SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST (TEMPORARY, 0.4FTE)

School District No.43 (Coquitlam) is the third largest school district in BC with approximately 4,400 employees and 32,000 students in 70 schools. We serve the communities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, and the villages of Anmore and Belcarra. Our six-year completion rates are well above the provincial average and some of the highest in BC. Overall, we are #1 in the Metro Vancouver region and #2 in BC. We are proud to run the largest international education program in Canada for the K-12 sector.

As one of Canadas best employers (Forbes, 2023), SD43 (Coquitlam) values diversity in the workplace and strives to honour each persons unique lived experiences. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates with varied backgrounds, cultures, races, abilities, and intersectionality.

The Coquitlam School District invites applications from individuals for the temporary position of School Psychologist.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Successful applicants will possess the appropriate education, training and/or experience. A masters degree in school or educational psychology (or equivalent)

CHCPBC certified, or eligible for certification, required

Training and supervision in assessment and diagnosis of educational problems including administration and interpretation of individual psycho-educational testsROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The school psychologist will: Communicate and work collaboratively with other professionals including school-based teams and Student Services staff

Support students with high and low incidence exceptionalities, ESL and Aboriginal learners, and students with behaviour disorders

Provide in-depth education assessment services

Provide information and consultation to school personnel regarding educational placement and programming

Assist with designing and evaluating individual education plans

Assist with the District Tiered Intervention Framework APPLICATIONS

Please ensure the following documents are included with your application: Resume

Certificate of counselling qualifications

Practicum reports or teacher evaluationsTo apply, please click on the following link and create a user account/profile:

https://ejp.sd43.bc.ca/postings/Account/Login

Once you have completed your profile, you will have access to the job postings.All applicants are advised that they must sign a release to permit a criminal review prior to confirmation of hiring. We appreciate

your interest but regret that only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.The deliberations of employees, and Committees used to screen and consider job applications, shall be kept in strict confidence, and shall not be disclosed to any person except as required by law. Personal references, recommendations and evaluations collected or generated by Board employees and Committee members as part of the Boards hiring processes (other than references whose authorship and content is already known to the job applicant) shall be treated as having been supplied in confidence to the Board for the purposes of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.