School Psychologist – Primarily in the Central PA Region Position Available In Montgomery, Pennsylvania

School Psychologist – Primarily in the Central PA Region
Agora Cyber Charter School
Virtual – King of Prussia, Pennsylvania This job is also posted in Agora Cyber Charter School
Job Details

Job ID:

5214303

Application Deadline:

Sep 04, 2025 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Posted:

Jun 4, 2025

Starting Date:

Immediately
Job Description

POSITION

School Psychologist

POSITION TERM

11 Month

REPORTS TO

Director of Special Education

Date:

August 2021

Our Mission:

The mission of the Agora Cyber Charter School is to provide an innovative, intensive academic preparation that inspires and educates students to achieve the highest levels of academic knowledge and skills. Agora embraces a collaborative partnership between teachers and parents in order to empower students to reach extraordinary heights. Extraordinary results require extraordinary efforts. With commitment, hard work, consistency and responsibility, every student will meet the challenge of mastering high expectations.

Our Vision:

The vision of Agora Cyber Charter School is to prepare all students to achieve their highest potential through actively engaging in their own schooling, achieving their personal learning goals and being ready to reach post-secondary success as lifelong learners.

Position Summary:

The school psychologist helps children and youth succeed academically, socially, and emotionally by partnering and collaborating with educators, parents, and other professionals to create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments for all students that strengthen connections between home and school. The school psychologist will address students’ learning and behavioral problems, suggest improvements to classroom strategies and evaluate students with exceptionalities to help determine the best way to provide the educational program. The school psychologist provides valuable services such as consultation with educators on research-based best practices to address learning and behavioral problems, evaluation of children and youth for special education services, and intervention by participating in the school’s multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) framework.

Essential Functions:

(Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
Writes and reviews evaluation and reevaluation reports.
Responds to parent requests for evaluation.
Ensures that student progress is evaluated on a regular, systematic basis and that findings are used in making decisions to improve program effectiveness as it relates to specific student needs.
Conducts comprehensive psycho-educational evaluations across the state of Pennsylvania.
Provides consultative services to school personnel regarding student needs.
Collaborates with the school administration to ensure compliance for students with disabilities.
Functions as a liaison between the school and family in the student assessment and interpretation of test results.
Analyzes outcomes and evaluates instructional support programs to recommend appropriate changes in purposes, designs, materials, and implementation.
Participates in IEP meetings and other meetings as needed which could require virtual or face to face attendance
Interprets diagnoses to school personnel, other concerned professionals, parents, and students.
Assumes responsibility for the timely completion, maintenance, and filing of reports, records, and other documents
Conveys and instills high expectations for each student based on fundamental philosophy that all students can learn
Collaborates with parents and school personnel in sharing information about students, consistent with legal requirements, and recommends appropriate interventions for students in need of support services.
Gathers statistical data required in planning the educational programs for students with disabilities.
Assumes responsibility for the accuracy, validity, and interpretation of assessment results as related to special education eligibility determination.
Helps to ensure the implementation of state and federal regulations related to special education and policies/regulations established by federal and state law.
Explains and interprets special education-related policies and procedures to students, parents, staff, and the community.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Competencies:

Ethical conduct
Strategic Thinking
Pennsylvania Department of Education required clearances
Commitment to working with at-risk students and families
Excellent communication skills, especially with students and parents
Outstanding organizational skills and high attention to detail; outstanding written and oral communication skills
Technology capacity, with proficiency in Microsoft Office products
Ability to travel within and across state of Pennsylvania, including occasional overnight stay

Required Education and Experience:

Master’s Degree in School Psychology or related field
Pennsylvania State Certification in School Psychology

Preferred Education and Experience:

Three years’ experience as a school psychologist

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional virtual environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones and photocopiers.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Declaration:

This job description does not state or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. The employee in this position will be required to follow any
other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his/her administrator(s) and/or supervisor(s).
Agora Cyber Charter School is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Position Type:

Full-Time
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