The Middle and Upper School Counselor serves as a critical member of the school community. The counselor delivers and monitors interventions to support students in meeting and surpassing their individualized goals. The role will include providing core services to students and staff in prevention, consultation, intervention, and assessment. The counselor will work as part of the student support team and work closely with faculty and staff. The ideal candidate will have school experience and outside of school clinical experience.

The Essential Duties Of A School Counselor Include, But Are Not Limited To:

Provide direct services to the school community including:

• Serve as a resource for students, faculty, and families related to social and emotional challenges

• Individual and group counseling (school-based and mandated)

• Develop and implement curriculum for social and emotional development/intervention with students.

• Refer, monitor, and evaluate individuals and families to external resources and services

• Provide crisis intervention and behavior management to expedite students’ return to classrooms for learning and to build students’ ability to meet all social, emotional and academic expectations

• Administer records, documentation, and other compliance activities.

• Engage with outside providers related to specific student needs and challenges

• Make referrals when necessary to outside providers

• Collaborate with other support team members and be a resource to one another

• Communicate all necessary information to appropriate members of the school community

• Participate in team meetings about students’ and their needs.

• Attend division meetings and full faculty meetings; participate in school-wide and division-based committees and ad hoc committees where necessary. 

Diversity and Equity Commitments:

• Understand and participate in all school-wide diversity and equity initiatives

• Examine support services through the lens of race, identity, equity, and privilege. 

• Develop a SEL curriculum in conjunction with Director of Curriculum and Innovation, and Director Equity and Community Engagement of that provides students with an opportunity to recognize their many identities

Staff and Reporting Relationships:

The counselor reports to the Upper School and Middle School Division Heads. They also work collaboratively with the Dean of Students, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, faculty, and other support staff.

Please send resume to Martha Harvey, Director of Human Resources, at jobs@allendalecolumbia.org. Please include your full name and “Middle and Upper School Counselor” in the subject line. Please do not send a fax or a paper copy.