Evening Student Life Assistant Counselor; Part-Time

Evening Student Life Assistant

Working hours for the Evening Student Life Assistant vary between 2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday.

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.

The Evening Student Life Assistant provides coverage for the Student Life team on an as-needed basis during evening hours. The Evening Student Life Assistant Counselor is responsible for providing a safe and secure environment and supervising and monitoring the students during the end of the school day and going into the night-time. This includes handling all emergencies and student issues.

Nurturing and Supervising Students

Demonstrates ability to nurture each student entrusted to their care consistent with the Student Life Program by:

• Establishing trust
• Advocating for students' best interest
• Developing strong, mutually respectful relationships
• Providing emotional support through praise, affection, and empathy
• Advising students through personal problems
• Listening to students' thoughts, feelings, concerns, and problems
• Helping students in developing friendships/relationships
• Maintaining students' dignity and self-esteem
• Supporting opportunities for students to develop personal maturity through developmentally appropriate freedoms and responsibilities
• Maintaining confidentiality of sensitive materials according to the SEED Confidentiality Policy
• Supporting students by attending as many functions that involve their students as practical

Attends to students' personal safety by:

• Notifying appropriate personnel immediately in the case of a serious safety and/or behavior issue involving one of the students assigned to their care
• Constantly monitoring student safety by remaining awake and alert and circulating throughout the floor on a random basis throughout the night
• Being constantly aware of student location
• Being aware of and attentive to warning signs of emotional distress
• Supporting overall campus supervision

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
• Promoting problem solving and relationship development between students

Attends to students' health care needs by:

• Recognizing students' health care needs and referring to medical services when appropriate
• Maintaining accurate student health care records
• Being available for morning medication distribution

Attends to students' mental health needs by:

• Reporting signs of student abuse, depression, and suicide ideation to student support services
• Recognizing and supporting students in bereavement and separation issues
• Listening actively to students' thoughts, feelings, concerns, and problems and…