25-26 College and Career CounselorAP Seminar

As a schoolbased college counselor Bard Early College New Orleans liaison and AP Seminar teacher you will play a pivotal role in both the process of students choosing their pathway for their junior and senior years and in helping students to find their postsecondary opportunity that aligns with their pathway choice.  You will also serve as a champion and advocate for the Honors trajectory at your school.  

AP Seminar Teacher: Roles and Responsibilities

• Teach 2 sections of AP Seminar to 10th graders

  • Execute regional AP Seminar curriculum

  • Manage AP Seminar teams and Digital Portfolio

  • Execute YouScience program and 12 lessons of CKCS (Career Knowledge College Success) curriculum

  • In fall of students 9th grade years present to ALL English classes on AP Seminar

  • In FebruaryMay of students 9th grade years run the interview process for seats in AP Seminar for 10th grade

    • Facilitate current AP Seminar students to interview prospective incoming students for AP Seminar

  • Facilitate AP Big Siblings program

    • In the 2nd semester of AP Seminar recruit highperforming current students to serve as big siblings for future AP Seminar students

Bard Early College New Orleans Liaison: Roles and Responsibilities

• Push in/message out to ALL 10th grade students on BECNO program 1st semester)

• Aid interested students in the application process to Bard Early College New Orleans 2nd semester 10th grade year in AP Seminar class)

• Attend weekly 30minute meetings with Bard Early College New Orleans Dean of Students

• Work with schoolbased Dean of Academic Guidance and Bard Early College New Orleans/KIPP Coordinator to ensure all BECNO students are aligned with an ontime high school graduation with their dualenrollment credits

• Work with schoolbased Dean of Academic Guidance to ensure all BECNO students have the high schoolbased credits necessary in their junior and senior years

College Counselor: Roles and Responsibilities  

(maximum caseload: 40 students per junior and senior grades; 80 students total)

• Manage 912 Honors Trajectory

  • Manage highyield 9th Grade Partnerships

    • Push into 9th grade classrooms to advertise College Track (September)

      • Facilitate application and interview process for College Track with collaboration from College Track

      • Goal: at least one student applies each year

    • Push into 9th grade classrooms to advertise HS2 (October)

      • Facilitate application and interview progress for HS2

      • Goal: at least one student applies each year

  • Manage Honors Graduation requirements

    • With Dean of Academic Guidance manage students IGPs for graduation with Honors from a KIPP New Orleans high school

• Lead Early Decision and Early Action cohort

• Identify 1030 Early Decision/Early Action students by 2nd semester of students junior years based on student interest and GPA/ACT profile

• Message out scholarship and programmatic opportunities to Early Decision/Early Action cohort

• With assistance from the Match Manager and the Director of College Career and Persistence facilitate outside partnerships and scholarship application process:

  • Manage QuestBridge Summer Bridge partnership 11th grade)

    • Goal: at least one student applies each year

  • Manage LEDA process 11th grade)

    • Goal: at least one student applies each year

  • Manage the Duke PreReading partnership 12th grade)

    • Goal: 13 students apply each year

  • Manage Posse partnership 12th grade)

    • Goal: 100 of nomination slots filled each year

  • Manage QuestBridge National College Match partnership 12th grade)

    • Goal: at least 1 student applies each year

• Manage outside scholarship programs 12th grade)

  • CocaCola Scholarship

    • Goal: at least 1 student applies each year

  • Gates Millennium Scholarship

    • Goal: at least 1 student applies each year

  • Dell Scholarship

    • Goal: at least 1 student applies each year

• Manage the application process for EA/ED students to ensure all timelines are met 12th grade)

  • Push into CKCS classroom (or Bard lunch depending on schoolspecific structure) twice per week in the first semester of students 12th grade years to facilitate students filling out the Common App and linking Overgrad

  • Facilitate recommendation process for EA/ED students and ensure communication with key recommenders as to timeline and requirements

  • Facilitate personal statement writing process for EA/ED students ensuring all students have a teacher revision (this revision can be executed by other teachers/adults)

  • Guide EA/ED students through CCS Profile and iDOC requirements and deadlines by November 1st

  • Facilitate EA/ED students submitting all EA/ED applications by November 1st

  • Upload all required documents for EA/ED students to Overgrad by November 1st

  • Goal: 100 of EA/ED students have 100 of their EA/ED applications and supporting documentation submitted by November 1st

  • With schoolbased counselors facilitate ontime completion of FAFSA by January 15th (or required deadline for schools)

  • In second semester of students 12th grade years facilitate oneonone conversations with families and students to help understand financial aid packages; help students and families reach a final college decision aligned with the six Fit Factors

