The School at Columbia University is an independent K-8 school founded in 2003 with the goal of providing an excellent education to a diverse student body. Our intentional school culture embraces shared beliefs across disciplines and grades, which underlie important values expressed through everyday behaviors and visible symbols throughout our community.

We dedicate ourselves to fostering in our students personal resourcefulness and integrity, a sense of social responsibility, and a lifelong appreciation of learning through an innovative, socially and emotionally supportive, and academically challenging program. Our pedagogical and curricular philosophies embrace multicultural perspectives, which challenge educators and learners to examine their preconceived notions of race, gender, ethnicity, class, ability, religion, and sexual orientation. We adhere to a common code of civility among all constituents. We tailor our instruction so that the needs of the individual students are met. A committed faculty and administration strive to create a school that will stand as a model for what K-8 education can be, and serve as a genuine and enduring partnership between Columbia University and its neighbors.

Responsibilities:

• Providing SEL instruction and counseling services to students who have been recommended to the Child Study Team for additional and/or enhanced support and effectively conveying these interventions to the teachers

• Conducting informal and formal assessments and interpreting the results for parents and teachers to create remedial plans to support students

• Counseling students in both individual and group formats

• Developing and delivering Social and Emotional learning curriculum such as developmentally-appropriate conflict-resolution, friendship-building, stress and time-management, and organizational strategies to children, depending on divisional placement

• Supervising doctoral-level interns and externs and post-doctoral fellows

• Planning and teaching graduate-level seminars for psychology students receiving training at The School

• Commit to the academic and social mission of The School, which encompasses differentiation to meet the needs of a diverse community

• Commitment to equity and justice including knowledge and skills related to cultural competencies

• Collaborate in the design and implementation of an integrated SEL curriculum

• Keep careful anecdotal and assessment records and use them to write accurate, comprehensive student reports

• May oversee the Gender and Sexuality Education program and serves as the liaison between The School and Columbia University's Mailman School of Health faculty and staff; depending on divisional placement.

• Fulfill duties, responsibilities and commitments as outlined in the "Working at The School at Columbia University" guidebook

• Participate fully in the active and rich life of the school

• Engage in ongoing communication with parents/guardians

Minimum Degree Requirement:

• Doctorate-level degree

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctorate-level degree in School or Clinical Psychology from an APA-approved graduate program

• New York State Psychologist License

• Experience with individual and group counseling, using empirically supported methodologies

• Experience counseling children and families from a wide range of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds

• Expertise in the administration and interpretation of a wide variety of educational and psychological tests

• Experience with social and emotional curriculum implementation for schools

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Wide-ranging intellectual and educational interests

• Commitment to diversity and collegiality

• Familiarity with new technologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Spanish

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Pay Transparency Disclosure

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

Minimum Salary: 31200.00 Maximum Salary: 31200.00 Salary Unit: Yearly