School Psychologist

Job Summary Job Summary ABOUT CALIFORNIA VIRTUAL ACADEMIES AND THE SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST POSITIONS: The California Virtual Academies (a network of 9 public charter schools) delivers online/virtual home based instruction to TK-12 students in California. While our schools do offer some scheduling flexibility, students are required to complete approximately 4-6 hours of coursework daily and log attendance. K12, inc. is our curriculum provider. School Psychologists will work from home most days while supporting students and their families through virtual means. The implementation and meeting of the IEP, psychological/mental health assessments, and behavioral support services are usually provided through virtual means which can include telephone, email, text, and various online platforms, such as Zoom. All required documentation will need to be completed per school psychologist duties. School Psychologists are required to schedule assessment sessions with students and families as necessary and will often meet their students in person and in some cases, have virtual components in testing administration and/or interviews. Assessments are done in a variety of settings such as libraries, in the home, or a mutually agreed upon public location. For behavioral assessments, the location will be wherever the student's regular educational day takes place. School Psychologists will also attend Needs Assessment Meetings (NAM) and Student Success Team (SST) meetings for students referred by teachers and parents. School Psychologists are required to attend IEP meetings and will use the SEIS program to create Assessment Plans and IEP-related documents. Assessments will be conducted and completion of Psychoeducational Assessment Reports, Review of Record Reports, and Default Review of Record Reports will be had. View Job Description Requirements / Qualifications TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
• Weekly basis: typically drive 20-40 miles one way, may drive up to 75 miles one way as needed.
• 1-2 times a month: may drive 2-3 hours one way
• A few times a year, fly to a location in CA HOURS AND SALARY INFORMATION: Full Time: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:00pm You are not allowed to have another job during these contracted hours. Full Time School Psychologists: Annual salary based on holding a Bachelors or Masters Degree and up to 3 years of experience in California See Salary Scale: We do participate in CalSTRS. Please contact your CalSTRS counselor about how employment with any of the California Virtual Academies may affect your personal STRS account. Only full time employees are offered health, dental, and vision benefits. Benefits information is only given out upon offer. We do provide training for all programs and we have a great staff to serve as your support system. ELIGIBILITY POOL: Our postings are eligibility pools for positions that may arise during the school year, ONLY. Applications and interviews are for consideration to be placed in the eligibility pool. As our enrollment continues to grow during the year, there is no way to forecast when a position will open up, which is why there are no set number of open positions listed, nor is such information given out. Please Note: Applications and interviews are only valid for one school year. For each school year an applicant would like to be considered, a new application must be submitted. REQUIRED CREDENTIAL/CERTIFICATION: (All applicants MUST have the following at the time of applying)
• Permanent California Residence (Must currently reside in 1 of the 42 CA counties we service/hire in)
• Valid/Current Preliminary/Clear California Pupil Personnel Services Credential in School Psychology
• Master's Degree PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT accept temporary county certificates, out-of-state, intern, expired, emergency, short-term staff permits, or credentials in the process of being obtained. All applicants must meet all requirements at the time of applying in order to be considered. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: Credential Copy (Please look up your California Pupil Personnel Services- School Psychology Credential on the CTC website, save it as a PDF and upload it to your EdJoin application. Please Do Not upload the 'printable copy' or 'paper copy'. It MUST be the credential as you see it on the CTC website with the document number, issue and expiration date, as well as all authorization codes and subjects. View 'Credential Copy Information Page' under 'links related to this job') Letter of Introduction (Please attach a letter telling us about yourself and why you would like to provide services for CAVA.) Resume (Please attach a current and updated resume) Comments and Other Information These are direct hire positions through the California Virtual Academies. It is the sole responsibility of the applicant/prospective applicant to apply and contact us for all questions and the status of their application. PLEASE NO SOLICITATION FROM OUTSIDE, THIRD PARTY, OR NPA COMPANIES OR EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES. The 'Date Posted' of all postings will change every month but are the same postings that opened in March 2024 and close February 14, 2025. POSTINGS ARE ELIGIBILITY POOLS FOR POSITIONS WITH CALIFORNIA VIRTUAL ACADEMIES THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR ONLY. We do not accept applications or documents via email, fax, or US Mail. Applications are only accepted via EdJoin and all documents must be uploaded to your EdJoin application in order to be reviewed. ALL REQUIREMENTS LISTED FOR THIS SPECIFIC POSITION MUST BE MET AT THE TIME YOU APPLY. If you are in the process of obtaining any of the listed requirements, PLEASE WAIT TO APPLY UNTIL YOU MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS, AS APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS AT THE TIME THEY ARE SUBMITTED, WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. We do participate in CalSTRS. Please contact your CalSTRS counselor about how employment with California Virtual Academies may affect your personal STRS account. The California Virtual Academies is an organization that offers our teachers and staff members the excitement of exploring an emerging concept in education. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, sex, handicap, disability, ancestry, national origin, color, race, political affiliation, religion, marital status, or veteran status. For more information about this position, go to the pdf file here (CAVA) School Psychologist-.pdf