College Counselor

Great Hearts Academies is a nonprofit charter management organization (CMO) thatoperatesclassical, preparatory, K-12 public charter schools. Our academies cultivate the minds and hearts of students through the pursuit of truth,goodness and beauty. We currently serve over 30,000 students across our network. Great Heartsis dedicated to providingadditionalcommunities with access to our liberal arts model, and, as the network scales both locally and nationally, we aim to restore excellence to American public education.

We proudly prepare students for success at the best colleges and universities in thenation, butsee our larger purpose as producing great-hearted graduates that are prepared to be intellectual,moraland engaged citizens.

Additional information can be found atheartsamerica.org/careers.

Great Hearts Academies provides quality support and individualized attention to each student throughout our multi-year preparation for the college application process. Our perspective is that university life offers profound opportunities to students for the continuation of their pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty. It provides the time and space for students to greater deepen who they are, both intellectually and morally amongst their leaders and peers.

Thusit is of the utmost importance that our college counselorsassiststudents inidentifyingand attending an appropriate educational environment since the formation they receive at university will be a determining factor in their vocations and roles in society.

College Counselors provide individualized planning and advice to students and their parents. The counselor’s aim is to help students identify, apply and eventually attend the school that is the best fit given their interest, family goals and financial circumstances. There is no crisis counseling, and since the curriculum contains no electives, college counselors do not work on course selection and student scheduling.

Duties involve, but are not limited to:

Developing college workshops for parents and providing individual parent counseling to answer questions about high school curriculum, college acceptance, the application process, etc.

Deliver college curriculum to prepare students for post-secondary planning

One-on-one advising on prospective colleges, as well as helping students evaluate their interests foran initialselectionof a college major, if needed

Educatingupperclassmenon application process through group workshops and individual meetings

Assisting students with applications, collegeessaysand scholarship essays

Processing college application paperwork and writing letters of recommendation for admissions and scholarships

Researching and advertising summer study, internships,and scholarship opportunities

Facilitating the selection process for students nominated torepresentthe school for summer programs or scholarships

Updating the School Profile and other Academy documents

Maintaining a working calendar of events and tasks within the office

Coordinating and administering PSAT/NMSQT to sophomores and juniors and providing post-test counseling to develop individual test preparation plans for the SAT/ACT, as needed

Working as the school’s SSD Liaison (Services for Students with Disabilities) and assuring that the information process on college testing accommodations is coordinated with the Academy’s Special Education Coordinator

Coordinate the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) test for interested sophomores, juniors, and seniors

Updating andmaintainingcollege test stats, college acceptance data, scholarship tracking, and alumni information

Responsibility for registrar tasks; coordinating with the office manager for some of the registrar tasks; taking on responsibility for issuing transcripts for high school students applying to summer programs and colleges, as well as issuing final transcripts for high school graduates

Assisting the office with the processing of incoming transfer credits and serving as liaison to the Headmaster in matters of credit acceptance and necessary make-up credits for transfer students

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