Director of Guidance (Grades 6 -12)
Director of Guidance (Grades 6 -12)
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Woburn Public Schools
Director of Guidance (Grades 6 -12)
Location: Based at WMHS
Reports to: Office of Student Services Building Principals
Work Days: 260
Start Date: July 1 2025
Qualifications
- Masters Degree from an accredited college or university with a major concentration in counseling and guidance.
- Valid Massachusetts educator license in guidance and/or counseling areas as well as Supervisor/Director in School Counseling licensure.
- Minimum of ten years providing direct services to students
Primary Responsibilities
- Plan coordinate supervise and evaluate the effectiveness of guidance services including the implementation of the guidance curricula and programs for middle and high school.
- Assist in the recruitment selection induction supervision and evaluation of guidance faculty.
- Promote and foster an inclusive supportive and team culture across the guidance department and greater school community.
- Development of the master schedule for WMHS under the supervision of the Principal. Coordinates with the high school leadership team in other areas related to the scheduling process.
- Supervise the course selection process as implemented by guidance staff including recommendations and student course selections; collaborate with administration regarding course sequence content and requirements; coordinate communication with students and families with regard to course requests and approval timeline.
- Develop and oversee the procedures for Guidance Counselors to support students adding/dropping courses during the school year.
- Make recommendations for and implement changes in existing guidance practices or innovations to improve the functioning of the guidance department ensuring vertical alignment in grades 6 - 12.
- Assist building administration in the development and distribution of the Program of Studies.
- Oversee the administration of college testing and college placement activities including AP testing.
- Oversee the coordination 504 services and supervise individual counselor compliance with the 504 process; run initial 504 meetings at WMHS.
- Coordinate and oversee the MTSS process at WMHS in conjunction with members of the MTSS team and district administration.
- Collaborate with the SEL Coordinator to support any SEL initiatives.
- Collaborate with the District Student Services Office on data review Tier 2/3 support structures and student wellness initiatives.
- Organize the administration of the PSAT SAT ACT and AP testing as well as district-wide universal screens.
- Collaborate with building administration on a robust registration process for new students. Supervise individual counselors and their scheduling of new students at WMHS.
- Oversee the 8th to 9th grade transition process.
- Provide consultations on cases with counselors as needed.
- Organize and publicize the annual schedule of guidance-related programs and activities including Financial Aid Night Post-secondary Information Night and Grade 9 Welcome Night etc.
- Collect maintain and organize student records in accordance with DESE regulations.
- Assists in the coordination of professional development for district school counseling staff to enhance their job-related knowledge and skills.
- Conduct regularly scheduled guidance staff meetings with high school and middle school counseling staff.
- Represents the district at relevant local and state school counseling meetings.
- Adhere to the ethical standards of the state and national school counselor associations.
- Facilitate the implementation of the guidance curricula/programs for all students which foster increased self awareness academic responsibilities career options future planning social and emotional growth.
- Participates in WMHS leadership meetings; collaborates with other Student Services Coordinators.
- Coordinate early college programming at WMHS
- Create recruitment materials and facilitate information sessions in multiple languages
- Distribute student and family interest surveys to all students and families
- Implement and oversee a progress monitoring process for the early college program
- Sustainand grow partnership with UMass Lowell and other colleges and universities and work to connect both students and families to support services that will help to address educational barriers
- Oversee and collaborate on implementation of student screening/risk applications.
- Coordinate with the student services office to build transcripts for students attending school outside of WMHS.
- Other duties as assigned.
At the Woburn Public Schools we are committed to cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives and backgrounds are embraced acknowledging that a team reflecting diversity of race color ancestry national origin religion age gender marital/domestic partner status sexual orientation gender identity disability status and veteran status allows us to serve our communities better. To that end Woburn Public Schools continues to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a district member of Mass Partnership for Diversity in Education.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
