Coordinator IV - Counseling, Advising, and Student Supports

Coordinator IV - Counseling, Advising, & Student Supports

Reports to:

Director – Secondary Student Engagement

PC: 23834

Grade 305

Duty Days: 239 Days

Salary: $90,225 - $108,704

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Coordinates Fort Worth ISD's comprehensive school counseling program with a primary focus on secondary counseling services, ensuring aligned implementation of the Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs, District priorities, and requirements of Texas Education Code Section 33.005. The Coordinator supports campus counselors, principals, teachers, students, families, and District staff by strengthening counseling systems, monitoring implementation, analyzing counseling and student outcome data, and building counselor capacity in academic planning, responsive services, college, career, and military readiness (CCMR), course selection, transition supports, crisis response, and student advocacy.

This position collaborates across departments to ensure school counseling practices are coherent, equitable, data-informed, and designed to support student success, school completion, and postsecondary readiness.

• Coordinates the development, implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of the District's comprehensive school counseling program in alignment with the Texas Model, District goals, and applicable state requirements.
• Supports the Director in establishing counseling priorities, annual calendars, implementation expectations, professional learning plans, and progress-monitoring routines for assigned campuses.
• Provides coaching, technical assistance, and professional learning for school counselors to strengthen implementation of developmental guidance, responsive services, individual planning, system support, student advocacy, and postsecondary readiness practices.
• Uses counseling, academic, attendance, behavior, graduation, CCMR, course enrollment, and other relevant data to identify trends, monitor program effectiveness, support campus action planning, and recommend adjustments to services and supports.
• Builds counselor capacity to interpret and use data to support student achievement, course progression, school completion, transition planning, and college, career, and military readiness outcomes.
• Coordinates counseling program delivery related to academic planning, course selection, career awareness, college readiness, Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), college application activities, advanced academics, extracurricular opportunities, and student and family information sessions.
• Supports counselors and campus leaders in implementing timely and accurate transition supports for students moving between grade levels, campuses, programs, and postsecondary pathways.
• Supports the integrity and effective use of counseling-related platforms, including Schoo Links, by maintaining accurate course, program, pathway, alumni, and student planning information in collaboration with appropriate departments.
• Assists campus staff in identifying students who need additional counseling, academic, social emotional, behavioral, or transition support and coordinates appropriate interventions, referrals, and follow-up processes.
• Supports Districtwide crisis response services and assists in training counselors and administrators in crisis response practices, communication protocols, and student support procedures.
• Collaborates with Curriculum and Instruction, College and Career Readiness, Specialized Learning, Multilingual Programs, campus leadership, and other departments to align counseling services, advisory supports, resources, and communication to meet the needs of all student populations.
• Develops, maintains, and supports implementation of developmentally appropriate advisory resources, guidance lessons, and secondary counseling materials related to CCMR, character education, student success skills, and postsecondary planning.
• Develops reports, presentations, guidance documents, communication materials, and other resources for counselors, campus leaders, families, District staff, and external stakeholders.
• Plans and facilitates counselor meetings, training…