26-27 Exceptional Student Service: Psychologist - 187 Days (Qualified Candidate Under Consideration)
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Job Description
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This position is designated as Hard to Fill and is eligible for an annual stipend of $5000. Stipends are paid in two equal installments of $2,500 in January and June of the school year, contingent upon working the entirety of each semester.
To be eligible for the Hard to Fill stipend, staff must:
1. Be licensed by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and appropriately endorsed to provide services to students.
2. Serve students in the identified area at least 50% of the assignment.
Key Responsibilities
This role involves providing exceptional service as a Psychologist to students for 187 days during the school year. The position is designated as Hard to Fill and includes an annual stipend contingent upon meeting service requirements.
Requirements
Candidates must be licensed by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and appropriately endorsed to provide services to students. Eligibility for the stipend requires serving identified students for at least 50% of the assignment.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates 26-27 Exceptional Student Service: Psychologist - 187 Days (Qualified Candidate Under Consideration) at Aurora Public Schools a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 25% in Psychology — ranked against 1,733 active Psychology listings on WeekdayDoc.
Psychologist Career Context
In Colorado, the Psychology weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$125k (68 salary observations; 136 listings), vs ~$124k nationally (1,755 salary observations; 5,008 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Psychology listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 46% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Psychology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Aurora
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $451k
- Typical market rent
- $1,758/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 29 min
- State income tax
- Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.