THE ROLE
This is not a supervisory role in the traditional sense. The National Director of School Psychology Clinical Excellence is a senior leadership position responsible for defining, building, and driving Thrive's national standard of practice across school psychology and educational diagnostics. You are not managing a single region. You are setting the clinical bar that every Thrive school psychologist is measured against, in every school, in every state, across every market we operate or will operate.
Reporting to the Chief Clinical Officer, you will lead and develop the layer of Clinical Supervisors who deliver high-touch supervision to pre-licensed school psychologists and tiered providers across our regional markets. They are the coaches on the ground. You are the one who decides what they are coaching toward. You build the playbook. You establish the benchmarks. You define what excellent diagnostic practice looks like at Thrive nationally, and you make sure it holds consistently across a footprint that spans the country and is growing by the month.
Because we own our clinical platform, you will also serve as a primary clinical voice in the evolution of Thrive Clinical, partnering closely with product and engineering to shape how the platform measures, supports, and accelerates excellent diagnostic practice. This is not a courtesy seat at the table. You will own clinical requirements for defined areas of the product roadmap.
This role requires approximately 50% travel across Thrive's national markets, concentrated around summer intensives, site launches, supervisor onboarding, and targeted in-person work with partner districts. The work happens in schools, in districts, and alongside the teams doing evaluations on the ground every day.
WHO YOU ARE
A fully licensed school psychologist with deep credibility in psychoeducational assessment, eligibility determination, and special education law, who is ready to take that expertise national
A clinical leader who has already managed clinicians across multiple sites or multiple states, and who is ready to take a national footprint as the next logical scope
A standard-setter who thinks in systems: you see a gap in diagnostic practice and your first instinct is to build the protocol, the supervision framework, or the dashboard that closes it permanently — and you can show us the artifacts of work you have already done at this scope
A leader of leaders, comfortable managing a layer of Clinical Supervisors rather than reviewing every evaluation yourself, and confident holding that layer accountable to a national bar
Data-fluent and outcomes-oriented: you measure success in accurate identifications, appropriate placements, compliance rates, supervisor performance, district NPS, and clinician retention — not in evaluation hours logged or referrals processed
Fluent in IDEA Part B, state SPED variation across multiple jurisdictions, Medicaid billing for school-based services, and the regulatory texture of running diagnostic operations across multiple states
Comfortable holding clinical excellence and operational accountability in the same hand, across multiple states, without dropping either
Deeply invested in the evolution of Thrive Clinical as a purpose-built tool for kids in schools: you are not just a user of the platform, you are a driver of what it becomes, bringing the diagnostic insight that makes it more powerful over time
An operator with an entrepreneurial mindset who reads a growing national footprint as an invitation to build something lasting, not as a reason to wait for more certainty
Hungry to learn, including how AI, data tooling, and a purpose-built EHR can make your national team measurably more effective, consistent, and focused on what matters most: every child getting the right identification and the right support
Driven by mission: you measure success in accurate identifications, appropriate placements, mastery gains, and students who finally get the support that was always theirs to have
WHAT YOU’LL OWN
Set and Own the National Diagnostic Standard
Define Thrive's national framework for psychoeducational assessment and eligibility determination, setting the standard for how school psychologists across every market select instruments, conduct evaluations, and document findings
Build and maintain the diagnostic frameworks, supervision protocols, and practice standards that Clinical Supervisors implement with their supervisee populations across all regions
Ensure that what excellent diagnostic practice looks like at Thrive is documented, measurable, and consistently applied regardless of geography, district, or state
Serve as the final clinical authority on diagnostic questions, eligibility interpretation, and assessment protocol disputes across the Thrive network
Ensure that Thrive's diagnostic standards account for the full range of student backgrounds, including English language learners, students with complex or co-occurring profiles, and students from diverse cultural and linguistic communities
Lead and Develop Clinical Supervisors Nationally
Serve as the direct clinical authority above Clinical Supervisors, who deliver high-touch supervision to pre-licensed school psychologists and performance-flagged providers across assigned national markets
Build the supervision model that scales from one Clinical Supervisor today to a national team across dozens of markets in two years — including hiring criteria, supervisor onboarding, the supervisor playbook, and the cadence that holds them accountable
Set the coaching agenda nationally: your Clinical Supervisors implement your standards, and you ensure they have the frameworks, tools, and direction to do that consistently whether they are in Tennessee, Washington, Florida, or any market we expand into
Coach the coaches: build your Clinical Supervisor layer as your most important product, owning their development, succession planning, and bench
Make readiness and advancement decisions in collaboration with Clinical Supervisors and regional leads using Thrive Clinical data and the structured performance criteria you define
Drive Thrive Clinical Adoption, Fidelity, and Evolution
Own Thrive Clinical as the operational expression of the national diagnostic model: set the standards for how it is used, what it measures, and how its data informs clinical decisions at every level of the organization
Establish the platform benchmarks Clinical Supervisors and school psychologists are held to, and use system-wide data to identify where the standard is holding and where it is not across all markets
Partner directly with product and engineering as the named clinical owner for defined areas of the roadmap, bringing the frontline diagnostic insight that shapes how the platform evolves
