School Counselor - IDEA Burke Academy (Immediate Opening)

IDEA Public Schools•San Antonio, TX

3d•$68,886 - $79,908•Onsite

About The Position

The School Counselor leads the campus vision for family engagement, social-emotional learning, and coordination of mental health and counseling supports for students. The role helps ensure staff build authentic relationships with students and families, uses accurate data to guide campus interventions and strategies, and holds campus team members accountable for their responsibilities in supporting student and family success. The counselor helps create a physically and emotionally safe school environment where students can learn, grow, and develop the academic and social skills needed to pursue college. The School Counselor leads campus efforts to retain students, engage families, onboard new students and families, and monitor student persistence data. The role also provides and coordinates direct student services, documents interventions and crises, connects families with community resources, supports crisis response, and leads implementation of the Move This World social-emotional learning curriculum. The counselor coordinates risk and threat assessment processes, safety planning, re-entry meetings, crisis documentation, and training for campus crisis response team members.

Requirements

Master's degree in School Counseling, Counseling, Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related field.
Valid Texas School Counselor certification or counseling/social work licensure, such as LMSW, LCSW, LCSW-S, LPC-A, LPC, LMFT-A, or LMFT.
Proven track record of success.
Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to manage student behavior.
Ability to adjust and adapt to a variety of situations in the school environment.
Belief in and alignment with IDEA's mission and values.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a school or school setting.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage the campus vision and execution for student persistence and family engagement.
Plan and execute student and family engagement events aligned with campus culture, community, and family needs.
Provide campus professional development clarifying staff responsibilities for family engagement.
Maintain accurate student persistence data and reporting in partnership with the campus PEIMS team; analyze withdrawal trends, at-risk coding, potential leavers, dropouts, and leaver coding.
Partner with grade-level teams to identify at-risk students and coordinate interventions with campus staff.
Lead parent conversations and problem-solve with the campus lead team to address student and family needs.
Lead family communications through Remind, Smore, and Facebook.
Administer and analyze two parent surveys and two student surveys annually, and develop strategic responses to parent feedback.
Partner with the Enrollment Specialist and APO to ensure new students and families receive high-quality onboarding beginning on the first day of school.
Direct campus staff efforts to retain new students and plan events that welcome and integrate new families.
Maintain accurate new-student persistence data and reporting in partnership with the SIS/Registrar and other campus stakeholders.
Establish onboarding structures that help new families and students develop community and belonging within their first 10 days.
Document interventions, crises, and critical incidents in the district-wide documentation system; provide at least ten hours of direct student services weekly.
Collaborate with community agencies and connect students and families to community resources, serving as a liaison to coordinate support.
Use student and family survey data twice a year to assess campus climate and culture.
Serve on the campus crisis response team and help meet student and family social-emotional needs.
Train teachers and campus staff on the Move This World curriculum and implementation expectations.
Promote effective implementation of the mental health curriculum, observe curriculum blocks, provide monthly feedback, and track progress through weekly updates.
Conduct beginning- and end-of-year assessments of mental health competencies, school climate, safety, and belonging; review results and develop action steps.
Ensure crisis responses are documented in required platforms within 24–28 hours and maintain accurate crisis data across systems.
Audit crisis data, present updates and recommendations at monthly CCT meetings, and collaborate with CCT members to ensure risk and threat assessment protocols are followed.
Ensure CCT members are trained in risk and threat assessment protocols and create campus crisis binders with necessary assessments and materials.
Ensure safety plans and/or re-entry meetings are documented in the Case Management System following applicable risk and threat assessments.

Benefits

Performance bonus based on team performance and goal attainment.
Comprehensive medical benefits, with the majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan covered and the majority of costs for a spouse/domestic partner and children subsidized.
Paid family leave of up to eight weeks for eligible staff, subject to tenure and caregiver designation.
Tuition reimbursement of up to 50% of tuition for a qualifying degree program, capped at $5,250 per year and subject to manager discretion and budget availability.
Employer-paid mental and behavioral health services, including five face-to-face counseling sessions per year and unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Disability insurance.
Life insurance.
Parenting benefits.
Flexible spending account options.
Vacation time.
Referral bonuses.
Professional development.
403(b) plan.
Relocation allowance may be offered, if applicable.