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Primary Purpose:
Integrates teaching, research, service, and clinical supervision to provide quality education for students. Provide clinical oversight for the students in the specialist program in school psychology.
Job Category: Exempt
Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience
Pay Basis: Annually
Subject to Grant Funding? No
Essential Job Functions:
1. Serves in the role of faculty member for the school psychology programs.
2. Engages in decision-making for school psychology programs by participating in weekly faculty meetings.
3. Teaches courses as assigned in the school psychology programs.
4. Supervises and mentors students' research.
5. Engages in student advisement and Annual Review.
6. Participates in student recruitment, selection, and interview process.
7. Attends orientation activities, Residential Skills Institute, and commencement.
8. Engages in scholarly publications and presentations.
9. Supports the mission of the college by demonstrating flexibility in the scheduling of courses, supervision, and or other meetings.
10. Serves and contributes to appropriate department, college, and university committees.
11. Maintains a professional development plan to assure growth and currency within the academic field.
12. Participates in ongoing program evaluation, accreditation activities, assessment of student outcomes, and continuous improvement efforts.
13. Participates in monitoring student progress, supporting professional competency development, and implementing remediation processes when appropriate.
14. Performs other duties as assigned or required by the Department Chair and/or Dean.
Job Requirements:
Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Knowledge:
1. Psychology - General knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; and learning and motivation.
2. Assessment – General knowledge of comprehensive psychological assessment procedures and psychological report writing.
2. Therapy and Counseling - General knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions.
3. English Language - General knowledge of the structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
4. Education and Training - General knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching, and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
5. Customer and Personal Service - General knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and professional services. This includes needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of user satisfaction.
Skills:
1. Active Engagement - Advanced skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
2. Communication - Advanced skills in talking and writing to others to convey information effectively in the English language.
3. Reading Comprehension - Proficient understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
4. Social Perceptiveness - Advanced skills in being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
5. Critical Thinking - Advanced skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
6. Writing - Proficient skills in communicating effectively in speaking and writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
7. Judgment and Decision-Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions in order to choose the most appropriate one.
8. Active Learning - Proficient skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
9. Complex Problem Solving - Proficient skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and to evaluate options and to implement solutions.
10. Service Orientation - Advanced skills in actively looking for ways to help people of diverse backgrounds.
Abilities:
1. Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
2. Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
3. Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions, including finding relationships among seemingly unrelated events.
4. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
5. Interpersonal Effectiveness – The ability to work with students, clients, and other professionals of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and characteristics.
Physical Requirements / Working Conditions:
1. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
2. May be required to work nights or weekends occasionally. 3.Travel-Must be able to travel on a daily and/or overnight basis.
4. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
5. May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, mobile devices, and computer keyboards.
Required Certifications/Licensures: Licensed or license eligible as a psychologist or a school psychologist in the state of Florida.
Required Education: Doctoral Degree
Major (if required: School Psychology or related field
Required Experience: 1. Ability to supervise, mentor, and support students' professional development.
2. Ability to provide engaging, evidence-based instruction that fosters student learning, critical thinking, and professional competence.
Preferred Qualifications:
Is this a safety sensitive position? No
Background Screening Required? Yes
Pre-Employment Conditions:
Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.
NSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.
