26-27 School Psychologist

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; 100% on-site. Regular work hours are Monday through Friday, with occasional evening and weekend work. Travel to other school facilities may be required.

Company

KIPP New Orleans Schools is a nonprofit network of 13 college- and career-preparatory public charter schools serving approximately 5,000 students and more than 2,000 alumni.

What you will do

• Provide psychological services across prevention, intervention, assessment, consultation, and crisis response.
• Support MTSS/RTI teams by analyzing academic, behavioral, attendance, and social-emotional data and recommending evidence-based interventions.
• Coordinate special education evaluations, administer and interpret psychological assessments, conduct observations, and prepare compliant evaluation reports.
• Present evaluation findings during eligibility and IEP meetings and collaborate on appropriate educational programming.
• Conduct Functional Behavioral Assessments, develop Behavior Intervention Plans and crisis intervention plans, and monitor intervention effectiveness.
• Partner with educators, school leaders, families, counselors, social workers, therapists, and multidisciplinary teams to improve student outcomes.

Requirements

• Master’s, Educational Specialist, or doctoral degree in School Psychology.
• Louisiana certification or eligibility for certification as a School Psychologist.
• Knowledge of IDEA, Louisiana Bulletin 1508, special education evaluation procedures, and MTSS.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and a commitment to educational equity and historically underserved communities.
• Applicants must already be authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
• Ability to meet classroom and office physical demands, including safely lifting and moving up to 30 pounds.

Nice to have

• Louisiana psychologist licensure or eligibility for licensure.
• Experience conducting school-based psychoeducational evaluations.
• Experience with Functional Behavioral Assessments, Behavior Intervention Plans, and multidisciplinary educational consultation.
• Bilingual skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Freedom to innovate within a supportive national charter-school network.
• Ongoing professional development, coaching, and regional School Psychologist professional learning communities.
• 403(b) retirement plan with a 100% match on employee contributions up to the first 5% of salary; immediate vesting.
• Health and wellbeing benefits beginning the first day of the month following the hire date, including medical, disability, life insurance, FSA, dental, and vision coverage.
• Approximately 30 paid holidays and additional paid time off.