Germantown Friends School is seeking a School Psychologist and Behavioral Consultant for the Lower School to work with faculty, students, and parents in order to build upon Quaker values in creating a supportive, respectful, and caring school community.
The School Psychologist will work closely with faculty to consult on challenging student behaviors and complicated student dynamics, helping to create classroom environments aligned with the school’s mission.
The School Psychologist and Behavioral Consultant will work primarily with Lower School faculty, students, and parents, while also providing consultative support to the Early Childhood program as needed.
This position reports to the Director of Student Services and works in close partnership with the Lower School and Early Childhood Division Directors.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Consulting with teachers to help them develop effective classroom-based strategies to address students’ behavioral, emotional, and social needs.
- Enabling students and teachers to enact behavioral plans that support a full inclusion model for all students.
- Working with the Lower School and Early Childhood Student Support Teams (SST) to address a variety of student needs using multidisciplinary team decision-making.
- Leading student counseling groups, including groups for new students as well as other groups based on specific community needs.
- Providing short-term individual school counseling services to Lower School students with social-emotional or behavioral needs.
- Serving as a liaison between students’ parents and outside care providers to promote continuity of care between home, school, and any other relevant stakeholders.
- Implementing the Lower School Feedback program and other social-emotional curricula alongside Lower School faculty so that students are able to identify and express their feelings in a proactive manner.
- Interpreting student data and providing recommendations to inform instruction and student support.
