About The Position
The Advanced Specialist serves as a primary liaison between Pearson Virtual Schools (PVS) and partner schools, delivering expert guidance and operational support across School Counseling + Career programming. As a Professional Individual Contributor, this role independently manages a portfolio of schools, applies specialized knowledge, and ensures the consistent, compliant delivery of school counseling and career readiness services in a virtual environment. The Advanced Specialist: Works independently within established frameworks and guidelines Manages moderately complex cases, programs, and stakeholder needs Applies specialized knowledge of ASCA supported school counseling practices Exercises professional judgment in decision‑making and prioritization Contributes to team consistency, quality, and continuous improvement May informally mentor or support peers, without formal people‑management responsibility
Requirements
- Master’s Degree in counselor education or school administration or related education field
- State issued School Counseling license or Professional Certification
- Experience supporting or managing school counseling programs
- Experience as a school counselor, preferably at the high school level
- Experience in school improvement, program development, and implementation
- Strong presentation skills
- Ability to analyze data, manage competing priorities, and deliver results within established timelines
- Expertise in interpreting graduation requirements and compliance with state laws
- Willingness to obtain certification in other states as needed
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- High degree of flexibility and organization required
- Technological proficiency, especially with Microsoft Office and Google Suite products, Artificial Intelligence, and virtual collaboration platforms
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, consistently meeting deadlines and delivering tasks with expertise and precision
- Strong customer-focused approach, delivering outcomes with professionalism
- Comfort working within a matrixed organization and navigating ambiguity with professionalism
Nice To Haves
- Experience with virtual education environments preferred
Responsibilities
- Assist school counseling personnel in implementing systems and structures for counseling programming, including (but not limited to) new student enrollment and returning student placements, risk management, students in distress training, and college and career readiness solutions.
- Provide subject matter expertise to guide the implementation of ASCA-modeled comprehensive counseling programs for partner schools.
- Mentor, coach, and advise counseling leaders during program implementations.
- Research graduation and educational requirements for assigned and developing schools.
- Support new schools in obtaining High School CEEB and Online Provider Codes.
- Collaborate with members of the Partner Schools Success Operations (PSSO) ecosystem to deliver counseling initiatives.
- Oversee training and maintenance of the Progression Plan tool.
- Manage the creation of annual school profiles and research state-specific counseling guidelines for new schools.
- Review and evaluate weekly school counseling data throughout the school year cycle.
- Support partner schools in providing required tools, materials, and student supports aligned with the school year cycle.
- Monitor implementation to ensure consistent and compliant delivery of school counseling services in a virtual setting.
- Assist schools with service delivery challenges, continuity concerns, and provider coordination.
- Contribute to oversight activities supporting service quality, documentation accuracy, and college and career readiness.
- Identify relationships between School Counseling + Career initiatives and school improvement planning.
- Aid with resolving technical or platform issues.
- Collect, analyze, and interpret school year cycle data to assess program health, compliance, and quality implementation.
- Provide actionable insights and guidance to schools to strengthen School Counseling + Career programming and address gaps.
- Support continuous improvement by identifying trends, risks, and opportunities across assigned schools.
- Support schools during the school course selection process, returning student course placement, building a master schedule, staffing, and summer school planning.
- Act as a knowledgeable partner during state or district audits, monitoring activities, and complaint resolution.
- Support development and execution of action plans based on internal reviews, audit findings, or state-level determinations.
- Collaborate with legal and internal stakeholders for accurate interpretation of requirements and defensible responses.
- Keep abreast of legislative changes and provide support to schools to ensure compliance.
- Provide ongoing consultation to school leaders, counseling leaders and counseling/advisory staff to build understanding, confidence, and capacity.
- Support onboarding new school staff and leadership transitions.
- Deliver or coordinate targeted training aligned with School Counseling + Career expectations, tools, and best practices.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with partner school leaders, School Counseling + Career staff, and internal PVS stakeholders.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with legal, operations, analytics, and service delivery teams for aligned execution.
- Serve as a trusted point of contact for assigned schools within the scope of School Counseling + Career support.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Annual incentive program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
