School Counselor

Job Details

Job Location:

Richmond Heights (710) - Cleveland, OH 44143

Position Type:
Regular Full-Time

Salary Range: $46,000.00

Job Shift: Day

Job Category:
Certificated

School: FLEX HIGH SCHOOL CLEVELAND

Hours:

Full Time, Monday-Friday; 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Compensation:
Competitive compensation package starting from $46,000

The role may require travel between locations to meet site-specific needs.

• Implement a school counseling program that is aligned to the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model, school wide goals and improvement metrics, district wide priorities, and current, evidence-based practices and systems that have been shown to promote student success.
• Abide by the ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counseling and the ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies to guide professional growth and development.
• Conduct regular reviews of school and student data to inform student outcomes through program SMART goals, tiered supports, closing the gap activities, interventions, equity initiatives, and advocacy efforts.
• Evaluate and share the results of the school counseling program’s impact and effectiveness with key stakeholders. Provide recommendations for improving the school counseling program.
• Spend time in alignment with ASCA’s recommendation that 80% or more of the school counselor’s time is spent providing direct student services and indirect student services.
• Implement comprehensive Tier 1 school counseling supports that reach all students, including the teaching of developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive lessons and school wide programs and activities designed to shift student attitudes, knowledge, and skills.
• School counselors develop systems to ensure that all students are supported annually with their Individual Learning Plans/graduation plans/postsecondary plans.
• Provide intentional, targeted, culturally responsive Tier 2 school counseling interventions for students identified as deserving of additional support.
• Provide intensified Tier 3 school counseling supports/referrals for students experiencing emergency or crisis situations, as well as those whose needs remain unmet after receiving Tier 2 support.
• Provide referrals to resources to support students in need of long-term therapy.
• Consult, collaborate, and team with key stakeholders to support student success (e.g., referral of students/families to district and community resources; sharing evidence-based support strategies with families and staff; serving as a student advocate; providing family education; teaming with other student services personnel; reaching out to other experts and stakeholders to obtain information on students’ needs; teaming/partnering/serving on committees and advisory boards;
  
  creating formalized partnerships with community based organizations).
• Promote equity and access for all students and make a significant impact in creating a school culture free from racism and bias in all forms.
• Engage in high-quality school counseling system support, including but not limited to the development of action plans, lesson plans, annual planning calendars, needs assessments, results reports, data-sharing presentations, progress monitoring of school counseling interventions and activities, planning time for the creation and improvement of data-driven school counseling interventions.
• Utilize technology and other virtual tools to support efficient and effective program delivery and communication with the school community.
• Actively pursue and participate in professional learning, to stay current with evidence-based practices in the field.

• Knowledge of high school credits, graduation requirements, interventions, and alternative educational programs, including independent study.
• Knowledge of career development theories and models.
• Ability to work with a variety of learning styles and abilities, including those with special needs and students at‑risk of academic failure.
• Ability to differentiate instruction to meet diverse student learning needs.
• Ability to use effective counseling and teaching techniques.
• Ability to use effective approaches to prevention and…