Student Life Counselor

School Profile

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.

SEED's success has gained recognition from media outlets like 60 Minutes and The New York Times, an

This role serves as the creator, planner, and implementer of the Student Life Program both in and outside of the residence halls. This position is responsible for teaching the HALLS Curriculum, discipline of students, and implementing life skills programming. This position also serves as the principal caregiver for the students and supervises the resident assistants in the afternoon and evening hours.

Life Skills Counselors are also responsible for developing and maintaining necessary residence hall programs.

• Demonstrates ability to nurture each student entrusted to their care consistent with the Student Life Training & Certification Program by establishing trust, advocating for students' best interest, mentoring students, developing strong, mutually respectful relationships, providing consistent emotional support through praise, affection, empathy, and recognizing student achievement, advising students through personal problems, listening to students' thoughts, feelings, concerns, and problems, helping students in developing relationships, maintaining students' dignity and self-esteem, providing opportunities for students to develop personal maturity through developmentally appropriate freedoms and responsibilities, maintaining confidentiality of sensitive materials, and supporting students by attending as many functions that involve their students as practical.

• Fosters relationships between students and their families of origin by orienting students and families to the residence hall upon enrollment and providing counseling regarding possible separation issues, providing opportunities for and promoting interaction with siblings, participating in parent conferences, when necessary, communicating with the family of origin regarding student’s progress, accomplishments, growth areas, and concerns about the student consulting with the family of origin, when appropriate, and involving them in decision-making concerning the student’s care.

• Protects the rights and dignity of individual students by making decisions based on the best interest of students, supporting the ethical treatment of all students, serving as a direct link to students in cases of student's rights violations, and promoting problem solving and…