School Counselor – Gifted & Twice-Exceptional (2e) Students

FlexSchool is seeking a warm collaborative School Counselor (or professional in a related field) to join our community and support our gifted and twice-exceptional (2e) students.

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a small elementary program designed for students who learn and experience the world in different ways. Our counselor works closely with students teachers families and school leadership to create a supportive neurodiversity-affirming environment where students feel understood connected and able to learn.

What Youll Do

• Build trusting relationships with students through regular classroom presence and informal connection throughout the school day.
• Provide proactive and responsive support during periods of overwhelm or dysregulation.
• Maintain a welcoming support space students can access for recharging emotional or sensory regulation and problem-solving.
• Provide individual counseling and IEP-mandated counseling services as needed.
• Facilitate weekly small-group counseling sessions.
• Teach health and social-emotional learning with a focus on self-understanding relationships emotional well-being and self-advocacy.
• Partner with teachers to understand individual student profiles and develop proactive neurodiversity-affirming supports that promote engagement participation and access.
• Collaborate with the Head of School to develop individualized student support and safety plans when needed.
• Maintain regular collaborative communication with families and outside service providers.
• Develop and update student learning profiles using evaluations and input from students families staff and outside providers.
• Participate in IEP meetings student articulation meetings and professional development; participate in and as appropriate lead staff training.
• Collaborate with school leadership and admissions in reviewing and supporting prospective students including consultation with outside clinicians when appropriate.
• Supervise counseling interns if applicable.

You May Be a Great Fit If You...

• Genuinely enjoy working with gifted neurodivergent and twice-exceptional students.
• Approach behavior with curiosity rather than assuming defiance or lack of motivation.
• Understand the importance of relationships and connection in helping students feel safe and ready to learn.
• Can provide clear structure while preserving student autonomy and choice.
• Are comfortable adapting your plans or counseling approach when something isnt working.
• Stay calm flexible and supportive when students are having a hard time.
• Understand that regulation may look different for different students.
• Are creative enthusiastic collaborative and reflective.
• Bring warmth and a sense of humor to your work with students.
• Are open to feedback and ongoing learning about neurodiversity autism 2e development and disability-affirming practice.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in School Counseling Social Work Psychology or a related field preferred.
• 2 years of experience working with children in a school counseling or related setting preferred.
• Experience supporting twice-exceptional learners strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with neurodiversity-affirming approaches such as Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) or DIR/Floortime co-regulation and strengths-based student support preferred.
• Understanding of sensory needs executive functioning emotional regulation and developmental differences.
• Strong communication collaboration and relationship-building skills.

Schedule

This is a full-time academic-year position at our Berkeley Heights NJ campus. Typical hours are approximately 7:45am-4pm with participation in key school events and professional activities throughout the academic year.

About FlexSchool

FlexSchool is a small relationship-centered school serving gifted and twice-exceptional learners. Our approach recognizes that students thrive when they are understood as individuals and provided with the flexibility connection and support they need to access learning.