04/09/2018
See below for a job opportunity in Nashville!
My name is Edward McKinney, and I am one of the lead school psychologists in the Metro-Davidson Nashville (TN) School District. I am emailing you today because we have several open school psychologist positions right now due to retirements. I was wondering if your program had any students who are scheduled to graduate this May. We would love to interview school psychology applicants (particularly those from great SP programsJ) who are interested in working in an urban school district, such as Nashville, TN. I love the emphasis on “social justice” and the “whole child” in your program. We believe our district/department has numerous positive opportunities to offer young school psychology graduates entering the workforce. Some of these highlighted points are as follows:
-Great professional development!!! (Each school year earn 6 or more NASP-approved continuing education credits offered by the district free of charge)
-Professional Learning Communities (staff have formed ‘teach and learn’ PLC’s to strengthen our practices in several areas: EL, MTSS, trauma, crisis response, and more)
-5 Paid professional leave days (this is huge and something most districts do NOT offer…we can request paid PD days to attend conferences or trainings!)
-Mentors! (Every new hire to this district is assigned a mentor and attends new hire training; this would be so helpful for a first year psych…Most people who come to our district from other counties wish they had this as a first year!).
-Competitive pay, plus a $4000 yearly bonus/stipend for maintaining NCSP credentials
-Supportive leads (Despite being a large district, our department feels tightknit and close. We are divided into quadrants, where we work closely with assigned lead psychologists).
-Regular monthly staff meetings to hear new policies, mandates from the State department, and share our concerns.
-Nashville, TN is currently referred to as the “it” city due to its booming economy and many job opportunities for young adults.
I’m sure I’m leaving out more great benefits to working in this district, but have them contact Dr. Bilton ([email protected]) or me ([email protected]) if they have any additional questions! My cell phone is 615-500-9009.
