ELEVATE​/ACE; Accelerating Campus Excellence Counselor Elementary School

Counselor – Elementary School

Location:

To Be Determined

Salary:
Appropriate Level of Counselor Salary Schedule + $10,000 stipend

Duty Days: 212

Fort Worth ISD’s Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) schools are driving rapid change where it matters most. We place top-tier teachers and leaders in campuses ready for transformation; schools that are rising from historically low performance to become thriving centers of learning. ACE educators extend learning time, deliver high-impact instruction, and receive intensive support to accelerate student success. With opportunities for all, excellence, and urgency at the core, ACE schools offer a bold opportunity to make a lasting difference.

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.

• Creates a respectful atmosphere focused on customer service.
• Respects student confidentiality and the integrity of the educational process.
• Engages students in personalized education, career interest and 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).

• All Fort Worth ISD employees must maintain a commitment to the District’s mission, vision, and strategic goals.
• Exhibits high professionalism, standards of conduct and work ethic.
• Demonstrates high quality customer service; builds rapport/relationship with the consumer.
• Demonstrates cultural competence in interactions with others; is respectful of co-workers; communicates and acts as a team player; promotes teamwork; responds and acts appropriately in confrontational…