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SFUSD School Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship

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San Francisco Unified School District
San Francisco, California

This training experience is not an APPIC Member program and is not APA Accredited. Applicants should be aware that this training experience has not undergone a formal external quality review process.

Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training

This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure. Not Updated

This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities. Not Updated

This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience. Not Updated

This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience. Not Updated

This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.   Not Updated

This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities. Not Updated

This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures. Not Updated

This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training. Not Updated

The work of an SFUSD Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology involves performing comprehensive psychological assessments, providing therapeutic services to students, providing consultation to teachers, parents, and families, conducting functional behavior analyses, creating appropriate emotional, behavioral, and academic intervention plans, and serving as committee member at Individualized Education Plan and Student Success Team meetings at one or several SFUSD public schools. Specialty rotations in the areas of Preschool Assessment, Educationally Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS), Non-Public Schools, and Low-Incidence Disabilities are available. We offer monthly professional development and weekly individual supervision, group supervision, and small group case consultation time. Postdoc fellows are employed as district staff school psychologists with full employee benefits. Please see SFUSD website for detailed School Psychologist salary schedule. 

Additional Information

Agency Type
School Based
APPIC Membership
No
APA Accredited
No
Recognized Specialty
School Psychology
Emphasis or focus area
Assessment
Other Emphasis
Child/Adolescent Therapy
Research Time
Less than 25%
Training Director
Shea Pilgrim, Ph.D.
Contact Email
pilgrims@sfusd.edu
Contact Phone
512-587-2466
Virtual Interviews
Strongly Preferred
Duration in Months
10
Hours Per Week
40
# of Licensed Supervisors
1
Number of Positions
2
Applications recieved last year
7
Stipend
$85,000
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Estimated offer date
Thursday, February 1 2024
Created Date
Friday, February 17 2017
Unfilled Positions
0
Fringe Benefits
Full staff benefits
Additional Comments
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Credential in School Psychology is required. This can be obtained after hiring, but must be cleared before starting work.
Application Instructions
Applicants must have training and experience with federal IDEA guidelines and public school service delivery. Please submit a statement of interest and CV to Dr. Pilgrim at pilgrims@sfusd.edu. See SFUSD website for detailed School Psychologist salary schedule. California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Credential in School Psychology is required. This can be obtained after hiring, but must be cleared before starting work.

This record was last updated on Monday, September 11, 2023

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