School Psychologist (26/27)

The Barre Unified Union School District is seeking a School Psychologist to work as part of the Special Services Team, beginning August 2026. The candidate should have an understanding of Vermont Special Education Regulations, tiered systems of supports and experience in the evaluation and identification of students with disabilities.

Essential duties include (click here for complete job description):

• Possesses accurate and current knowledge of Vermont Statutes, State and Local policies, and procedures for students with disabilities and be in compliance with State and Federal regulations, relating to IDEA, Section 504, as well as regular education procedures.
• Conducts psychological assessments of individual students’ cognitive, academic, behavioral, social, and emotional functioning using standardized, norm-referenced cognitive measures, achievement measures, behavior rating scales and checklists, and social- emotional rating scales.
• Assists school staff in the development and monitoring of cognitive, academic, behavioral, social, and emotional goals for individual students or groups of students identified as exhibiting significant educational needs and/or disabilities with a focus on facilitating instructional objectives, academic achievement, and positive behavioral outcomes.
• Summarizes, integrates, and interprets information from consultations, record reviews, observations, assessments, or evaluations to identify individual patterns of strengths and weaknesses, assist in the determination of educational disabilities and facilitate development of effective instructional and behavioral interventions.
• Provides oral and written reports of consultations, record reviews, observations, assessments, and evaluations to parents, school staff, and outside agencies as appropriate.
• Conducts observations of individual students or groups of students in the classroom and/or the broader school setting; obtaining, integrating, and interpreting information about student behavior and conditions related to learning.
• Serves as a staff resource with respect to disability categories, differentiated instruction, progress monitoring, and analysis of assessment results.
• Coordinates and facilitates meetings associated with programming for students eligible for special education.
• Consults regularly with classroom teachers, special educators and paraprofessionals and their teacher partners about student needs and accommodations.
• Provides training, short-term counseling, or other educationally-oriented intervention as determined by the IEP students identified as exhibiting significant educational needs and/or disabilities with an emphasis on facilitating growth in the school setting and fostering family involvement.
• Provides liaison services and meeting facilitation with independent practitioners and community agencies to facilitate coordination of assessments, interventions, and educational programs for individual students or groups of students.
• Acts as a resource for school staff, parents, and students with provision of referral information to the employee assistance program, mental health practitioners, and community agencies as appropriate.
• Provides crisis intervention services to individual students, groups of students, parents, and school staff in situations involving trauma, behavioral and emotional disturbance, and potentially harmful, aggressive, or violent behavior to self and/or others.
• Participates in committees, staff meetings, and professional learning communities within the school to provide information regarding cognitive, academic, behavioral, social, and emotional needs of students and facilitate the development of student-oriented educational settings.
• Provides reports to administration as requested including annual report of number of students evaluated and served.
• Complete Medicaid documentation for Medicaid eligible students.

Job Requirements:

• Must hold, or be eligible for, a Vermont Educator's License with the appropriate endorsement for school psychologist. Contact the Vermont Agency of Education for any licensing questions. https://education.vermont.gov/educator-quality/become-a-vermont-educator
• Master degree preferred

**The District is currently in negotiations for the upcoming contracts. The salary indicated in this posting is for the FY25/26 school year and will be updated as soon as negotions are concluded**

Salary : $45,265 - $85,438