring of evidence-based mental-health, behavioral and academic interventions for all students in need
  • Models personal and professional values of equity, integrity, caring, collaboration, personal and collective responsibility
  • Performs other related duties as assigned
SALARY: $130,437 - $159,039 annually (199 days) (max. salary includes all longevity and educational stipends)EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the District's "Improvement of Professional Services" handbook, Board Policies and Procedures and consistent with collective bargaining agreements when applicableMINIMUM APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:An online application and any documents listed below must be submitted by 8:00 p.m. on September 10, 2025. * Resume
  • Two letters of recommendation (dated within 1 year)
  • Evidence of credential authorizing service as a school psychologist
Copies of required certificates, transcripts or diplomas may be submitted with application. District may require that originals be presented for verification prior to employment. Please check with Human Resources regarding acceptable documents. For positions requiring college course work official transcripts will be required upon employment.It is the applicant's responsibility to meet all application requirements and supply copies of all required documents. A separate set of paperwork is required for each application submitted. All application materials submitted become the property of Bakersfield City School District.CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:Some positions may require proof of privately owned automobile insurance and the possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle operator's license. Fingerprint clearance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the California Department of Justice is a condition of appointment after all other required job conditions have been met. Must present verification of completion of Child Abuse Mandated Reporter training or obtain verification within six (6) weeks of hire and annually thereafter, as required by the California Child Abuse Neglect Reporting Act.The Bakersfield City School District wishes to thank all applicants for their interest in this position. Positions may be re advertised or application deadlines extended at the discretion of the District. Unless otherwise notified by the District, applications received in response to this bulletin will be considered for available District positions in this classification during the current school year. Those meeting minimum qualifications, including passage of required tests, will remain active during this time. Applicants will be individually notified of their application status.AB2534Please note as of January 1, 2025, in accordance with Education Code section 44939.5 (as amended by California AB2534) applicant for certificated positions are required by law to provide a complete list of every school district, county office of education, charter school and/or state special school with which you have previously been employed, regardless of length of service. You must list all previous LEAs (Local Education Agencies) where you have been employed. If multiple LEAs are within the same district, only the district information is required. An LEA is a local entity involved in education including but not limited to school district, county offices of education, direct-funded charter school, and special education local plan area (SELPA). For all certificated position, please be sure to disclose any part-time and substitute employment. Failure to disclose any previous educational employment may result in the disqualification of your application.Any candidates contacting, directly or indirectly, any member of the Board of Education and/or administration with the intention of influencing their or another candidates selection to any administrative position shall be disqualified without recourse.The provisions of this bulletin do not constitute a contract expressed or implied and any of the provisions contained herein may be modified or revoked without notice.NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY
The Bakersfield City School District (BCSD) is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education and in employment. BCSD prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis and/or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics of age, ethnicity or race, which is inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks, and twists, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identifications, religion, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, physical disability, mental disability, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, medical information, genetic information, homelessness, foster status, military veteran status, political affiliation or any other basis prohibited by California state and federal nondiscrimination laws consistent with Education Code 200, 220 and 234.1, Penal Code 422.55, Government Code 11135, Section 504, and Title IX. Not all bases of discrimination will apply to both education services and employment. If you believe you, or your student, have been subjected to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying you should contact your school site principal and/or the District's Chief Equity Compliance Officer, Section 504 Coordinator, and Title IX Coordinator, Erin Johnston, by phone at (661) 631-4663, by email at , or in person at 1300 Baker Street, Bakersfield, CA 93305. Copies of BCSD's Uniform Complaint policy, Sexual Harassment policy, and Nondiscrimination policies are available upon request.

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