School Counselor Pool - SY

Secondary Programs & Pathways

District Wide

Annual Salary

Minimum Annual Compensation: $68,901 (25-26 TE Salary Schedule)

Length of

Contract:

192 days

Employment Type:

Exempt

MMSD is seeking highly motivated and energetic applicants! Applicants should have a good attitude, willingness to learn, and passion for impactful work and learning.

MMSD school counselors are innovative leaders who actively work to identify and remove barriers to student achievement and well-being by championing practices that create equitable, safe, inclusive, and positive learning environments for all students. School counselors engage students in exploring and identifying interests and aspirations and play an essential role in providing students the academic and postsecondary advising and social‑emotional supports needed to experience personal success.

The school counselor is a core member of the school’s integrated pupil services team:
This team works collaboratively, in partnership with teachers, administrators, families, and community organizations, to design and deliver a comprehensive, coordinated, and customized system of student support. The primary purpose of this team is to create environments that maximize opportunities for learning and ensure that all students develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to achieve personal success as a college, career, and community ready individual.

As a member of the pupil services team, the school counselor is an advocate for educational equity, promotes the healthy development of the whole‑child, and is a leader of systemic change within their school community. Through the provision of direct and indirect services, at both the student and systems level, the school counselor actively engages their school community in the closing of opportunity and attainment gaps and works to ensure that all students and families experience safe, welcoming, learning environments and positive interpersonal relationships.

• Collaboratively develop and support delivery of a comprehensive school counseling program that aligns with key school improvement goals and follows the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Model. This is achieved through direct and indirect student services and should account for 80% of the school counselor’s time:
  • Direct Student Services:
    • School Counseling Core Curriculum: A planned, written instructional program that is comprehensive in scope, preventative in nature and developmental in design. Delivered through classroom lessons, small group and/or school‑wide events.
    • Individual Student Planning:
      On‑going systemic activities designed to help students establish personal goals and develop future plans.
    • Responsive Services:
      • Counseling:
        Programming to meet students’ immediate needs and concerns. Designed to help students resolve academic, career and social‑emotional issues and are delivered through short‑term, individual or small group counseling.
      • Crisis Response:
        Support and assistance to students navigating critical and emergency situations.
  • Indirect Student Services:
    • Consultation:
      Strategic information sharing/receiving and planning with families, teachers, other staff and community partners to support student success and remove barriers to achievement and well‑being.
    • Collaboration:
      
      Proactive development of authentic partnerships with students, families, educator colleagues, administrators and community partners to support student achievement and remove barriers to success.
    • Referral:
      Support for students and families to connect them with additional assistance and resources within the school and/or community.
  • Program Management & School Support:
    • Program Management:
      Program development, resource/material organization, program monitoring, evaluation and refinement. Use of ASCA National Model tools to guide program delivery & communication with key stakeholders.
    • School Support:
      Participation in school work groups, leadership teams, and/or committees that engage in planning and development activities.
    • Fair Share Responsibilities:
      The routine ‘running of the school’ responsibilities that all members of the school staff…