School Counselor [ABCD] (SY26-27)
About the role
The School Counselor, through the process of individual and group counseling, helps students to understand their aptitudes, capabilities, and limitations in making personal decisions, educational plans, and occupational choices. The School Counselor is also responsible for developing, organizing, directing, supervising, and evaluating guidance and related programs.
Responsibilities
- Plans, develops, and implements all guidance programs in cooperation with the Headmaster and the Program Director for Guidance and Support Services.
- Counsels students individually and in small groups.
- Implements and interprets for students, faculty, and parents' evaluative appraisals of students.
- Aids in the programming, record keeping, placement, and discharge of students.
- Develops a positive working relationship with other support service personnel to identify problems, share information, and design programs.
- Provides college counseling and support for students in the college search and application process.
- Designs and implements a program of educational and vocational information.
Qualifications
- MA DESE School Counselor License at the appropriate level.
- Master's Degree in counseling, education or related field.
- Ability to meet the BPS Standards of Effective Practice as outlined above.
- Experience working with urban youth in an educational or human services setting.
- Qualification-Preferred: Experience with database management. Demonstrated writing ability.
Benefits
BPS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom, school, and district culture and diversity. BPS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in one of BPS' official languages: Spanish, Creole (Cape Verdean), Creole (Haitian), Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, & Somali.
Schedule
The start and end times of BPS schools vary, as do the lengths of the school day. Some BPS schools have a longer school day through the "Schedule A" Expanded Learning Time (ELT) agreement.