Champion Thrive Clinical not as a documentation tool but as a strategic asset for innovation, using its data to surface patterns, raise the bar, and identify what is possible in school-based diagnostic practice
Protect Diagnostic Quality at National Scale
Monitor evaluation quality, IEP timeline compliance, eligibility documentation fidelity, and diagnostic quality across all school psychology markets nationally
Build the early-warning systems that surface quality risk before it becomes a quality failure, and escalate proactively
Identify systemic gaps in diagnostic practice across the network and build the protocols, training resources, and support structures that close them before they become compliance failures
Own the multi-state regulatory landscape for school psychology operations, partnering with operations and compliance on Medicaid billing, IDEA Part B requirements, and state SPED variation
Lead National Professional Development
Design and drive the PD infrastructure for school psychologists nationally, ensuring content is grounded in Thrive's diagnostic framework and evidence-based practice, not generic continuing education
Build PD that cascades from national diagnostic standards down through Clinical Supervisors to individual school psychologists, so every clinician at every site is growing in the same direction
Lead summer intensives, site visits, and targeted in-person engagement with partners, supervisors, and providers across all Thrive markets
Serve as Thrive's Senior School Psychology Voice Nationally
Represent Thrive's school psychology model and diagnostic standards in key district and school partner relationships across the country, communicating the depth and rigor of our approach to evaluation and eligibility
Support onboarding of new national partnerships by establishing diagnostic expectations early and building the infrastructure to sustain them as Thrive continues to expand
Serve as a thought leader in school-based psychological practice, bringing emerging research and a relentless focus on getting the diagnostic process right for every child
HOW WE’LL MEASURE SUCCESS
This role is accountable for outcomes, not activities. In your first 12 to 24 months, you will be measured against:
Accuracy and consistency of eligibility determinations and diagnostic quality across all national markets, captured through Thrive Clinical
IEP and evaluation compliance rates across all national markets
Clinical Supervisor performance and retention
Clinician quality scores and retention within school psychology
District NPS and clinical satisfaction scores in partner relationships
Adoption and fidelity metrics for Thrive Clinical across the school psychology discipline
Quality of the supervision framework, diagnostic standards documentation, and professional development infrastructure you build
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Must Have
Full, unrestricted school psychologist licensure or certification; provisional or pre-credentialed candidates will not be considered
Active licensure or certification in Tennessee or a relevant state of practice; multi-state credentialing costs supported upon hire
Minimum 10 years of clinical experience in school-based or IEP-driven settings with significant involvement in psychoeducational evaluation and eligibility determination
Minimum 5 years of progressive clinical leadership experience, with at least 3 years in a multi-site or multi-state clinical leadership role
Demonstrated experience building diagnostic standards, evaluation frameworks, or quality systems at scale — not just running them. You will be asked to share artifacts (handbooks, frameworks, protocols, playbooks) you have authored
Demonstrated experience formally supervising clinical leaders or specialists, not just direct clinicians
Working fluency in IDEA Part B, state SPED variation across at least two states, and Medicaid billing for school-based services
Demonstrated data fluency: comfort reading clinical and operational dashboards and using data to drive decisions
Ability and willingness to travel approximately 50% of the month across assigned national markets
Consistent, timely evaluation and documentation history with no pattern of timeline lapses
Successful background check prior to start
Nice to Have
Experience scaling diagnostic operations across multiple districts, states, or organizational contexts
Prior experience as a clinical leader or clinical champion at a healthtech or edtech company with a proprietary clinical platform
Familiarity with school-based EHR and IEP platforms (Frontline, SEAS, Embrace, Welligent, GoalBook, or similar)
Experience working in or alongside venture-backed or high-growth healthcare or education services organizations
Experience in higher education training programs or university partnerships in school psychology
Fluency in a global language (Spanish, Somali, Arabic, or others)
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
This is a W2 salaried role with a full benefits package. We invest in the people who lead our national clinical programs.
You are not inheriting someone else's diagnostic framework. You are building the national standard that does not exist yet, for every community we serve.
You will have real authority, not just a title. The diagnostic standards you set are the standards that hold, in every evaluation, in every market, across the country.
Thrive Clinical is not an afterthought. It is a purpose-built EHR designed specifically for children in schools, and you will have a direct hand in shaping what it becomes.
You will partner directly with a Chief Clinical Officer who owns clinical strategy at the executive level, alongside a peer National Director leading RSP, and a growing national team.
We invest in our national leaders with training, AI tools, data dashboards, and the infrastructure to lead and innovate at scale across a multi-state footprint.
You will see the difference your leadership makes: in accurate identifications, appropriate placements, mastery gains, and a generation of school psychologists who learned what excellent diagnostic practice looks like because you defined it.
COMPENSATION + BENEFITS
$98,000-$120,000; W2 salaried position; plus performance bonus eligibility
Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with employer match
Multi-state licensure costs supported for candidates hired into multi-region scope
Travel costs covered; approximately 50% travel across national markets, concentrated around summer intensives, supervisor onboarding, and key partner engagements
Reports to the Chief Clinical Officer
A NOTE ON APPLYING
Given the volume of applicants and the seniority of this role, we are not able to provide individual feedback to candidates who are not selected to advance. Please do not apply if you do not meet the minimum requirements; we will not consider applications that fall short of the experience floor. We respect your time and ask that you respect ours.
