How to hire an educational diagnostician

How to hire an educational diagnostician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step educational diagnostician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an educational diagnostician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new educational diagnostician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The educational diagnostician hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them an educational diagnostician to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire an educational diagnostician that fits the bill.

   Here's a comparison of educational diagnostician salaries for various roles:

   Type of Educational Diagnostician	Description	Hourly rate
   Educational Diagnostician	Psychologists study cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior by observing, interpreting, and recording how people relate to one another and their environments.	$19-53
   School Psychological Examiner	A school psychological examiner specializes in assessing the students' and faculty's psychological health. Among their responsibilities include conducting interviews and evaluations, performing background checks, addressing concerns, answering inquiries, and providing psychological support to students, faculty, and school staff... Show more	$27-61
   Bilingual School Psychologist	A bilingual school psychologist offers support services to students, helping them overcome stress and address various behavioral or emotional issues. They are particularly helpful to the students experiencing difficulties due to language barriers... Show more	$25-54

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Dismissal
   • Test Results
   • Evaluation Reports
   • State Board
   • Evaluation Results
   • K-12
   • Early Intervention
   • Psycho-Educational Evaluations
   • Education Plan
   • Mediation
   • Learning Styles
   • Professional Development
   • Adaptive
   • Student Referrals

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   Responsibilities:

   • Charter and manage eLearning initiative including software purchase, and technology direction.
   • Prepare and create curriculums, record grades and attendance, and teach all classes k-12.
   • Organize and chair annual review and IEP meetings to assess children's progress against identify targets.
   • Present information through learning technology: PowerPoint, interactive SmartBoard, web resources, document camera.
   • Coordinate therapist appointments between students, teachers and therapists; gather data necessary for IEP evaluation meetings.
   • Travel oversight, budgets and point person for UB at outside meetings with a variety of stakeholders.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your educational diagnostician job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. An educational diagnostician salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, educational diagnosticians' average salary in louisiana is 52% less than in district of columbia.
   • Seniority. Entry-level educational diagnosticians earn 64% less than senior-level educational diagnosticians.
   • Certifications. An educational diagnostician with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in an educational diagnostician's salary.

   Average educational diagnostician salary

   $67,987yearly

   $32.69 hourly rate

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   Entry-level educational diagnostician salary

   $40,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 19, 2026

   Average educational diagnostician salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Missouri	$71,617	$34
   2	New Mexico	$67,213	$32
   3	Texas	$65,907	$32
   4	North Carolina	$59,222	$28

   Average educational diagnostician salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Soliant	$91,531	$44.01
   2	Maxim Healthcare Group	$69,981	$33.64
   3	American Medical Association	$64,698	$31.10
   4	AlphaVista Services	$59,269	$28.49	108
   5	Jewish Family and Children's Services	$57,111	$27.46	1
   6	Permian High School	$55,742	$26.80	4
   7	Albuquerque Academy	$54,064	$25.99	27
   8	Jefferson Parish Public Schools	$50,070	$24.07	3
   9	Harmony Public Schools	$45,707	$21.97
   10	NC.gov	$44,619	$21.45	2
   11	Jewish Family Services	$41,991	$20.19	1
   12	Irving Isd	$41,890	$20.14	2
   13	Leander ISD	$38,013	$18.28

4. Writing an educational diagnostician job description

   A good educational diagnostician job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of an educational diagnostician job description:

   Educational diagnostician job description example

   Purpose
   
   Participate in child find activities for students in both public and non-public schools in SACS. Administer and interpret various assessments, including but not limited to measures of academic achievement. Preform systematic observations in all educational settings. Maintain records of any/all assessments, observations throughout the academic year. Prepare and submit reports of these findings to the evaluating psychologist. Distribute and collect designated assessments and checklists from parents, teachers and other relevant staff. Maintain legal time limits for completing assessments.
   
   Qualifications
   
   Appropriate licensing as required by the state of Indiana or a bachelors in a related field (psychology, social work). Knowledge of special education laws and requirements. Familiarity of current assessment tools (i.e. achievement, testing evaluations). Ability to work on multiple projects with multiple staff across preschool - 12th grade. Excellent oral, written and interpersonal skills. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
   
   General Comments
   
   Position can be either Part Time and Full Time
   
   Will be working with students from Pre K - 12th
   
   Starting January 2022 - May 2023
   
   Benefits
   
   At Maxim Healthcare Group, we firmly believe that our employees are the heartbeat of our organization and we are happy to offer the following benefits:
   
   + Competitive pay & weekly paychecks
   
   + Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
   
   + 401(k) savings plan
   
   + Awards and recognition programs
   
   *Benefit eligibility is dependent on employment status. **CO Specific Benefits: Medical/Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Advocacy (company paid if enrolled Medical), Health Advocate Employee Assistance Program, Health Savings Account , 401(k), 401(k) Company Match, Profit Sharing, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Primary Caregiver Leave, Parental Leave, Life and Basic Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Voluntary Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, Hospital Expense Protection Plan, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Home and Auto Insurance, Pet Insurance, Transportation Benefits, CommonBond, Educational Assistance Program, College Partnership Program, Paid Time Off/Company Holidays
   
   About Maxim Healthcare Group
   
   Maxim Healthcare Group has been making a difference in the lives of our patients, caregivers, and employees for more than 30 years. Our nationwide suite of services includes home healthcare, companion and behavioral care, healthcare staffing, and workforce solutions. Maxim's commitment to customer service, compassionate patient care, and filling critical staffing needs makes us a trusted partner wherever healthcare is needed.
   
   Maxim Healthcare Group is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right educational diagnostician for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with educational diagnosticians they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit educational diagnosticians who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your educational diagnostician job on Zippia to find and recruit educational diagnostician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting educational diagnosticians requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new educational diagnostician

   Once you've found the educational diagnostician candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   To prepare for the new educational diagnostician first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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