School Counselor

The School District of Lee County is hiring a School Counselor at various schools throughout Lee County. This role will address the developmental needs of all students through a comprehensive school counseling program focused on the academic, career, and social-emotional development of all students through leadership, advocacy, collaboration, and systemic change.

Minimum Qualifications :

• Master’s degree in School 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.

Essential Job Functions :

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.

Your Perks :

• Employee insurance plans including free employee health and life insurance
• Retirement programs
• Employee benefits & wellness programs including monetary incentives
• Free access to state-of-the art gym (located at district office)
• Free professional development
• A variety of discount partners

About the School District of Lee County :

The School District of Lee County is the eighth-largest district in Florida and America's 33rd-largest school district.* We proudly educate approximately 99,000 students in grades K-12, with thousands more adult learners.

We are one of the county’s largest employers, with approximately 12,000 full- and part-time employees, and with the District's construction program, building new schools and renovating and expanding existing facilities, the District has been the area's largest developers.

• Source : National Center for Education Statistics
25 days ago