Meany Middle - Counselor - 0.6 FTE

Seattle Public Schools • Meany Middle School, WA

20h • Onsite

About The Position

The purpose and role of the school counselor is planning, organizing, and delivering a comprehensive school guidance and counseling program that personalizes education and supports, promotes, and enhances the academic, personal, social, and career development of all students, based on the national standards for school counseling programs of the American School Counselor Association. School counselors deliver instruction, plan school wide programs and events, and provide some short-term goal-focused counseling, in an MTSS model. They provide tier 1 services which include a comprehensive program which includes district and locally determined events and curriculum, as well as district and locally determined tier 2 and tier 3 interventions. Additionally, all K-12 school counselors should support a college and career culture in the school building which promotes concrete connections between academic learning with future goals, career exploration and college knowledge. The foundation for all school counselor work is to advocate for equitable policies and practices; and being the advocate voice for students.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in School Counseling
• Must possess a valid Washington Educational Staff Associate (ESA) School Counselor Certificate.
• Criminal Justice Fingerprint & background check.
• Implicit bias, culturally responsive teaching, anti-racist practices and racial equity literacy
• State content standards and district curricular materials
• Setting student academic achievement goals, continuous progress monitoring, and adjusting instruction based on formative and interim assessment data
• Decision Quality & Problem Solving
• Strategic Agility & Innovation Management
• Motivating Others
• Personal Learning & Development

Nice To Haves

• Master’s of Education degree in School Counseling
• Experience with a comprehensive school guidance and counseling program and familiarity with the American School Counselor Association Framework for School Counseling Programs
• 2-3 years’ experience with a comprehensive school counseling program and familiarity with the American School Counselor Association Framework for School Counseling Programs

Responsibilities

• School Counseling Instruction: delivery of district and locally determined structured lessons to help students attain desired competencies in three domains: academic, career, and personal/social, supporting the knowledge, attitudes, and skills appropriate for students’ developmental level;
• Appraisal and Advising: school counselors coordinate and provide large-group, classroom, small-group, individual ongoing systemic activities designed to assist students in establishing personal goals and developing future goals; using strengths, learning and career inventories;
• Responsive services: designed to meet students’ immediate needs and concerns, including short-term individual counseling, small-group settings, and/or crisis response; referral to outside services as appropriate
• Consultation (such as being part of MTSS), Collaboration (acting as student advocate during IEP, 504, or Student intervention meetings), Providing Outside Community, Mental Health or other Resource Options to students, families or those who support students.
• Accountability: school counselors utilize data to determine effectiveness of the school counseling program and counseling interventions to guide future actions and improve future results for all students. School counselors provide annual results for their services and interventions that supports District Strategic goals.
• Attends Seattle Schools’ professional development sessions to increase professional growth and to implement and improve personal and district processes.
• Adheres to ethical guidelines and state/federal mandates.
• Performs related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level