About This Role
This full-time school counselor role supports students' intellectual, physical, and social development within a safe and structured environment. The counselor works with students, families, and faculty to ensure academic success and foster a positive school community, while also contributing to general school operations.
Responsibilities
- Provide developmentally appropriate classroom and small group guidance lessons to students based on student need
- Provide personal, social, behavioral, and academic counseling to identified students
- Lead school-wide Character Education Program, including organizing assemblies and positive behavior programs
- Provide input to administrators and faculty regarding discipline of identified students
- Assist families with specific needs for community support or referral for public services
- Serve as the point of contact and facilitator for scholarships and other mentoring programs
- Coordinate Parent Academies
- Assure that each assigned student is academically successful, behaviorally and socially appropriate, achieves documented academic goals, and demonstrates at least one full year of growth on standardized test measures
- Understand how students learn and provide learning opportunities that support intellectual, social, and personal development of diverse learners
- Establish and maintain a safe and secure classroom environment
- Use appropriate technology in teaching and learning processes
- Develop a climate and culture of openness, fairness, mutual respect, support, and inquiry
- Work effectively with school colleagues, parents, and the community to support students’ learning and well-being
- Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff
- Actively engage in professional development opportunities
- Support general school operations, including participation in activities such as arrival and dismissal supervision, cafeteria supervision, attendance at after-hours events, and hallway duty
- Perform other related duties as required
Requirements
- Effective instructional delivery techniques and excellent communication skills
- Execute highly-effective pedagogy in addition to a deep knowledge in subject areas
- Take initiative and be resourceful in problem solving
- Positive interpersonal skills and ability to work well on a team
- Bachelor's degree (BA) from an accredited college or university or equivalent
- Possession of valid Guidance and Counseling certification
- Minimum of one (1) to three (3) years successful counseling experience (may include Student Teaching Internship experience)
