Kotzebue Itinerant School Counselor

• Position Type:
  Counselor/ Counselor - OTZ
  -01
• Date Posted:
  7/16/2026
• Location:
  
  June Nelson Elementary/Kotzebue Middle High School
• Date Available:
  
  08/06/2026

• Bachelor's degree, valid
  
  Alaska
  
  Type‘A.'Type‘C'certificatewithendorsementinK-12 Guidance Counselor accepted under certain conditions.
• Experience working with Native American students and Peer Counseling programs preferred.
• Experience in career and crisis counseling, behavior management.

Principal

To provide personal, crisis, and career counseling services to students.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: communicate effectively with students, parents and all staff members; provide individual and small group counseling and classroom presentations in a school setting, as well as crisis intervention as needed, with documentation is a weekly log; implement programs, training and services on topics such as substance abuse, suicide prevention/intervention, pregnancy and abuse as evidenced in appropriate documentation;

in cooperation with site administrator, oversee graduation status and alternative and dual credits and place in cumulative files; maintain a career portfolio for 6th through 12th grade students; assist in maintaining up-to-date cumulative files with with appropriate documentation; create and maintain schedules for middle and high school students throughout the year; assist students in post-secondary planning and provide career education;

administer and track progress with Work Keys; in cooperation with the site administrator, refer students and parents to appropriate agencies for assistance; assist staff in development/implementation of students transition and management plans; promote and support School District Goals as developed by the Board of Education; develop an awareness of local culture and provide instruction that is bicultural or multicultural by responding to diverse community interests and needs;

abide by the code of ethics and the professional teaching standards adopted by the Professional Teaching Practice Commission of the State; adhere all District policies and regulations; perform such other tasks and assume responsibilities as the supervisor may assign.

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Board Policy.

190 days, begins August 10, 2026

Depending on experience / negotiated salary schedule