ACE; Accelerating Campus Excellence Counselor – Elementary School

Position Type:
Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE)

Date Posted: 12/16/2025

Location:

To Be Determined

Closing Date:
Open Until Filled

Develops and implements a comprehensive developmental guidance program for all students to promote student success and school completion as specified by law in the Texas Education Code Section 33.005. This role is a key component of Fort Worth ISD’s Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) schools, which are designed to transform historically low‑performance campuses into thriving centers of learning.

• Creates a respectful atmosphere focused on customer service.
• Respects student confidentiality and the integrity of the educational process.
• Engages students in personalized education, career awareness, and college readiness activities (inventories, exploration, guidance lessons, Education Go Get It, and so forth).
• Advocates for students, mediates, and facilitates on behalf of student interests and needs.
• Communicates effectively to disseminate information about students to other professionals as appropriate for follow‑up and disposition.
• Provides responsive, intentional counseling to students identified as needing additional support to address specific student outcomes and identified goals.
• Serves on Trauma Response Team – completes Suicide and Violence Risk Assessments of students in crisis.
• Responds to students individually and serves as an active participant in the Response to Intervention (RtI) process; selects and uses counselor interventions appropriate to student needs and circumstances.
• Provides group counseling with student outcomes and goals identified; provides referral services when appropriate.
• Facilitates student referrals to school/district special programs and/or services.
• Provides engaging student guidance lessons systematically in the 8 strands as identified in the G&C Framework (topics and schedule for all students according to policy).
• Teaches guidance units effectively as indicated from student and teacher feedback.
• Maintains accurate professional records of counseling and Student Support Services related activities on a daily basis.
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with representatives from community agencies, mentors, and others supporting the counseling program.
• Engages parents and provides targeted parent education opportunities related to personalized education, career awareness, and college readiness.
• Educates faculty, parents, community, and students about the guidance program and services through public information programs (Open House, PTO meetings, campus website, and so forth).
• Interprets assessment data to students and parents as a student advocate, promoting understanding of educational planning options.
• Interprets information and ideas effectively and participates in campus wide staff development as outlined in the G&C Framework.
• Accurately assesses student and family needs for referral and is knowledgeable regarding area resources.
• Demonstrates an understanding of data‑driven decision making as it relates to student development and placement.
• Collaborates and develops data‑driven program objectives (CEIP/MEASURE) and monitors progress each 6 weeks throughout the year.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of individual activities and the overall program success in meeting desired student outcomes identified in the counseling objectives in the CEIP to submit year‑end report to all stakeholders.
• Collaborates in the planning and evaluation of the student assessment activities.
• Interprets assessment data to school personnel as a student advocate, with targeted intervention and educational planning processes.
• Observes ethical standards of the Texas and American School Counselor Associations.
• Pursues continuous professional growth and development to maintain current understanding of procedures and practices in the field of professional school counseling.
• Performs counseling related responsibilities aligned with the Texas Education Code and the FWISD Guidance and Counseling Framework.

• None.
• Coordinates work with counseling aide(s) and clerical employee(s).

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