Psychologist

School Psychologist (26/27 School Year)

This is a role for someone who thinks systemically, leads with empathy, and is ready to be a trusted partner to students who need it most. You'll work with school teams, families, and outside agencies to help kids thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. The pay range is $60–$68 per hour in Kansas City, KS.

What you'll do

• Conduct comprehensive evaluations of cognitive, emotional, adaptive, and behavioral functioning using standardized tools. Then translate what you find into real recommendations that students and teams can actually use.
• Develop IEPs and 504 plans from scratch or consult on existing ones. Create evidence based interventions. Lead or participate in IEP meetings alongside families and staff.
• Provide crisis support during school emergencies. Train staff on mental health topics, behavior management strategies, and instructional approaches that work.
• Keep accurate confidential records of every assessment, intervention, and progress note you write. Your reports need to meet legal, ethical, and compliance standards ; no shortcuts.
• Sit in on multidisciplinary team meetings regularly to review student plans and figure out what's working (and what isn't).
• Partner with educators, parents, related service providers like speech or OT therapists, and outside agencies. It's about building a school culture where collaboration actually leads to student growth.

What you need

Must have:

• A Department of Education School Psychologist Certification for the state where services are delivered.
• A valid Department of Justice/FBI background check or equivalent state/national fingerprint clearance.
• A current IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card.
• The legal right to work in the United States.

Preferred:

• Certification from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP).
• Prior experience as a school psychologist in a K–12 setting.

The benefits

• $60–$68 per hour ; full time hours for the 26/27 school year in Kansas City, KS.
• CEU/license reimbursement plus tuition assistance if you want to keep growing your skillset.
• A full benefits package: medical insurance through Point Quest Group; dental; vision; plus a 401(k) plan with employer contributions. Paid sick leave that covers when you're under the weather; paid holidays that give you real time off; paid vacation so you can recharge without guilt. Ongoing professional development ; real training that makes your day to day smarter rather than just checking boxes. You'll also get occasional exposure to things like dust pollen fumes on the job; expect moderate noise levels inside schools pretty much daily. There's frequent reaching handling standing walking involved plus lifting up to 50 pounds sometimes with reasonable accommodations available if needed. To perform this job successfully you need either assistive devices reasonable accommodations already arranged ; or natural ability to handle those sensory physical demands described above without them.

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