Job purpose:

In keeping a tradition of excellence, the purpose of the Psychometrist is to coordinate the referral to placement process for initial evaluations and reevaluations for Special Education students. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Schedule and conduct comprehensive evaluations

• Develop and compose Eligibility reports students assessed by the RCSD

• Schedule and conduct meetings to obtain permission to test from parents for Special Education (initial and reevaluation)

• Schedule and conduct reevaluation meetings for out of state transfer students and three-year reevaluations

• Schedule and conduct eligibility meetings for students who meet the criteria to receive Special Education services

• Participate in MET team meetings as necessary

• Review and explain the results of psycho-educational testing with parents and school staff

• Receive and review available developmental information from school and outside resources about student behavior(s) in order to select appropriate psychological assessments

• Provide staff development and training on the evaluation process for new referrals, current student in special education, and students who transfer into the district with a special education ruling

• Ensure school has appropriate paperwork for initial evaluation and reevaluation and follow up on items not submitted by the school.

• Assist in preschool evaluations as needed.

• Provide date/time to school to schedule MET meetings.

• Schedule and conduct meetings for 504 requests.

• Schedule and conduct meetings for dyslexia services requests.

• Manage and monitor all contractual psychometrists: contracts, invoices, etc.

• Maintain testing materials and supplies.

• Coordinate Independent Educational Evaluations (IEEs): schedule coordinate assessments with contractual psychometrists, communicate with parents as they go through independent evaluation process.

• Develop forms necessary for data collection for evaluations and MET meetings.

• Develop district procedures for testing as needed.

• Conduct all meetings and evaluations with outside agencies and facilities within the Rankin County School District, (JDC, Brentwood, Mississippi State Hospital).

• Lead and attend staff meetings/trainings as applicable; serve on staff committees

• Assume responsibility for own professional growth and development, for keeping current with literature, new research findings, for attending appropriate professional meetings and conferences, and to maintain any credits and/or continued education for maintenance of licensure/qualifications required for the position

• Maintain and accept responsibility for any district owned fixed asset item assigned to employee and ensure appropriate use by following district policies for acceptable use

• Undergo periodic evaluations according to state and board policy procedures

• Maintain confidentiality

• Regular, dependable, in person, and punctual attendance is an essential function of this position

• Perform such other and not specifically enumerated duties as may be requested by the Board of Education, superintendent, administrator, director or established by district policy

• Read, understand, and abide by Employee Conduct Policy, GAB, all other district, state and federal policies, and procedures and protocols as established by RCSD and the Mississippi Educator Code of Conduct

Qualifications:

• Education Level: Minimum of Master’s degree is Psychometry

• Certification: MS Educator license with special education endorsement

• Other Requirements:

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms using equipment such as a keyboard and video display terminal. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, reach, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and move up to 35 pounds and occasionally up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment is not a standard office setting; but rather encompasses the entire active school campus both inside and outside the facilities. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate and occasionally high.

Terms of Employment:

Salary, days and work year as established by the Rankin County Board of Education

Evaluation:

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Rankin County School Board policy on Evaluation of Employees.