Substitute School Psychologist 2022-2023 School Year at Garden Grove Unified School District (2024)

Substitute School Psychologist 2022-2023 School Year at Garden Grove Unified School District

Requirements / Qualifications

Requirements / Qualifications

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Background: The Garden Grove Unified School District, a nationally recognized urban district, holds extremely high expectations for our students and the adults who serve them. We are passionate about preparing our culturally and linguistically diverse students for college success and beyond and searching for a school psychologist, who shares our common mission, to serve as a member of our collaborative K-12 team. Such a leader is one who:BELIEVES: •All students can succeed and that their backgrounds, cultures and language are teaching and learning assets•Students, parents and communities are partners in the educational mission•In the shared values, beliefs, and attitudes that inspire others to higher levels of performancePOSSESSES: •Ability to make others feel valued, appreciated and respected•Ability to earn the trust and respect of those being served•Ability to maintain the professional will and moral imperative to work with staff and parents to realize their hopes for their children’s success•Ability to identify with the hopes and dreams of parents for their children in the communities being served•Understanding of the realities of parents and communities, including strengths and challenges and a willingness to constantly seek opportunities to incorporate them into school and district leadership practices•Ability to ensure fairness and equity in district policies and practices and in their application•Courage to make difficult decisions based on what is in the best interests of children•Courage to deliver tough messages and the ability to do so with compassion•Courage and integrity to dissent from a group based on one’s own professional judgment and personal conviction•Commitment to the District Mission, Goals and Vision IS PREPARED TO: •Study school children for the purpose of facilitating learning and positive behaviors providing effective psychological services to students, schools, and the school community•Provide early stage educationally related mental health services•Counsel students and parents regarding difficulties encountered by their child•Refers parents and children to appropriate community agencies, hospitals, organizations, and professional persons•Comprehensively evaluate students for appropriate special education eligibility determination and program placement•Consult and provide leadership for teachers and parents on pre-referral intervention teams•Consult with school personnel regarding curriculum and other educational implications of psycho-educational studies•Conduct educationally related diagnostic work with children, including intellectual ability evaluations of referred students•Write comprehensive psycho-educational reports with professional recommendations, as required•Communicate recommendations to all persons involved regarding solutions to learning and behavioral problems of students•Utilize psychological expertise to further the general District educational programsSalary and Work Year: •Substitute Psychologist - $224 per day•Assignment length – variesGarden Grove Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, parental, pregnancy, family or marital status, immigration and citizenship status, military status or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

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Background: The Garden Grove Unified School District, a nationally recognized urban district, holds extremely high expectations for our students and the adults who serve them. We are passionate about preparing our culturally and linguistically diverse students for college success and beyond and searching for a school psychologist, who shares our common mission, to serve as a member of our collaborative K-12 team. Such a leader is one who:BELIEVES: •All students can succeed and that their backgrounds, cultures and language are teaching and learning assets•Students, parents and communities are partners in the educational mission•In the shared values, beliefs, and attitudes that inspire others to higher levels of performancePOSSESSES: •Ability to make others feel valued, appreciated and respected•Ability to earn the trust and respect of those being served•Ability to maintain the professional will and moral imperative to work with staff and parents to realize their hopes for their children’s success•Ability to identify with the hopes and dreams of parents for their children in the communities being served•Understanding of the realities of parents and communities, including strengths and challenges and a willingness to constantly seek opportunities to incorporate them into school and district leadership practices•Ability to ensure fairness and equity in district policies and practices and in their application•Courage to make difficult decisions based on what is in the best interests of children•Courage to deliver tough messages and the ability to do so with compassion•Courage and integrity to dissent from a group based on one’s own professional judgment and personal conviction•Commitment to the District Mission, Goals and Vision IS PREPARED TO: •Study school children for the purpose of facilitating learning and positive behaviors providing effective psychological services to students, schools, and the school community•Provide early stage educationally related mental health services•Counsel students and parents regarding difficulties encountered by their child•Refers parents and children to appropriate community agencies, hospitals, organizations, and professional persons•Comprehensively evaluate students for appropriate special education eligibility determination and program placement•Consult and provide leadership for teachers and parents on pre-referral intervention teams•Consult with school personnel regarding curriculum and other educational implications of psycho-educational studies•Conduct educationally related diagnostic work with children, including intellectual ability evaluations of referred students•Write comprehensive psycho-educational reports with professional recommendations, as required•Communicate recommendations to all persons involved regarding solutions to learning and behavioral problems of students•Utilize psychological expertise to further the general District educational programsSalary and Work Year: •Substitute Psychologist - $224 per day•Assignment length – variesGarden Grove Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying in educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, parental, pregnancy, family or marital status, immigration and citizenship status, military status or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.