ELEVATE​/ACE; Accelerating Campus Excellence Counselor – Middle School

ELEVATE/ACE (Accelerating Campus Excellence) Counselor – Middle School

Job

• Position Type:
  Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE)
• Date Posted: 12/16/2025
• Location:
  
  To Be Determined
• Salary:
  Appropriate Level of Counselor Salary Schedule + $10,000 stipend
• Duty Days: 212

Fort Worth ISD’s ELEVATE and 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.

ELEVATE and 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, ELEVATE and 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.

• Respects student confidentiality and the integrity of the educational process as evidenced by accurate student schedules.
• Provides (2) individual student advisory sessions as outlined in the GC Framework.
• Engages students in developing, implementing, updating, and completing their Academic Learning Plans, Six‑year plans, Personal Graduation Plans (for identified students), and student interest inventories.
• Schedules students in coherent sequence of courses aligned to the students’ chosen career pathway; consults with College & Career Readiness (CCR) coordinator.
• Advocates for students, mediates and facilitates on behalf of student interests and needs.
• Engages students in the personalized education, career awareness, and college readiness activities (career day, guidance lessons, Education Go Get It Week, and so forth).
• Communicates effectively to disseminate information about students to other professionals as appropriate for follow up and disposition.
• Assists students with the completion of scholarship applications, and provides financial aid information to students and parents.
• Provides engaging student guidance lessons systematically in the 8 strands as identified in the GC Framework (topics and schedule for all students according to TEC and District Policy).
• Provides responsive, intentional counseling to students identified as needing additional support to address specific student outcomes and identified goals.
• 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.
• Serves on the 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 specific student outcomes and goals identified; provides referral when appropriate.
• Facilitates student referrals to school/district special programs and/or services.
• 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, newsletters, and so forth).
• Interprets assessment data to students and parents as a student advocate to promote understanding of educational planning options.
• Interprets information and ideas effectively and participates in campus wide staff development as outline in the GC Framework.
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with representatives from community agencies, mentors and others supporting the counseling program.
• 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…