BOARD POLICY  4216.62

 

School Psychology Aide

 

                The Ironton City Schools will have as one of its employees, a School Psychology Aide who will be employed by the Ironton City Board of Education upon the recommendation of the Ironton City Superintendent of Schools, at a salary schedule as adopted by this Board for the position.  The School Psychology Aide will be employed under the Title VI-B Flo-Thru Program and will be paid from funds from this Program’s budget.  Continued employment of the School Psychology Aide will be contingent upon the continued funding of the Title VI Flo-Thru Program in the Ironton City Schools.

 

 

Minimum Requirements

 

                Minimum requirements for the position shall be as follows:

 

(1)     The applicant has submitted evidence of sufficient formal education to assure the

Superintendent of Schools of competency to perform the duties assigned, and as listed

herein.

 

(2)     The applicant has shown sufficient promise of being able to profit from inservice training

and shall be willing to participate in such training.

 

(3)     The applicant shall have adequate language competency, shall be free of speech, moral, and

disqualifying defects, and shall show evidence of good physical health.

 

 

Certification and Evaluation

 

The School Psychology Aide shall be fully certified for the position as per the requirements of the Ohio Department of Education.  The Ironton City School District shall determine the objective evaluation criteria for the performance of the School Psychology Aide, and shall evaluate the Aide annually, for the Educational Aide Permit for which this Aide shall have.

 

 

Working Operations

 

                The School Psychology Aide shall work the 183-day school calendar year plus seven weeks of extended service (35 days) for a total of 218 working days annually.  Work hours shall begin when the first school in this District opens for instruction and shall end when the last school closes for instruction, daily, Monday through Friday (or the same working days and hours as the School Psychologist).

 

 

Sick Leave and Other

 

                The School Psychology Aide shall be entitled to sick leave and other leave as granted by State laws on same and in accordance with Board Policies 4151. 1-2  and 4151.7 and the negotiated contract.

 

 

 

 

 

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Administrative Rules and Regulations  4216.62

Duties. Responsibilities, Obligations

School Psychology Aide

 

                The School Psychology Aide shall provide a variety of evaluation, interviewing, and clerical services as follows:

 

1.         Administration and scoring of structured and objective measures of adaptable behavior and/or social

 competency;

 

2.         Administration and scoring of standardized measures of academic achievement;

 

3.         Administration and scoring of informal and criterion-referenced academic assessment;

 

4.         Behavioral observations of students using structured behavior measures or frequency counts of  

          directly observable behaviors;

 

5.         Collecting of background data through structured interviews of school personnel or structured  

        reviews of school records;

 

6.         Assisting a qualified school psychologist in staffing and conferences;

 

7.         Recording data provided by the supervising school psychologist on appropriate forms;

 

8.         Maintaining files, under the direction of the supervising qualified school psychologist;

 

9.         Specific follow-up tasks assigned by the supervising qualified school psychologist;

 

10.      Maintaining a file on each child participating in any Special Education Program, containing an IEP,

          required medical reports, and all other such forms and/or materials as required for due process

          records;

 

11.      Assisting the school psychologist in communication and training programs with teachers and parents;

 

 

12.      Assisting with the use and/or preparation of audiovisual materials for in-service with school

        personnel and/or parents;

 

13.      Assisting and/or aiding the school psychologist in any other manner  (with the work at hand) if

 professionally acceptable in method and practice.

 

The services of the School Psychology Aide shall not include:

 

1.        Administering tests of cognitive functioning;

2.     Independent consultation with parents or teachers; however, aides with specific

       certification and in-depth training may participate in this area only with the

       supervision of a qualified school psychologist;

3.        Individual or group counseling of children;

4.    The independent assumption of any duties beyond those assigned and monitored

       by the supervising school psychologist;

5.         Assigned duties for which he/she has not received adequate, pre-service and continuous 

inservice as determined by the supervising school psychologist.

 

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