2026-27 Elementary School Counselor

About the role

KIPP Nashville seeks a highly dedicated school counselor who will bring a “whatever it takes” attitude to its team. The School Counselor will work directly with students and families to provide effective, high quality interventions that are data-driven. The Counselor will work directly with teachers to cultivate their knowledge of students’ social and emotional development. To ensure that we are meeting the social and emotional needs of all students and families we educate, our School Counselor will be a key driver of our schools’ student culture vision of creating safe, inclusive, and character building culture for every child.

Responsibilities

• Prevention- Build relationships and collaborate with external education and social services professionals to develop appropriate agency services for students and families
• Participate in weekly intervention meetings to thought partner with teachers around social and emotional supports
• Facilitate workshops and other learning opportunities for families
• Conduct home visits that support families to meet KIPP Nashville College Prep Elementary expectations and increases student/family involvement
• Participate on school staff teams to develop policies and practices to proactively build school culture including opportunities for team-building and collaboration among students
• Create professional learning goals each year and implement feedback towards these goals
• Offer support to and receive constructive feedback from colleagues in order to create a professional working atmosphere that is conducive to growth and improvement
• Family Engagement- Establish and maintain strong communication lines with all parents and share progress
• Be available for open houses, parent teacher conferences and other events involving parents
• Pursue challenging professional goals each year

Qualifications

• Valid Tennessee professional school counselor license or license eligible (required)
• Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (preferred)
• Pass Criminal Background Check (required)
• At least two years of counseling experience (preferred)
• Experience and demonstrated success teaching students from educationally under-resourced communities (highly preferred)

Compensation and Benefits

• Starting salary for first year teachers begins at $56,171; those with a conferred advanced degree begins at $61,909. Salary is commensurate with experience. Staff members receive up to a 2% yearly raise.
• Road robust benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, supplemental insurance, and life insurance policy options. Application for these benefits may be made immediately upon employment.
• Certificated staff have access to the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System pension plan (TCRS). Eligible employees contribute 5% and KIPP matches up to 6%. Employees may also be eligible for 401k in which KIPP will contribute 5%.
• The vacation package for salaried employees includes 29 paid days throughout the 10 month work schedule (including holidays, fall break, spring break, thanksgiving break, winter break, as well as summer break. In addition, employees in this role are allotted 6 PTO days. Employees are allotted an additional 2 days after every 2 consecutive years of employment. Eligible staff members receive payment for unused PTO days at the end of the fiscal year.
• Adoption/Parental Caregiver Leave- up to 10 weeks parental leave for the primary caregiver and 2 weeks parental leave for the secondary caregiver paid at 100%.
• Teachers are provided with laptop computers with access to the internet and or email to assist them in performing their job responsibilities.
• Certificated staff are eligible for the Master Teacher Program after two consecutive years of employment with KIPP Nashville. Master teachers receive a $5,000 stipend and $2,000 towards professional development.