Long Term Substitute - School Counselor; SY

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Job Summary

The K-12 school counselor provides academic; career; college access, affordability and admission; and social-emotional competencies to every student annually by helping design, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive evidence-based school counseling program in each district school. The school counselor provides an annual plan and advising to every student, classroom school counseling lessons in collaboration with other educators for all students, group and individual counseling for some students.

The school counselor also provides additional school-wide activities that promote student success helping to close achievement, opportunity, and attainment gaps, increase student career/college success, and improves mental health/well-being. The school counselor is an advocate, leader, and change-agent partnering with colleagues inside the schools, in the community, and with family members for optimal student success. The school counselor is supervised by the Director of School Counseling in consultation with the building principal.

Services to Students

• Plans, delivers, and evaluates school counseling interventions to help close achievement, opportunity, and attainment gaps.
• Delivers academic success skills including: organization, time management, study skills to all students annually.
• Delivers career development skills including assessments, career clusters, use of Occupational Outlook Handbook (embedded in Naviance), creating resumes/cover letters, job shadowing/searching techniques.
• Delivers college access/affordability/admission skills to all students with attention to first-generation students, students with disabilities, and students needing affordability resources.
• Provides social-emotional skills to all students including anti-violence/ anti-bullying, stress management, cultural diversity, and strategies to improve energy/ mood Ensures every student has an annually updated ACCESS & Accomplishments Plan.
• Ensures ethical practice by using a decision-making model and sharing most recent updates of the ACA, ASCA & NACAC codes of ethics with all stakeholders.
• Coordinates orientation for new and transfer students and families.
• Applies developmental, learning, counseling, and education theories.
• Uses Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success standards (ASCA) in the school counseling program.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the impact of cultural, social and environmental influences on student success and opportunities.
• Designs and implements instruction aligned to Mindsets and Behaviors in Classroom, Group, and Individual Settings.
• Provides appraisal/advisement in Classroom, Group, and Individual Settings.
• Provides short-term counseling in Group and Individual Settings.

Collaboration with School and Professional Staff

• Collaborates with teachers, school social workers, and school psychologists for optimal student success.
• Collaborates with multiple school systems and peers for systemic change: as Equity Consultants on the Master Schedule, supporting all students’ access to challenging coursework for all students, Academic Support Services, and Co-Curricular Activities.
• Consults with teachers on creative, culturally responsive interventions to support struggling students including noncognitive factors affecting student success.
• Participates in PPT/504 meetings, team meetings, and restorative justice settings.
• Makes referrals to appropriate school resources.
• Consults with educators for student achievement and success.

Liaison and Collaboration with Outside Resources

• Maintains professional memberships in state and national school and college counseling organizations (ASCA/CSCA, ACA, NACAC/NEACAC).
• Collaborates with family members and community agencies/businesses in a school/family/community partnership for student achievement/success.
• Makes referrals to appropriate community resources.

Planning and School Counseling Program Development/Evaluation

• Demonstrates leadership as a system change agent for equity by developing and implementing a comprehensive school counseling program.
• Establishes and maintains School…