Gifted Program Psychological Examiner

2025-26 School Year

1.0 contract

Requires Missouri School Psychologist or Psychological Examiner certification.

Any interested certified Rockwood employee eligible to transfer (180 days contract or more) must submit a TRANSFER application to this posting before the internal closing date to be considered.

If new to the district, start date is August 5, 2025.

Regular teacher orientation start date is August 12, 2025.

Reports to:  Director of Gifted Education

Position Summary:  The purpose of this position is to (1) determine students' eligibility for gifted education services by assessing their cognitive ability, academic achievement, and creativity/reasoning/problem-solving ability.

Essential Functions:

1. Participates as a team member in the evaluation process.
2. Prior to gifted assessment, consults with school related to eligibility.
3. Administers diagnostic tests and procedures to determine students' cognitive ability, academic achievement, and creativity/reasoning/problem-solving ability.
4. Schedules pre-evaluation, post-evaluation and re-evaluation conferences in collaboration with parents, school staff and evaluation team.
5. Participates in pre-evaluation conferences with parents and school officials to obtain pertinent background information, review school concerns, explain parental rights and responsibilities and secure permission to evaluate.
6. Reviews student files, referral forms and gathers pertinent data outside agencies (when necessary).
7. Creates assessment reports and speaks to parents, teachers, counselors and other interested and/or entitled parties.
8. Serves as chairperson at assessment meetings and is responsible for ensuring that diagnostic decisions are made in compliance with DESE criteria and best professional practice.
9. Maintains case records by preparing, editing, and proofing the final assessment report in a timely manner.
10. Attends professional development opportunities, staff meetings and credit courses (when necessary) in order to keep abreast of new developments and maintain certification and/or licensure.
11. Serves on committees making recommendations to coordinators.
12. Reviews IEPs/504s, when necessary, to ensure appropriate accommodations are met during assessment.
13. Consults with colleagues, supervisors and consultants regarding the gifted education needs of individual students.
14. At the request of coordinators, provides inservice to observers, parent groups and students regarding assessment and related services.
15. Performs other tasks as assigned by the superintendent, assistant superintendents, directors, or coordinators.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Requires travel to work sites within the district.
• Required movement about and within various district locations.
• Read and interpret correspondence, reports, legal documents, for administrative purposes.
• Administers tests and diagnostic
• Prepares and maintains written records
• Discuss individual student assessment results with the director and parents.
• Reports testing information
• Observes and evaluates student
• Prepares and proof reads test

PHYSICAL DEMANDS (Strength)

• Exerts 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or
• Exerts 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or
• Exerts greater than negligible up to 10 pounds

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

1. Master's in psychology or related
2. Certification as school psychologist or psychological examiner.

EQUIPMENT USED:

• Standard office equipment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• On two or three person teams, some of the aforementioned tasks may be the responsibility of other personnel or may be shared by the psychological examiner and others.
• Ability to work in a variety of locations, travel throughout the District, work non-traditional hours which may include evenings and weekends and meet the physical demands of handling a variety of student needs.
• While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, hear, walk, stand and reach.