School Counselor

School Counselor

Richmond Heights (710) - Cleveland, OH 44143

Salary Range $46,000.00 Salary Position Type Regular Full-Time Job Shift Day Category Certificated

FLEX HIGH SCHOOL CLEVELAND

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.

Do you have a passion to work one-on-one with students and help them soar? At Flex High School, you will encourage, challenge, and help students grow in confidence and academics, and graduate high school – no matter their obstacle. Remember the person who made a difference in your life? Now it's your turn.

The Flex High Advantage

Our personalized learning model is what makes Flex High School unique. Our students are at the center of our mission, which means that staff is unified and priorities are set to reach the best outcome for all students.

The School Counselor will maximize the success of all students by planning, implementing, evaluating, and improving the school's comprehensive school counseling program. The School Counselor will use a multi-tiered, multi-domain system of supports to promote students' academic, college/career, and social/emotional development, spending most of their time in direct service with students or communicating with others on behalf of students. The School Counselor will lead, advocate, and collaborate to effect positive systemic change that promotes equity and access for all students.

This position reports to the Principal or designee.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: This job description is intended to accurately reflect the duties, responsibilities, and requirements of the position. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with this classification. A reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• 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 their 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 (i.e. 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…