Secondary Counselor 2627 School Year [LIC3011]

Secondary School Guidance Counselor - 26/27 School Year

Expectations and Qualifications:

Comprehensive School Counseling and Ogden School District recognize the importance of the transformational role of the school counselor which includes teaming collaboration leadership and the use of data to effect change. The school counselor is expected to play an active role in the school improvement process aligning data-driven systemic counseling program goals with the school and district goals. The secondary school counselor works as a leader and collaborator in the school to provide academic personal social and life skills development opportunities that are necessary for student success and lifelong learning. This focus on alignment plays an integral role in preparing students to be college and career-ready students. The approach of the school counselor should be preventative and proactive in nature. The secondary school counselor must be willing to work as a leader teacher and collaborator at every level of the school system.

Leadership:

• Serve as a leader in the school environment and work with the team to develop plans to address school goals and challenges in working towards meeting the district goals of graduation and literacy.
• Work with the school counseling team to provide shared leadership and expertise. The counselor works with the administration faculty members and other stakeholders to establish rigorous academic standards develop a supportive learning environment and promote equity through systemic practices.
• Work with school and district leadership to implement a College and Career Readiness School Counseling Program Model at the school site.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinate College and Career awareness in an ongoing process to establish personal goals and develop future plans for students.
• Provide leadership and be actively involved in the intervention process for dropout prevention through systemic use of data. Be willing to work with students families and community resources to support student success.
• College and Career support - providing multiple opportunities for students to participate in college and career readiness/awareness activities. Work with students to establish personal goals and develop future plans.
• Implement and provide responsive service as needed for identified needs: bullying grief transitions mental health needs (SEL) divorce etc. ( groups and individualized goal-focused counseling as short-term interventions)
• Support Tiered intervention including academics attendance and behavior. Work with school leadership to create and facilitate an intervention program to address issues within the school environment including the Child Assistance Team PBIS Team Attendance Interventions etc.
• Align with feeder cone schools to collaborate for effective transitions to secondary programs.
• Align with school programs to provide information and coordinate information including CTE Pathways Concurrent Enrollment IB AP STEM etc.

Requirements:

Successful candidates must have a Masters degree in School Counseling and be eligible for the Utah School Counselor License or obtain one by July 1 of the upcoming school year.