"Assistant Clinical Professor in School Psychology"

Description

Primary responsibilities for this position include teaching in the Master's, Advanced Certificate, and the APA-accredited PhD Programs in School Psychology. The successful applicant will also be expected to provide effective mentorship to promote graduate students’ professional competence, skill development, and contribute to initiatives and activities in the division, the Graduate School of Education. Furthermore, given our multicultural emphasis, applicants should possess the competence to make major contributions to the instruction of graduate courses in the assessment sequence in both counseling and school psychology with a demonstrated commitment to issues of diversity.

Responsibilities:

1. Provide all doctoral and advanced certificate students with individual and group supervision on academic and professional development aspects of field experiences.
2. Supervise students’ progress and fulfillment of field experiences in terms of time (number of hours), activities, and quality of experiences in the attainment of competencies.
3. Supervise students’ on-site experiences by conducting site visits and maintaining contact with supervisors to resolve academic and professional issues of concern with students and to monitor students’ progress and quality of supervision.
4. Provide individualized supervision and feedback for doctoral students with regard to doctoral externship and APPIC applications, including course advisement, field training planning, application review, interview preparation, professional writing overview, and essay revisions.
5. Maintain the existing alumni listserv to share job openings and professional/career advancement opportunities and facilitate identification of possible field placement sites throughout the tri-state area.
6. Teach three courses a semester in addition to overseeing doctoral externships and internships.
7. Contribute to the School Psychology Program academic and programmatic activities, including grading of comprehensive examinations, student orientation, admissions, and other field experience-related activities such as coordinating activities with the Psychologist-in-Training Program, New York State School Psychology Program Consortium, and New York New Jersey Directors of Training Consortium, and maintaining field experience files related to APA accreditation.

The School Psychology Program in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University is committed to addressing educational issues that arise in a diverse community of people ranging from the economically disadvantaged to the wealthy. It is a large community that demands many varied psychological and educational services and requires sensitivity and understanding of the special needs of those whose cultural backgrounds and/or language skills make their receiving quality education a challenge. The Division of Psychological and Educational Services (PES) houses the School Psychology Program as well as the Counseling Psychology and School Counseling programs.

The other two divisions in the Graduate School of Education are the divisions of Curriculum and Teaching (C&T) and Psychology and Educational Services (PES). Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education is committed to preparing educators, school leaders, counselors, and psychologists to promote social change and equity while serving all individuals in inclusive learning and therapeutic environments.

Our graduates are professionals who implement an asset-based perspective that recognizes children’s and clients’ individual strengths and needs, the community's cultural wealth they bring with them, and the systemic challenges and opportunities that affect their experiences in schools and the community. GSE’s campus community affirms and celebrates the identity of every individual. We are committed to a continuous process of acknowledging and dismantling racism and other forms of oppression and discrimination that cause systemic inequity. We likewise are committed to justice-focused, equity-driven, and culturally-sustaining practices that lead to improved learning opportunities and better social and mental health outcomes for individuals in all communities.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Earned a doctorate from an APA-accredited program in school psychology
• Commitment to diversity and excellence in graduate preparation
• A demonstrated commitment to social justice
• Competence in clinical practice and competence to make contributions to graduate courses in the clinical externship and internship courses sequence in school psychology
• Ability to serve as a clinical supervisor for graduate students
• Ability to work collaboratively with faculty and students across the college and university
• Potential to provide service to schools, professional associations, and other agencies;

Preference will be given to candidates who also have:

• Hold a license as a psychologist in New York or be licensure-eligible.
• Being bilingual and having the competence to supervise bilingual graduate students
• Successful experience in teaching, or an expressed interest in teaching, division-wide courses in clinical internship and externship courses.
• Evidence of success, or expressed interest in teaching graduate-level courses, program development, and student mentoring
• Experience, or expressed interest in becoming adept, with instructional technology applications and distance delivery methods for graduate education.
• Successful outreach activities with educational and other agencies and service to national school psychology associations.

For more information, contact Dr. Yi Ding, PES Division Chair (yding4@fordham.edu).

Application Instructions

Submit a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, statement of current, future research plans, and names and contact information of three references to the Interfolio application site.

Interfolio link: https://apply.interfolio.com/174128

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The position begins in September 2026.

Apply Now