1.0 FTE School Counselor

Iowa City Community School District•North Liberty, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

School counselors provide support to students, teachers/staff, and families with the overarching goal to improve student success for ALL students by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program. School counselors work with youth individually and in small or large group settings with a focus on academic and social emotional skills and college and career readiness. Through implementation of a comprehensive school counseling program, school counselors promote access and equity and help create a school culture of success and belonging for all students.

Requirements

Hold, at minimum, a master’s degree in school counseling
Iowa certification in school counseling

Nice To Haves

Previous counseling experience preferred
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the District may find appropriate and acceptable.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with School Counseling team, and other building staff as needed, to identify and implement evidence based practices within an MTSS process to strengthen the overall school counseling program
Teach prevention education lessons
Provide individual student academic planning and goal setting
Collaborate with families, teachers, staff, administrators and community partners geared toward student success
Analyze data and make data-based decisions to identify and respond to student needs and challenges
Regularly review data to determine effectiveness of services and make necessary adjustments
Provide counseling services (individual students/student groups, parents, crisis)
Support teachers in the classroom delivery of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for students
Connect families with district and community resources
Coordinate transition activities for students new to the community and between buildings
Serve as advocate for students and families
Facilitate restorative, problem-solving conversations with students, teachers, families and/or staff
Intervene and provide responsive support services in crisis situations
Provide skills-based instruction based on student needs identified through data
Act as a vanguard for sexual harassment, abuse, bullying, inappropriate behavior, and other difficult situations
Report suspected child abuse to Department of Human Services (DHS)
Communicate regularly with students, families, teachers, faculty and staff
Consult with teachers, families, administrators, staff and outside agency personnel and coordinate efforts to work effectively with students’ academic and/or social emotional behavioral health needs
Communicate accessibility of program to parents and students through mailings, phone contacts, e-mail, classroom presentations, and individual meetings
Meet regularly with building administrators
Regularly assess counseling program to determine effectiveness, inform improvements, highlight the positive impacts of a school counseling program on student outcomes
Participate in leadership roles within the building including, but not limited to, Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) teams, Professional Learning Committees, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) teams with a focus on advocacy for students
Facilitate, co-facilitate, and/or develop staff and family learning opportunities
Facilitate a positive/safe school climate