Diversity is a core value for the Beverly Public School District. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all students, staff and faculty. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.
Beverly High School is looking for an interim SAC to the end of the School Year.
We are looking for people who have:
- Persistent belief in the potential for all students to succeed academically with an asset-based mindset
- Ability to communicate respectfully and in a culturally proficient manner with parents/guardians about student progress and language acquisition
- Ability to analyze and utilize student data to develop and/or co-create curriculum and instruction that meets the needs of diverse learners.
School Adjustment Counselor’s job is to provide, as a member of the Pupil Personnel Services department, a comprehensive counseling program for students in grades 9-12 and specifically to provide activities to meet the needs of their assigned caseload, to consult with teachers, other staff, and parents to enhance their effectiveness in helping students, and to provide support to other schools during and after crisis situations. The Adjustment Counselor is expected to help plan, organize, and deliver the school/district counseling program, participate in the assessment of social and emotional functioning, consult, organize, and assist with individual planning interventions in collaboration with partners (e.g., teachers, parents, outside agencies), and provide responsive services in consultation with administrators, teachers and student support services, through referrals to external organizations/agencies. The Adjustment Counselor reports directly to the Building Principal or, if so directed by the Principal, to an Assistant Principal, and to the Administrator of Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services for the purpose of district program coordination.
Compensation is set in accordance with the
Beverly Teachers Association Unit A collective bargaining agreement and is commensurate with experience and education.
