School Psychology Para

Qualifications in addition to the list below will depend upon experience. A Bachelor level applicant (in a commensurate field) will be considered, along with applicants with associate degrees or high school diplomas, depending on experience and qualifications. Seaman USD 345 has five school psychologists that this para will work for during the school year. The School Psychology Para position will be an hourly pay, classified position which begins July 29, 2026. Pay per hour will vary depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Organized

• Time efficient

• Dependable

• Honest, able to keep confidential

• Self-initiation, self-driven, self-managed

• Base level knowledge of special education would be great – or even education in general

• Tech savvy

• Maintain accurate records

• Follow Directions

• Communicate

• Has the ability to advocate for self

• Ask questions, strive for learning and proficiency

Possible Duties (each psych would determine from this list what they want the para to do) - NOTE: Basic duties would be clerical plus those that do not require a specialist degree to accomplish.

• Schedule meetings

• Transfer-in cases - obtain all records; data entry into PSSP; transfer-checklists

• Contact service providers about transfer-in cases

• Observations of students in schools

• Score rating scales (data entry) in scoring programs

• Follow up on signature verifications

• Fill out documents – if given information

• Assessment - if trained

• Scheduling testing

• Compliance checks - evals processes (checklist)

• Caseload lists/keeping caseload lists current – not psych specific

• Create PSSP reports – pieces not requiring psych expertise

• Collect records – transfer cases; from SEC; take to or send to SEC; Release of information – send letters to doctors, etc.

• Upload documents in to PSSP

• Teacher questionnaires

• Assist with eval reports – content (nurse information, record review information)

• Collect HOF data; graph HOF data collected for evaluations