Lead School Counselor - Hammond High School

About The School City of Hammond

The School City of Hammond embraces its diversity and communicates consistently high expectations. SCH provides a rich and challenging learning environment that encourages academic excellence and the development of talents that prepares students to make positive contributions to our world. District leadership provides continuous, system-wide, professional growth opportunities enhanced by technology and guided by data-driven, research-based strategies, assessments, and timely interventions.

Highly effective teachers and support staff collaboratively utilize best practices to maximize student growth and achievement. Supported by the pillars of sound, fiscal management, accountability, and community partnerships, SCH maintains a focus on transparency and good stewardship.

The School City of Hammond embraces its diversity and communicates consistently high expectations. SCH provides a rich and challenging learning environment that encourages academic excellence and the development of talents that prepares students to make positive contributions to our world. District leadership provides continuous, system-wide, professional growth opportunities enhanced by technology and guided by data-driven, research-based strategies, assessments, and timely interventions.

Highly effective teachers and support staff collaboratively utilize best practices to maximize student growth and achievement. Supported by the pillars of sound, fiscal management, accountability, and community partnerships, SCH maintains a focus on transparency and good stewardship.

• A highly qualified, highly effective, and culturally diverse staff.
• The cultivation of internal leaders.
• Facilities that are clean, safe, and orderly, that facilitate optimal learning and promote the emotional and physical wellness of students and staff.
• A technologically integrated curriculum.

Provide the leadership for the implementation of a comprehensive school-based counseling program designed to support instruction and student achievement. Responsible for the coordination and management of the school counseling program as well as the school guidance counselor responsibilities.

The Lead School Counselor is responsible for developing, implementing and managing a comprehensive school counseling program to serve the academic, social emotional, along with college and career readiness developmental needs of students enrolled in the School City of Hammond. To ensure success, School Counselors should be accessible and authentic with excellent communication skills and a profound interest in helping students to attain their academic and career goals.

Candidates will display natural leadership qualities with problem-solving and conflict resolutions skills. We are looking to hire a School Counselor with outstanding assessment and listening skills. The Lead School Counselor will provide counseling and college and career readiness services to facilitate self-understanding, responsibility, social and emotional awareness, decision-making, development of values, and attainment of attitudes and skills necessary for the success of each student.

• Develop an effective school counseling program that supports the school’s mission and instructional program as mandated by school board policy.
• Coordinate the implementation of a comprehensive school counseling program that promotes the academic, career, and personal/social development of all students.
• Keep the administration appraised of the progress of the department and any problems encountered.
• Establish and maintain an effective work climate within the school counseling department and school community.
• Promote innovative counseling practices by encouraging implementation of new procedures and demonstrating those that are found to be effective.
• Prepare or oversee the preparation of reports, records, lists, and all other required information and data at the building level.
• Oversee guidance staff and delegate assignments.
• Orient new counselors.
• Review school data frequently to ensure that the school…