  • Send midyear transcripts to institutions that require it via Overgrad

  • Send final transcripts to students final decision school by May 31st

  • Track students final decision schools in shared KNOS KIPP Forward Matriculation Tracker by May 31st

• Lead College Application Process for nonEA/ED students on caseload

  • Manage the application process for all nonEA/ED students on caseload to ensure all timelines are met 12th grade)

    • Push into CKCS classroom (or Bard lunch depending on schoolspecific structure) twice per week in the first semester of students 12th grade years to facilitate students filling out the Common App and linking Overgrad

    • Facilitate recommendation process for nonEA/ED students and ensure communication with key recommenders as to timeline and requirements

    • Facilitate personal statement writing process for all nonEA/ED students on caseload ensuring all students have a teacher revision (this revision can be executed by other teachers/adults)

    • Facilitate nonEA/ED students on caseload submitting all applications by December 15th

    • Upload all required documents for nonEA/ED students on caseload to Overgrad by December 15th

    • Goal: 100 of nonEA/ED students on caseload have 100 of their applications and supporting documentation submitted by December 15th

    • With schoolbased counselors facilitate ontime completion of FAFSA by January 15th (or required deadline for schools)

    • In second semester of students 12th grade years facilitate oneonone conversations with families and students to help understand financial aid packages; help students and families reach a final college decision aligned with the six Fit Factors

    • Send midyear transcripts to institutions that require it via Overgrad

    • Send final transcripts to students final decision school by May 31st

    • Track students final decision schools in shared KNOS KIPP Forward Matriculation Tracker by May 31st

• Foster relationships with junior students

  • Meet oneonone with junior students at least twice per semester (four times total) for 30 minutes per meeting during students junior year during their CKCS class

    • Update regional 1on1 tracker of meetings to ensure all students are met with consistently

  • With CKCS teacher facilitate the junior wishlist process

  • Develop a list of EA/ED students by end of students junior year

  • Facilitate college visits by programs and selectiveadmission schools (Posse Villanova etc.

  • With CKCS teacher facilitate the junior wishlist process

• At Parent/Teacher conferences four times per year offer counseling 1on1 meetings with both junior and senior families

• In the 2nd semester of students junior years meet oneonone with junior students and families in order to align students wishlists with the Six Fit Factors

• Facilitate PreCollege program applications for junior students in second semester of junior year

  • Goal: at least three students apply for precollege programs each year

• Ensure Compliance with Regional and National Teams

• Attend StudentCentered Goal meeting at beginning of year led by schoolbased Dean of College and Career

• With the Regional Match Manager ensure 100 ontime completion of all KIPP Foundation surveys and deadlines

• Attend weekly College Match meetings with Match Manager and Director of College Career and Persistence

• Attend virtual monthly regional match meetings across the three high school sites

• Attend all inperson regional professional developments for college counseling training

Schedule

This is a position that requires a later end date (May 31st) and thus has a later start date than other 11 month equivalent positions.

This is a hybrid role that requires the counselor to pull students during homeroom during lunch periods during classes and during dismissal for students who stay after school.  As such this role does not require the counselor to have a morning duty post lunch duty post dismissal duty post or coverage responsibilities.  Additionally as this position requires the counselor to span across all grade levels and serve as an ambassador for the Bard trajectory the role is grade level teamagnostic and does not require the counselor to take on any grade levelspecific responsibilities.  The counselor will push into grade level meetings as necessary to disseminate important information to grade level teams.  

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree required; Masters degree preferred.  Degree in education counseling student affairs or a related field preferred.

• Strong organization skills with the ability to create strategic groupings and cohorts

• Minimum of 2 years of experience working in schools with a combination of teaching and leadership experience with strong results.

• Extreme flexibility and strong work ethic required.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build rapport with students parents educators and administrators.

• Commitment to equity diversity and inclusion with a passion for empowering students from diverse backgrounds to achieve their full potential.

Additional Information :

KNOS strives to provide the best most equitable compensation and benefits package in recognition of the significant influence they have on the economic and personal welfare of our employees.

• Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience and we routinely engage in compensation analysis for all roles across the organization to ensure that we remain competitive in the market. 

• 403(b) retirement plan KNOS matches 100 of employee contribution up to the first 5 of salary and any bonuses. Vested immediately in 403(b)

• No waiting period for health benefits

• Ranked above the 90th percentile with 86 of Employees health benefits premium covered by KNOS

• Comprehensive customizable health coverage including disability life insurance hospital indemnity FSAs for health and dependent care and free dental and vision for employees

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with services to support employees and their families address personal and workrelated issues that may impact their health and wellbeing

• KNOS employees are provided 27 paid holidays and additional paid time off

• Ongoing professional development opportunities

Disclaimer:

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• This job description shall not constitute or be construed as a promise of employment or as a contract between KNOS and any of its employees.

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