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Location

Boston, MA | United States

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ESY - Clinician or School Psychologist (Summer 2024)

**THIS IS A SUMMER POSITION. EMPLOYMENT IS SEASONAL AND TEMPORARY**

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Extended School Year (ESY) offers specialized services to students with disabilities. The decision to provide ESY is made by the IEP Team, who assesses the necessity to minimize substantial regression and reduce substantial recoupment, ensuring effective progress for the students. The IEP Team also evaluates the level of needs and recommends specific IEP services during ESY based on individual student requirements. The determination of ESY services is made according to the IEP Team's identification, focusing on the students' individual needs and aligning with the delivery of targeted ESY goals and objectives.

REPORTS TO: Position reports to the Site Coordinator, who works in close collaboration with the Director of Extended School Year and Expanded Learning in the Office of Special Education. For questions about this position, please email [email protected].

PROGRAM SCHEDULE:

The instructional hours for students are 5 hours per day, 5 days per week, for 5 weeks from July 8 to August 9, 2024.

The Clinician or School Psychologist is expected to:

Work all 25 days of the program as well as participate in relevant PD days. Work a 6-hour day, 5 days per week, for 5 weeks (this includes 1 hour per day of prep time).

RESPONSIBILITIES: Clinicians or school psychologists in this program support student's socio-emotional needs and provide counseling per IEP :

Provide direct individual and/or small group counseling/instruction to address students’ IEP goals/objectives. Counseling/instruction will focus on Social/Emotional goals and objectives from the student’s IEP. Prepare cognitively demanding group counseling sessions (requires some planning work outside of regular program hours). Differentiate instruction. Assist with building-wide ESY classroom instruction and provide direct intervention during classroom instruction. Assist as needed with crisis intervention. Establish a productive learning environment and classroom culture in which all students are respected. Maintain timely general student attendance, counseling attendance, and progress records. Consult with related service providers to address students' needs. Provide students, families, site coordinators, and program staff with relevant and timely data, including monitoring and reporting student's progress to prevent regression as outlined in the program. Participate in all scheduled professional development. Engage as a partner in planning and problem-solving. Assess students referred for summer IEP team meetings, provide written assessment results, and/or attend IEP team meetings if required. Perform other related duties as requested by the Director of Operations & Service Implementation. Complete IEP Progress Reports (guidelines) for all students

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:

Master’s or Specialist’s degree. Massachusetts Licensed therapists, such as Independent Clinical Social Workers / Licensed Clinical Social Workers / Master of Social Work Massachusetts DESE school psychologist license Current Safety-Care certification. Experience in one or more of the following areas:
Autism, Intellectual Impairment, Multiple Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Specific Learning Disability, Emotional Impairment, Early Childhood. Demonstrated past experience in a school setting providing individual and group counseling to school-age students. Current authorization to work in the United States. Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment.

QUALIFICATIONS - PREFERRED:

Current BPS social worker or school psychologist BPS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom, school, and district culture and diversity. BPS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in one of BPS' official languages: Spanish, Creole (Cape Verdean), Creole (Haitian), Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, & Somali.

TERMS:

• Hourly rate of $56.81. Anticipated total of 120 hours, and up to 20 hours of professional development, planning, and additional duties for a total amount of up to $7,953.40 for the summer.

Payroll will be processed on a biweekly basis after receipt of completed timesheets in accordance with the BPS summer payroll schedule. All employees must read and agree to the BPS 2024 Summer Program Terms of Employment .

• Job offers are conditional and based on sufficient enrollment/attendance

NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY:

The Boston Public Schools, in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies, does not discriminate in its programs, facilities, or employment or educational opportunities on the basis of race, color, age, criminal record (inquiries only), disability, homelessness, sex/gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, genetics or military status, and does not tolerate any form of retaliation, or bias-based intimidation, threat or harassment that demeans individuals’ dignity or interferes with their ability to learn or work.

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