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Job Description
Position OverviewThe School Counselor will work directly with students and families to provide effective, high quality interventions that are data-driven. The Counselor will work directly with teachers to cultivate their knowledge of students’ social and emotional development. To ensure that we are meeting the social and emotional needs of all students and families we educate, our School Counselor will be a key driver of our schools’ student culture vision of creating safe, inclusive, and character building culture for every child. The School Counselor provides the following core services: prevention, intervention, assessment, and collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:Responsibilities of the School Counselor include, but are not limited to:
Prevention
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 Collegiate High School 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
Intervention
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
Assessment
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
Collaboration
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
Be available for open houses, parent-teacher conferences, and other events involving families outside of normal operating hours
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s Degree preferred
At least two years of counseling experience (Preferred)
Demonstrated passion for the mission, vision and values of KIPP Nashville; comfort and willingness to actively participate in the KIPP Nashville community
Demonstrated success in building relationships and trust with leaders, teachers, students, parents and community
Professional School Counselor license eligible
Additional Information
Salary is competitive, commensurate with experience, and includes benefits.
First yearteachers with a bachelors degree start at $50,898, First year teachers with a masters & above start at $56,078.Apply directly online. Please contact Kristen Kendall, Manager of Talent Recruitment, at [emailprotected] with questions.KIPP Nashville is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual preference, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, pregnancy, or veteran status.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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