National Director – School Psychology

Thrive Therapies Group

National Director of School Psychology overseeing and defining clinical practices and standards in school psychology. Leading clinical supervisors and building evaluation frameworks for Thrive Therapies Group.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeGreater Nashville • Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $98,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define Thrive's national framework for psychoeducational assessment and eligibility determination, setting the standard for how school psychologists across every market select instruments, conduct evaluations, and document findings
Build and maintain the diagnostic frameworks, supervision protocols, and practice standards that Clinical Supervisors implement with their supervisee populations across all regions
Ensure that what excellent diagnostic practice looks like at Thrive is documented, measurable, and consistently applied regardless of geography, district, or state
Serve as the final clinical authority on diagnostic questions, eligibility interpretation, and assessment protocol disputes across the Thrive network
Monitor evaluation quality, IEP timeline compliance, eligibility documentation fidelity, and diagnostic quality across all school psychology markets nationally
Build the early-warning systems that surface quality risk before it becomes a quality failure, and escalate proactively

Requirements

What you’ll need

Full, unrestricted school psychologist licensure or certification; provisional or pre-credentialed candidates will not be considered
Active licensure or certification in Tennessee or a relevant state of practice; multi-state credentialing costs supported upon hire
Minimum 10 years of clinical experience in school-based or IEP-driven settings with significant involvement in psychoeducational evaluation and eligibility determination
Minimum 5 years of progressive clinical leadership experience, with at least 3 years in a multi-site or multi-state clinical leadership role
Demonstrated experience building diagnostic standards, evaluation frameworks, or quality systems at scale — not just running them. You will be asked to share artifacts (handbooks, frameworks, protocols, playbooks) you have authored
Demonstrated experience formally supervising clinical leaders or specialists, not just direct clinicians
Working fluency in IDEA Part B, state SPED variation across at least two states, and Medicaid billing for school-based services
Demonstrated data fluency: comfort reading clinical and operational dashboards and using data to drive decisions
Ability and willingness to travel approximately 50% of the month across assigned national markets
Consistent, timely evaluation and documentation history with no pattern of timeline lapses
Successful background check prior to start

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with employer match
Performance bonus eligibility

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Hard Skills & Tools

psychoeducational assessmenteligibility determinationdiagnostic frameworksevaluation frameworksquality systemsclinical supervisiondata fluencyMedicaid billingIEP-driven settingsclinical leadership

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingattention to detailproactive escalationcollaborationadaptabilitydecision-makingtimeliness

Certifications

school psychologist licensureTennessee licensuremulti-state credentialing