School Counselor Resident - Oakland Unified School District to Pre-Selecte

School Counselor Resident
- Oakland Unified School District (2026-27) (Open Only to Pre-Selected Candidates Only)

Oakland Unified School District Talent
- Oakland, California

Job : 5574571

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Mar 06, 2025 8:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Position Description

TITLE: School Counselor Resident

REPORTS TO: Assigned Supervisor

DEPARTMENT: Talent

CLASSIFICATION: Classified

FLSA: Exempt

WORK YEAR/

HOURS:

10 months / 16 hours per week (minimum)

Created: June 2019

SALARY GRADE: Stipend

BASIC FUNCTION: Residents spend the full academic year in a district school, developing under the guidance of an experienced mentor school counselor. Using a variety of counseling skills, interventions, and evidence-based practices, mentors provide valuable insight into effective school counseling, helping residents develop the knowledge, skills and experiences that come from years of experience in high-need schools. Over the course of the year, school counselor residents experience an extensive side‑by‑side mentorship model that includes observation, shadowing, co‑facilitation, and deep collaboration in addition to supporting students with individual and group counseling.

Residents will support students with academic, college/career, and academic development. Mentors continuously provide feedback and guidance to support resident’s development of counseling skills, intervention strategies, and understanding of public school systems.

School Counselor residency programs offer a unique synthesis of theory and practice, combining a yearlong classroom apprenticeship with a carefully aligned sequence of master’s-level coursework. Residents receive a stipend for living expenses throughout their training year.

Essential Functions

• Provide group and individual counseling to students overall well‑being and academic success
• Collaboratively and then independently support the academic, college/career and social‑emotional development of students across a multi‑tier multi‑domain system of support (MTMDSS)
• Collaboratively and then independently develop high-quality classroom counseling curriculum, lessons, and presentations
• Collaboratively and then independently serve in collaborative meetings, including COST, IEP meetings, and grade‑level meetings
• Collaboratively and then independently respond to tier 3 student needs, including crisis response and dropout prevention
• Support and participate actively in school‑wide activities and events
• Learn cultural competency skills through training and the use of cultural competency assessment tools.
• Take direction from the Coordinator of School Counselor Residency, site leader, and site‑based mentor.
• Communicate proactively and professionally with the Coordinator of School Counselor Residency, cohort members, and site colleagues.
• Successfully complete counseling credential coursework through Partner University and remain in good standing.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

The District determines whether a candidate is qualified based on the fulfillment of prerequisites, relevant work experience, ability to perform the essential functions, reference checks, effective interpersonal and communication skills demonstrated by interview performance and/or writing samples, and achievement on performance‑based assessments (if applicable) that demonstrate the candidate possesses the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities. Meeting prerequisites only satisfies the initial screening process and does not indicate the candidate is qualified to perform the essential functions of the position.

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