SCHOOL COUNSELOR

Position Type:
Student Support Services/Guidance Counselor

Date Posted:
3/28/2024

Location:
Elyria Catholic High School

Date Available:
2024-2025 School Year SCHOOL COUNSELOR: Elyria Catholic High School seeks a full-time School Counselor for the
2024-25 school year. Responsibilities include providing comprehensive counseling services to
students, and promoting their academic, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being. This role
involves collaborating with students, parents, teachers, and administration to foster a supportive
and nurturing school environment in accordance with Catholic values. Help students address or
overcome problems that impede learning and assist them in making educational, career, and life
plans that will enable them to develop as young adults. Monitor the progress of individual
students and provide feedback to students and parents. Support students with academic issues
and provide encouragement. Regularly communicate necessary information to students, team
members, and supervisors regarding students' needs. Work collaboratively with staff for the
good of students and the school. Desire to grow professionally by partaking in professional
development. The ideal candidate for this position believes: Students are granted individual gifts
and talents by God to do his work. It is the teacher's responsibility to develop and foster them.
As parents and guardians are the primary educators of their children, teachers must give them
the encouragement and opportunity to participate in their child's intellectual, social, and spiritual
formation. The teacher's primary role is to develop the whole person by passing on the Catholic
faith, teaching Gospel values, and providing academic excellence. All students can learn. It is
the teacher's responsibility to provide a variety of instructional approaches to meet learning
styles. He or she must foster a love of learning to encourage students to live a life of service to
God and others.

Qualifications for this position:
Valid Ohio license in counseling, Virtus certification and FBI/BCI background check.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland was founded on April 23, 1847. Under the leadership
of the Most Reverend Edward G. Malesic, Bishop of Cleveland, it is the twenty-third largest
Diocese in the United States. The Diocese encompasses the counties of Cuyahoga, Summit,
Lorain, Lake, Geauga, Medina, Wayne, and Ashland. There are more than 692,000 Catholics in
the Diocese, and Catholic Charities- Diocese of Cleveland is one of the largest diocesan
systems of social services in the world. There are 185 parishes, 110 Catholic schools, 1 pastoral
center, and 1 mission office within the Diocese. The cathedral is the Cathedral of St. John the
Evangelist, located in downtown Cleveland. Please go to our website,
www.dioceseofcleveland.org, for more information about the mission, persons, and ministries of
our diocese. The Office of Catholic Education provides expertise, experience, and energy to
lead and assist those who carry out the education ministries of the Diocese of Cleveland. In
steadfast support of our over 40,000 students and their families, the Office works to ensure that
each school has the capacity to deliver strong, positive, irresistibly Catholic education for
continued growth in academic excellence and faith formation. The Catholic Diocese of
Cleveland and Elyria Catholic High School are pleased to accept applications for the position of
School Counselor. Elyria Catholic High School (ECHS) is a Diocesan-owned, comprehensive,
coeducational, Catholic high school committed to academic excellence and the development of
student gifts. Enrollment is 482 students in grades 9 through 12.

To Apply:
Position will remain open until filled. For consideration, please submit a cover letter,
resume, contact information for three (3) professional references, and a completed Diocese of
Cleveland Employment Application to employment@elyriacatholic.com.

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