Student Support Counselor

About KIPP Miami

KIPP Miami is part of the KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) national nonprofit network of college-preparatory, public charter schools educating elementary, middle and high school students. KIPP has a 25‑year track record of preparing students for success in college and life. Founded in 2018, KIPP Miami operates two nonprofit charter schools in Greater Miami’s Urban Core community. Currently, KIPP Miami educates students in grades K‑4 at KIPP Royalty Academy and 5‑8 students at KIPP Courage Academy.

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The Student Support Counselor (SSC) plays a central role in maintaining a calm and positive school culture by supporting the social‑emotional development of all students. The SSC will primarily work with students, families, and staff to provide case management, implement interventions and monitor RTI for behavior processes within the school environment. The SSC will assess the needs of the student population and triage incoming requests for services.

The SSC is coached directly by the Assistant Principal of Culture or School Leader, receives professional development from the Director of Student Experience, and is part of the Student Experience Team.

• Support teachers in isolating a target behavior, data tracking, and data needed for FBA.
• Execute tier 1‑3 behavioral interventions including CI/CO procedures, targeted counseling groups, counseling as needed, conduct FBAs, and track quarterly behavioral data for behavior intervention plans.
• Review all updated or new behavior intervention plans with grade level teams to ensure alignment with teachers.
• Create a monthly scope for the school year using SEL curriculum to educate students in character building and social/emotional initiatives during the dedicated character block.
• Support the school’s student culture team in identifying and supporting students with social and emotional needs and provide recommendations and best practices to teachers for tiers 1, 2, or 3 that align with behavioral interventions.
• Engage in school culture walk‑throughs to ensure alignment in implementing agreed‑upon interventions.
• Lead or support school‑based professional development responsive to needs of students and teachers to ensure curriculum and best practices are implemented.
• Support families with needs and refer them to outside agencies if wraparound or more intense mental health, food security, homelessness, etc. services are needed.
• Provide group counseling or individual counseling to all students who have counseling as a mandated service on their 504 plan or IEP.
• Actively support the escalation of any truant student through a tiering system and complete required truancy packets as needed.
• Serve as an active member of the Behavioral Threat Assessment Team, completing any documentation required in following the Threat Assessment Protocol for mental health need flags.
• Support the APC in managing the vetting, scheduling, and frequency of visits and approval of outside agency service providers for students (e.g., RBTs, BCBA’s, etc.).
• Log all services billable to Medicaid appropriately and timely.
• Run and analyze quarterly academic progress reports to identify students at risk of course failure and/or off‑track for graduation, and report findings to the School Leader on a quarterly basis.
• Proactively flag students in danger of failing and develop targeted intervention plans, including enrollment in credit recovery as appropriate.
• Collaborate closely with the KIPP Forward team to ensure alignment on student progress monitoring, timely identification of at‑risk students, and implementation of credit recovery and other academic interventions.

• Support a strong team culture by upholding norms through modeling and conversations based on radical candor.
• Lead or co‑lead 1‑4 professional development sessions for families or staff to help them better understand and support students in the classroom or home setting.
• Provide consults to staff and families regarding best practices in supporting the student in the class and at home.

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