Specialist, Education ​/ Teaching, School Counseling & Student Support

Category OTHER PROFESSIONAL STAFF – NONADMINISTRATIVE/INSTRUCTIONAL

Classification 01-Administrative/Instructional

Responsible for leading, developing, planning and implementing a district-wide Comprehensive Elementary School Counseling Program to facilitate success in the school setting and promote a positive learning environment for all students.

• Develop, design and implement a data-driven, comprehensive school counseling program for all students to address barriers to student learning and to close the achievement/opportunity gap, and support District Strategic Plan goals.
• Coordinate programs that promote students’ development of essential mindsets and behavior standards including, but not limited to, learning skills, social skills, self-management skills, and college/career readiness skills.
• Review and disaggregate student achievement, attendance, and behavior data to identify and implement interventions with current knowledge of promotion and retention requirements.
• Use district-wide data to assist schools identify students who do not perform at grade level and do not have opportunities and resources to be successful in school.
• Create yearly, data-driven goals that advance student outcomes in areas of academic, social/emotional, and career development.
• Use the skills of leadership, advocacy and collaboration to create systemic change to improve the academic, social/ emotional, and post-graduate success of all students.
• Plan, coordinate and support the district’s bullying initiatives in coordination with other Student Services personnel.
• Coordinate and assist with crisis management and participate in the district crisis response team as necessary.

• Act as a system change agent in collaboration with the district leadership team to ensure a safe, supportive, and respectful school climate that promotes the social/emotional and academic development and success of all students.
• Coordinate the development and implementation of Social Emotional Learning programs and services which emphasize counseling, mental health and social emotional skill development
• Foster family and community partnerships to support the social/emotional, academic, and career development of all students.
• Infuse cultural competence, ethical and professional competencies in planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating the comprehensive school counseling program.
• Coordinate and develop preventative and skill building interventions to facilitate counseling for students during times of transition, separation, heightened stress and critical change.
• Support the continuum of mental health services, including prevention and tiered intervention strategies, and collaborate with district and school-based staff, and community mental health providers to enhance student success.
• Support district behavior initiatives.

• Coordinate monthly Elementary School Counseling PLC meetings and share pertinent information with elementary school counselors.
• Assist principals and district personnel with the recruitment, interviewing and selection of new school counseling staff, as requested.
• Supervise the placement of college-level interns at elementary schools.
• Provide regularly scheduled professional development, consultation and supervision for the continuous improvement of the school counseling program.
• Use student data to demonstrate a need for systemic change in areas such as course enrollment patterns; equity and access; achievement, opportunity and/or information gaps.
• Advocate for student equity and access to a 21st century education that leads to successful promotion to middle school.
• Analyze and report…