About this role
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in counseling from an accredited institution.
- Valid Florida teaching certificate in guidance and counseling PK-12.
- Proven experience successfully managing business/department functions and staff preferred.
- Industry certification preferred.
- Lean Six Sigma Certification preferred.
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find acceptable.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Clear and concise oral and written communication skills; analytical, mathematical, organizational, and prioritization skills; flexibility and adaptability in dealing with rapidly changing priorities and demands.
- Knowledge and application of counseling theories and practices.
- Knowledge of and the ability to interpret and enforce pertinent regulations, policies, and procedures for the functional area of assignment.
- Knowledge of and experience using multiple project management tools and methodologies.
- Knowledge of HIPAA, Public Records, Sunshine Law, FERPA, and other laws/regulations related to student and employee privacy, public information, and records retention.
- Ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical personnel.
- Ability to deliver high-quality customer service in a timely and professional manner.
- Ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with all stakeholders.
Revised: 1/26/21
Responsibilities
- Design and implement a data-driven, comprehensive school counseling program for all students to address barriers to student learning and to close achievement/opportunity gaps. Comprehensive school counseling programs define program goals that focus on three areas of student development: academic, college/career, and social-emotional.
- Provide direct services for students including, but not limited to, school counseling core curriculum, individual counseling and student planning, large and small group counseling, and preventative and responsive services.
- Provide indirect services on behalf of students including, but not limited to, referrals for additional assistance and consultation/collaboration with parents, teachers, administrators, and other key stakeholders to create learning environments that promote educational equity, access, and success for every student.
- Deliver programs that promote students’ development of the American School Counselor Association’s essential mindsets and behavior standards including, but not limited to, learning skills, social skills, self-management skills, and college/career readiness skills.
- Increase understanding of school counseling student standards and engage faculty, students, parents, and community members in comprehending the connection between these standards and the vision of academic success and social-emotional development aligned to college/career readiness.
- Use the skills of leadership, advocacy, and collaboration to create systemic change to improve the academic, social-emotional, and post-graduate success for all students.
- Act as a systems change agent to ensure a safe and supportive school climate that promotes the success of all students through opportunities for academic development, social-emotional learning, and college/career readiness.
- Foster parent and community partnerships to support the academic, social-emotional, and career development of all students.
- Infuse cultural competence along with ethical and professional competencies in planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating the comprehensive school counseling program.
- Provide counseling for students during times of transition, separation, heightened stress, and critical change.
- Support the continuum of mental health services, including prevention and intervention strategies, and identifies best practices for collaborating with community mental health providers to enhance student success.
- Develop and communicates a school counseling vision and mission statement that is concise, clear, and comprehensive, describing a school counseling program’s purpose for every student in alignment with the school, district, and state visions/missions.
- Use school data to identify and assist individual students who are performing below grade level and provide opportunities and resources to be successful in school.
- Utilize technology effectively and efficiently to plan, organize, implement, and evaluate the comprehensive school counseling program.
- Use legal and ethical decision-making based on standards and principles of the school counseling profession and educational systems, including district and building policies.
- Perform Medicaid administrative claims reimbursable activities as directed in accordance with Chapter 3 of the federally approved School District Administrative Claiming (SDAC) Guide.
Revised: 1/26/21
Additional Job Information
Candidates selected for a position at this location may qualify for an incentive. Please visit our website to learn more information:https://www.leeschools.net/cms/One.aspx?portalId=676305&pageId=218316964
Candidates who do not hold this specific certification are eligible to apply for positions and may be eligible to be hired in a subject area that is not on their Florida teaching certificate. For additional information, please contact the Human Resources Main line at 239-337-8197.