2026-27 Elementary School Counselor

KIPP Nashville Public Schools•Nashville, TN

17h•$56,171 - $100,974•Onsite

About The Position

KIPP Nashville Public Schools is seeking a dedicated School Counselor with a "whatever it takes" attitude. This role involves working directly with students and families to provide data-driven interventions and collaborating with teachers to support students' social and emotional development. The School Counselor will be instrumental in fostering a safe, inclusive, and character-building culture for every child, ensuring the social and emotional needs of all students and families are met. The core services provided include prevention, intervention, assessment, and collaboration.

Requirements

Valid Tennessee professional school counselor license or license eligible (required)
Bachelor's degree (required)
Pass Criminal Background Check (required)

Nice To Haves

Master's degree (preferred)
At least two years of counseling experience (preferred)
Experience and demonstrated success teaching students from educationally under-resourced communities (highly preferred)
Unwavering commitment to KIPP Nashville’s mission, students, families, and community
Demonstrates excitement in growing students into their highest selves and believes that providing students with an excellent education is our largest lever as educators to wholly improve student outcomes
Passionate about data-driven instruction
Superb personal organization skills to keep on top of deadlines and measures of accountability
Team player: demonstrates maturity, growth mindset, strong work ethic, follow-through and flexibility

Responsibilities

Build relationships and collaborate with external education and social services professionals to develop appropriate agency services for students and families.
Participate in weekly intervention meetings to thought partner with teachers around social and emotional supports.
Facilitate workshops and other learning opportunities for families.
Conduct home visits that support families to meet KIPP Nashville College Prep Elementary expectations and increases student/family involvement.
Participate on school staff teams to develop policies and practices to proactively build school culture including opportunities for team-building and collaboration among students.
Help drive a school-wide atmosphere that suits the needs to our students, teachers, and families.
Facilitate professional development for teachers to help them understand child development and how it affects student performance academically and social/emotionally.
Drive social and emotional intervention plans for our most high need students.
Run individual and group counseling sessions with research-based social and emotional practices.
Assist students, teachers, and families to develop solutions to family and community factors that influence students’ capacity or ability to learn.
Complete high-quality progress notes for all students receiving counseling services weekly.
Conduct interviews with a student, family members, and KIPP staff members to gather information about each student’s social, emotional and behavioral needs; help all constituents integrate information to best meet the student’s needs.
Conduct observations to gather data in order to determine best options for interventions.
Create professional learning goals each year and implement feedback towards these goals.
Offer support to and receive constructive feedback from colleagues in order to create a professional working atmosphere that is conducive to growth and improvement.
Establish and maintain strong communication lines with all parents and share progress.
Be available for open houses, parent teacher conferences and other events involving parents.
Make oneself available to students, parents and other staff members.
Pursue challenging professional goals each year.
Willing to offer support and receive constructive feedback from colleagues in order to create a professional working atmosphere that is conducive to change and improvement.
Participate in school-wide and individual professional development, including pre-service training over the summer and weekly during the academic year (held during school hours).

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Disability insurance
Supplemental insurance
Life insurance policy options
Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) pension plan
401k
29 paid days throughout the 10-month work schedule (including holidays, fall break, spring break, Thanksgiving break, winter break, as well as summer break)
6 PTO days
Additional 2 days after every 2 consecutive years of employment
Payment for unused PTO days at the end of the fiscal year
Up to 10 weeks parental leave for the primary caregiver paid at 100%
2 weeks parental leave for the secondary caregiver paid at 100%
Laptop computers with access to the internet and/or email
Master Teacher Program eligibility after two consecutive years of employment ($5,000 stipend and $2,000 towards professional development)