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Duties

  • Experience working with children and adolescents with significant behavioral and emotional difficulties in a school setting
  • Extensive experience with the social emotional components of the IEP process (FA/BIP, SEL goal writing)
  • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent consultative and data analysis abilities
  • Creative thinker who can develop a wide range of empirically-supported interventions to meet the needs of diverse children and adolescents
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with teachers, paraprofessionals, and other service providers
  • Local travel to our school network, with occasional regional travel is required.

Qualifications

  • Professional Educator’s License with School Psychologist Endorsement/Certification in Illinois 
  • Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish is preferred, but not required
  • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
  • Strong consultative and data analysis abilities
  • Creative thinker who can develop a wide range of interventions meeting the needs of a diverse student population
  • Excellent communication skills

Salary/Benefits

  • Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, and Supplemental Insurance Programs
  • Medical Insurance enrollment is available to full time employees on their date of hire. No waiting period.
  • Competitive Salary
  • 12 Month School Position
  • Generous Paid Time Off Benefits 
  • 403(b) Investment Options

Additional Notes

A School Psychologist with The Menta Group will provide regional leadership to effectively help students succeed. This includes working with parents, educators, and other professionals to create supportive academic learning and social environments for all students.
Successful candidates for this position will have strong skills in data-based decision-making, multidisciplinary collaboration, functional behavior assessment/SEL Goal writing and behavioral approaches to change, intervention planning, risk assessment, progress monitoring, program evaluation, and consultation with educational staff, parents, and other professionals.  Knowledge of childhood mental illnesses and empirically-based interventions is essential.
 
Local travel to our school network, with occasional regional travel is required.
 

Email Address

heather.bakken@menta.com

Job Posting Date

5/13/2022

Start Date

5/13/2022