Student Advisor - High School Program

About the role

The primary purpose of this position is to provide student support and enhance student achievement by appropriately advising, assessing, and enrolling students into high school, academic, life skills, and career and technical education programs.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and enroll students in programming most conducive to their educational needs.
• Maintain a suitable number of students per class by placing students in appropriate programs.
• Support district-wide goals and objectives for school and organizational climate and comply with district policies in the placement of students.
• Provide teachers and students with effective resources and assessments for college and career planning, development, and readiness.
• Advise students regarding educational decisions, to include dual enrollment, and disseminate program information.
• Maintain status as State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and General Educational Development (GED) examiner, and other assessments as determined appropriate and coordinate the campus testing program.
• Develop working relationships with teachers and assist them in effectively addressing student misconduct.
• Assist the principal with campus leadership to include but not limited to; providing professional development, represent campus at TDCJ and/or WSD meetings, monitoring campus accountability and Campus Improvement Plan development and monitoring.
• Serve as representative of administration, as appropriate, for Admission, Review and Dismissal committees and any other committees determining student placement.
• Serve cooperatively with unit Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) administration and staff and postsecondary education program staff.
• Attend and participate in staff development provided by the district and other agencies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master's degree from a college or university accredited by an organization recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or by the United States Department of Education (USDE).
• Standard School Counselor certificate issued by SBEC or University approval for issuance of an Intern or Probationary School Counselor certificate.
• Personal technology that will enable the completion of job duties and responsibilities when working remotely.

Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to convey ideas and instructions clearly and concisely.
• Knowledge of school district organization, operations, policies, and procedures.
• Skill to interpret and apply rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to organize and maintain accurate records.
• Ability to demonstrate effectiveness as a professional role model.

Working Conditions

Mental demands: Ability to communicate, ability to instruct, ability to speak, ability to reason, ability to compile data, ability to interpret policy, ability to interpret procedures and data, ability to concentrate, ability to memorize, ability to alphabetize, ability to understand verbal and written instructions, ability to organize, ability to analyze, ability to maintain emotional control, ability to maintain confidentiality.

Physical demands: Ability to perform full duties of position, lift and carry less than 31 pounds, walking, sitting, standing, climbing stairs and ramps, kneeling, stooping, reaching, hearing (with aid), visual acuity, speaking, travel by car, van, or airplane, driving of car/van, distinguishing colors, occasional prolonged and irregular work hours.

Environmental demands: Work inside and outside, noise, radiant/electrical energy, work alone, work with others, around machines with moving parts and objects, possible exposure to microwaves in use, exposure to hot and cold temperatures, exposure to dust and cleaning chemicals.