Counselor

Mission and Vision

The Principal will promote and support the NSBSD Board of Education Strategic Plan and District Pedagogy. They will work with various departments to ensure teachers have access to necessary training, supports, and materials.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Education required; Master's Degree preferred.
• A person with a Bachelor's Degree may bring in six (6) years of experience.
• A person with a Master's Degree may bring in eight (8) years of experience.
• Alaska Teacher Certificate required.
• Class C required.
• Three years of experience in education preferred.
• Inupiaq, Language, History & Culture experience preferred.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain competency in subject matter areas of certification and assignment.
• Employ appropriate methods of assessment to identify student proficiency levels and plan short and long-range programs.
• Strive for harmonious and cooperative interpersonal relationships with students, parents, supervisors, administrators, staff, and community members.
• Promote and support School District Goals as defined in the Board of Education Strategic Plan.
• Participate in the activities of educational committees and organizations for the benefit of personal growth and the general promotion of the profession.
• Develop an awareness of local culture and provide instruction that is bicultural or multicultural.
• Use Rubicon Atlas to complete requirements for culture-based unit development per annual expectations.
• Supervise and train instructional paraprofessionals in providing services to students as needed.
• Abide by the code of ethics and the professional teaching standards adopted by the Professional Teaching Practice Commission of the State.
• Write and submit weekly lesson plans to Principal and maintain digital copies throughout the year.
• Adhere to all District policies and regulations.
• Perform such other tasks and assume other responsibilities as the supervisor may assign.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, controls, and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Frequently talk and hear.
• Occasionally climb or balance.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.

Environmental Conditions

• Regularly travel within and outside of the North Slope Borough School District.
• Willingness and ability to fly in small and large commuter planes.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Benefits

Village Stipend: Additional $4,500