Part-Time College Counselor

College Counselor

The SEED School of Maryland is a statewide, public, college-preparatory boarding school that opened in August 2008. The school educates and boards 400 students in grades six through twelve. The SEED School is an extraordinary educational opportunity for students across the state to receive a tuition-free, college-preparatory, boarding education.

The SEED School of Maryland combines a rigorous and engaging academic curriculum with life skills and enrichment activities to provide students with a thoughtfully balanced learning and living experience. Students and their families commit to a seven-year educational program that offers small class sizes, high quality teaching and learning experiences, mentoring, community service, and extracurricular activities such as sports and arts.

The SEED School is centered around its character values: compassion, growth, gratitude, perseverance, integrity, respect for oneself and others, and responsibility. The SEED School staff are in partnership with parents, families, and communities to guide and support student success. The school follows a typical academic school year calendar.

SEED is the pioneering national network of public, college-preparatory boarding schools, offering a unique 24-hour, 5-day per week learning environment. Our tuition-free schools, the first of their kind in the U.S., are intentionally designed to serve traditionally underserved students. Supported by The SEED Foundation, we operate in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Miami, and Los Angeles. The Foundation's College Transition & Success (CTS) team provides comprehensive support to SEED graduates from junior year through college graduation.

The College Counselor plays a critical role in supporting students and families throughout all stages of the college process. SEED Maryland's College Counselor must be highly skilled and able to administer the college exposure, search, fit, application and selection process with students, while educating and informing families.

The College Counselor is expected to have extensive knowledge of a range of colleges/universities across the country - especially those that proactively support college completion for underserved students through evidenced-based success measures that include; high quality student supports, graduation rates and affordability.

The College Counselor will establish effective relationships with all members of the SEED Maryland community and the College Transition and Success (CTS) Foundation team. The College Counselor will report to the Senior Coordinator of College Counseling, who oversees the college knowledge and advising initiatives at the SEED School of Maryland.

• Participates in, coordinates and conducts activities that contribute to the effective operation, visibility and mission of the College Readiness department
• Provide intrusive college counseling to a caseload of 80-100 students in 11th and 12th grade
• Support students in developing balanced, high-quality, right fit college lists aligned with their interests, strengths and long-term goals
• Serve as a co-teacher and facilitator for Junior/Senior Seminar
• Create early college programming and college exposure opportunities for lower school students in collaboration with School Counselor
• Serve as the liaison with college admissions representatives, coordinating college rep visits to SEED MD
• Monitor the SEED Maryland College Success Tracker for weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting
• Compile, prepare and present college related data (10+ right fit applications, FAFSA completion, acceptances, scholarship awards)
• Manage and maintain aesthetically pleasing College Center and bulletin board that reflects SEED's college success culture and approach to college matching
• Collaborate with various departments including but not limited to Academics, Admissions and Family Engagement to ensure information about the college process is visible and reaching all stakeholders
• Attend and participate in grade-level meetings as well as Network Success Measure (NSM) committee meeting for College Knowledge and Advising
• Support financial education and have working knowledge of…