School Counselor - (LTS)
About The Position
District 196 is hiring a School Counselor for a 1.0 FTE long-term substitute position at Rosemount High School. The anticipated employment period is October 30, 2026, through January 20, 2027. The counselor supports students’ academic success, college and career readiness, and social and emotional development through counseling, consultation, collaboration, referrals, and a comprehensive school counseling program. The role provides individual and group counseling, academic counseling, and support to student services administration in addressing student and teacher challenges. The counselor works with students, families, school staff, and community resources, and assesses and reports program results to the school community. The position reports to the Building Principal. Compensation and benefits are according to the contractual agreement; benefit eligibility and coverage depend on the applicable terms.
Requirements
- Licensed by the State of Minnesota as a school counselor.
- Strong general academic background.
- Knowledge of the skills and attitudes students need for academic success, college and career readiness, and social/emotional development.
- Ability to relate positively to students, staff, and the community.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated experience and proficiency working with a culturally, ethnically, racially, and socioeconomically diverse school community.
Responsibilities
- Provide individual and group counseling for students.
- Provide academic counseling for students.
- Assist student services administration in addressing student and teacher challenges.
- Initiate referrals to child study and special programs, and serve as a resource to teams of school personnel.
- Apply developmental, learning, counseling, and education theories.
- Demonstrate understanding of educational systems, legal issues, policies, research, and trends in education.
- Demonstrate leadership through development and implementation of a comprehensive school counseling program.
- Apply legal and ethical principles of the school counseling profession.
- Apply school counseling professional standards and competencies.
- Demonstrate understanding of how cultural, social, and environmental influences affect student success and opportunities.
- Use the ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors for Student Success standards to inform implementation of the comprehensive school counseling program.
- Refer students to appropriate school and community resources.
- Consult to support student achievement and success.
- Collaborate with families, teachers, administrators, other school staff, and education stakeholders to support student achievement and success.
- Assess and report program results to the school community.
Benefits
- Medical insurance (if benefit eligible).
- Dental insurance (if benefit eligible).
- Life insurance (if benefit eligible).
- Long-term disability insurance (if benefit eligible).
- Sick leave (if benefit eligible).
- State pension plan (if benefit eligible).
- Tax-deferred retirement savings account (if benefit eligible).
- Flexible spending account (if benefit eligible).
- Some employee groups also receive vacation, holidays, or personal leave.
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