Adjunct Instructor: Psychometrics & Psychoeducational Assessment

byu; Provo (UT); On-site; USD 28,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, invites applications for an adjunct teaching position in Counseling Psychology and Special Education to cover CPSE 647: Psychometrics and Intelligence.

The candidate will deliver in-person instruction, guide graduate students through psychometric theory, administration, scoring, and interpretation of cognitive and adaptive assessments, and produce clear written reports.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience conducting psychoeducational or psychological assessment with children and adolescents, preferably in school or educational settings.
• Experience administering, scoring, interpreting, and communicating results from standardized cognitive, academic, and adaptive behavior assessments.
• Experience writing clear, integrated, and legally defensible comprehensive psychoeducational assessment reports and making educational and other support recommendations.
• Knowledge of psychometric principles, test validity and reliability, culturally responsive assessment, and ethical and legal standards for assessment.
• Previous experience teaching graduate students.

Responsibilities

• Teach CPSE 647 in person, Mondays 8am to 11:50am, during Winter Semester, January 6-April 14, 2027, with finals week until April 21, 2027.
• Prepare graduate students to understand foundational psychometric concepts and the theory underlying cognitive, academic, adaptive behavior, and some neuropsychological assessment.
• Teach and evaluate student competencies in standardized test administration, scoring, interpretation, and synthesis of assessment findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Teach students to integrate test scores with background information, interviews, behavioral observations, and other data in written comprehensive psychoeducational reports.
• Promote culturally responsive, ethical, legally defensible, and strengths-based assessment practices, including clear communication of findings to families, educators, students or clients, and other professionals.

Education

Graduate degree in School Psychology, Clinical Psychology, or Counseling Psychology

Licensed psychologists preferred

Job description

Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, invites applications for an adjunct teaching position in Counseling Psychology and Special Education to cover CPSE 647: Psychometrics and Intelligence.

The candidate will deliver in-person instruction, guide graduate students through psychometric theory, administration, scoring, and interpretation of cognitive and adaptive assessments, and produce clear written reports.