School Counselor (9-12) (26-27 SY)
$150,000–$180,000 year
On-siteQueens, New York, United States
Job Summary
Counsel students individually and in groups regarding academic readiness, discipline-related guidance issues, social and emotional development, conflict mediation, and referrals. Teach guidance classes, deliver workshops for parents, and collaborate with teachers to implement behavior intervention plans and coordinate disciplinary decisions. Participate on the Child Study Team to identify students needing intensive services and advocate for scholars at IEP meetings. Use data analysis to identify student challenges and act as a systems change agent to improve equity and access. Support student activities and events while collaborating with the elementary leadership team on developing student supports.
Required Qualifications
- Licensed and certified Guidance Counselor with satisfactory ratings and attendance
- Minimum of three (3) years of satisfactory guidance experience preferred
- Ability to retrieve, organize, and report student data using chosen SIS
- Demonstrated ability to communicate, both written and oral, effectively
- Strong teamwork ethic
- Evidence of success in forming successful partnerships with community-based organizations and other organizations that offer social and emotional supports to students
- Willingness to carry out the above duties and responsibilities as well as evidence of successful counseling strategies regarding academic readiness, discipline-related guidance issues, social and emotional development, conflict mediation, crisis intervention, and willingness to offer leadership to staff around these areas
- Knowledge of and experience with contemporary issues that affect children living in high poverty communities and provide strategies to staff in promoting social and emotional competence throughout the building
- Commitment to developing professional goals and objectives in collaboration with the administration that will monitor progress and assess effectiveness in enhancing student development and achievement
- Success in working collaboratively with colleagues, parents/caregivers and partners
- Evidence of success in forming successful partnerships with community-based organizations and other organizations that offer social and emotional supports to students
- Willingness to carry out the above duties and responsibilities as well as evidence of successful counseling strategies regarding academic readiness, discipline-related guidance issues, social and emotional development, conflict mediation, crisis intervention, and willingness to offer leadership to staff around these areas
- Knowledge of and experience with contemporary issues that affect children living in high poverty communities and provide strategies to staff in promoting social and emotional competence throughout the building
- Commitment to developing professional goals and objectives in collaboration with the administration that will monitor progress and assess effectiveness in enhancing student development and achievement
- Success in working collaboratively with colleagues, parents/caregivers and partners
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