School Counselor, Tointon Academy of Pre-engineering INTERNAL

School Counselor, Tointon Academy of Pre-engineering  School Year) - INTERNAL ONLY

Classification: Exempt

Date Posted: April 1, 2026

Contract Length/Days:  / 188

Salary: Salary placement on our Certified Salary schedule is dependent on the employees' education and/or work experience. Certified/licensed employees will be granted one (1) year for each full year of contractual and/or work experience up to a maximum of ten (10) years, which includes in-district and out-of-district contractual teaching and/or work experience. Responsibility for verification of outside experience shall rest with the individual employee.  

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Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, as well as other programs for benefit-eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date). To learn more about our benefits, please see our Benefits Overview.

Paid Leave: Article VII of the Master Contract covers the leave opportunities available for certified staff, including sick and discretionary leave. More information about all leave options can be found here.

Reports to: School Principal

Deadline for Application: Until-Filled

Required:

• Master's degree in Counseling
• Valid Colorado Department of Education Special Services Provider license with school counselor endorsement

Preferred:

• CPI training (training provided)
• Bilingual preferred

Join Tointon's Leadership Team – These dynamic and creative teachers will use pre-engineering in all facets of the Project Lead the Way curriculum. Teachers as leaders will recruit and engage diverse students with opportunities to explore careers in engineering-related fields. Staff will work to attract students who are underrepresented in engineering, including students of color and female students. We are looking for a special kind of leader to collaborate and contribute to building a pre-engineering program for diverse student success.

You will help empower staff and students to utilize their individual strengths and confidence in this exciting endeavor.

Project Lead the Way Curriculum (PLTW) empowers students to become confident, independent learners through scaffolded, hands‑on activities, projects, and problems. PreK-5 embark on their pathway experience with activities like planning a rescue mission for a trapped zoo animal. In grades 6-8, they take on increasingly complex challenges like designing a home from a reclaimed shipping container.

Lead for the development and implementation of a robust high school MTSS program. Facilitate and support staff learning around the MTSS model, tiered interventions, awareness of early warning system indicators, de‑escalation strategies, and a common vocabulary in working with students on grades, attendance, behavior, and college‑going aspirations. Support small student groups and advisory classes in facilitation and creation of lessons that support the MTSS program to be implemented across the school in supporting student academic and social/emotional growth.

Applicants must have the ability to relate to and work with young adolescents and must be willing to work collaboratively with a school team. Extra duties may include providing counseling, advising, tutoring, mentoring, family involvement activities, career education programs and activities, post‑secondary information workshops, and college campus visits.

• Develop and lead the Multi‑Tiered System of Support program, provide professional development to staff, teachers and principals ensuring the implementation, and build capacity of other staff to lead the MTSS program.
• Assist students in orientation to school procedures and academic opportunities.
• Awareness of high‑quality evidence‑based instruction, intervention, and assessment practices.
• Encourage students to participate in school and community activities.
• Analyze student and school data to support the MTSS framework.
• Mediates conflicts with…