Beacon Hill Int'l Elementary - Counselor - 1.0 FTE
About the role
Spanish or Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) speakers are preferred. Elementary school counselors provide services to students at grades K-5. The purpose and role of the school counselor is to plan, organize, and deliver a comprehensive school guidance and counseling program that personalizes education and supports, promotes, and enhances the academic, personal, social, and career development of all students, based on the national standards for school counseling programs of the American School Counselor Association.
Responsibilities
Direct Services: School Counseling Instruction - delivery of district and locally determined structured lessons to help students attain desired competencies in three domains: academic, career, and personal/social, supporting the knowledge, attitudes, and skills appropriate for students’ developmental level;
Appraisal and Advising - school counselors coordinate and provide large-group, classroom, small-group, individual ongoing systemic activities designed to assist students in establishing personal goals and developing future goals;
Responsive services - designed to meet students’ immediate needs and concerns, including short-term individual counseling, small-group settings, and/or crisis response;
Indirect Services: Consultation (such as being part of MTSS), Collaboration (acting as student advocate during IEP, 504, or Student intervention meetings), Providing Outside Community, Mental Health or other Resource Options to students, families or those who support students.
Requirements
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Acquired information that is necessary to do the job (e.g., knowledge of accounting, XML programming language). Implicit bias, culturally responsive teaching, anti-racist practices and racial equity literacy. State content standards and district curricular materials. Setting student academic achievement goals, continuous progress monitoring, and adjusting instruction based on formative and interim assessment data. Decision Quality & Problem Solving: Uses analysis, wisdom, experience and logical methods to make good decisions and solve difficult problems with effective solutions; appropriately incorporates multiple inputs to establish shared ownership and effective action. Weighs the consequences of options before making a decision. Applies appropriate criteria to situations for the purpose of making decisions. Displays self-confidence in own judgment. Focuses in the facts and solutions instead of opinions and problems. Strategic Agility & Innovation Management: Anticipates future consequences and trends accurately; brings creative ideas to market; recognizes strategic opportunities for change; creates competitive and breakthrough strategies. Sees ahead clearly and accurately anticipates how potential ideas may play out. Thinks holistically by combining ideas in unique ways or making connection between different ideas. Examines and evaluates potential solutions to determine where the greatest gain can be achieved. Creates new ways of thinking to address complex issues. Motivating Others: Creates a climate in which people want to do their best; can assess each person's strengths and use them to get the best out of him or her; promotes confidence and optimistic attitudes; is someone people like working for and with. Creates a climate in which people want and choose to do their best. Makes each individual feel that his/her work is important. Determines what motivates each person and uses it to get the best out of him/her. Is someone that people like working for and with. Personal Learning & Development: Is personally committed to and actively works to continuously improve him or herself; recognizes the need to change personal, interpersonal, and managerial behavior; actively seeks feedback. Persistence and motivation to continuously improve one’s skills. Builds on strengths and addresses opportunities. Demonstrates an openness to learn from one’s own mistakes. Seeks feedback from others and is receptive to new perspectives and ideas.
Qualifications
Education: Master’s degree in School Counseling or a Master's degree or Ph.D. in another field will substitute for the degree requirement if all the coursework requirements for a Master's in School Counseling have been met. Preferred Education: Master’s of education degree in School Counseling Experience: 2-3 years’ experience with a comprehensive school counseling program and familiarity with the American School Counselor Association Framework for School Counseling Programs preferred.