Middle School Counselor; maternity leave coverage

Middle School Counselor (maternity leave coverage)

• Position Type:
  Student Support Services/ School Counselor
• Date Posted: 9/17/2026
• Date Available:
  
  11/18/2026

The Metropolitan School District of Washington Township (MSDWT) is located in the northern section of Indianapolis. It is a dynamic community with broad diversity in cultures, religions, ethnic groups, races, and socioeconomic levels. MSDWT has been an educational leader in Indiana for the last seventy years.

Our mission is to nurture our students into tomorrow's leaders by cultivating learning environments that ignite innovation, amplify diverse and critical thinking, and inspire growth and achievement.

School Counselor (maternity leave coverage)

This position requires a valid and active license issued by the Indiana Department of Education in School Counseling.

Candidates must document successful attainment of degrees required for licensure in the state of Indiana.

Eastwood Middle School

approximately 11/18/26

Full-Time

Length of maternity leave

Exempt

Daily pay=$286.49

This position is not benefit eligible.

• School counselors develop a comprehensive school counseling program to proactively meet students' needs based on the school's academic, attendance and behavioral data. School counselors work collaboratively to review data and develop programming that addresses students' academic development, college and career readiness, and social emotional development. School counselors must balance delivery methods (classroom lessons, small groups, individual sessions, consultation with other professionals and referrals) in order to carry out their program.
  
  School counselors' goals include improvement in academic, attendance and behavioral outcomes related to academic achievement, college and career readiness and social emotional development. Candidates will display natural leadership qualities and a desire to ensure equitable educational outcomes for students. The School Counselor is directly responsible to the Principal.

• Uses student, school and district data to identify achievement, attendance and behavioral challenges to be addressed proactively through the comprehensive school counseling program
• Identifies student competencies to be addressed, creates lesson plans, determines to whom these lessons should target, how lessons/small groups will be delivered and how data will be evaluated to determine impact on student outcomes
• Ensures equitable access to opportunities and rigorous curriculum for all students
• Engages students in career exploration activities
• Provides short term, goal-focused counseling in small group and individual settings
• Provides tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 support for students on topics such as bullying prevention, conflict resolution, and/or other social emotional curriculum to support students.
• Collaborates with school social worker and/or other school staff to support students and families with accessing programs offered in our community that support students' academic achievement, college and career readiness, and social emotional development
• Maintains familiarity with community resources and refer students and their parents/caregivers to appropriate services
• Serves on various school committees, such as MTSS, school based leadership team, school improvement, etc.
• Collaborates with school social worker and school leaders to create procedures for individual and group referrals to the school counselor (self-referral or referral by staff members).
• Ensures that students experience smooth academic transitions (into kindergarten, from elementary to middle school, and upon changing schools for any other reason at any time)
• Assists with the registration and orientation of students who are new to the school and supports them as they acclimate
• Meets with students, their families/caregivers, and other school staff to better understand students' personal, educational and college and career readiness needs
• Coordinates with administrators and other staff members to ascertain students' abilities and needs, including students with special needs, in order to best support them.
• Increases school-to-family connections and outreach.
• Assists with standardized testing.
• Continues to acquire professional knowledge and learn of current developments in the…