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Counselor - Private School (Title I Program)

1 month ago


Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States Grand Rapids Public School District Full time
Job Title: Counselor - Private School (Title I Program)

This is a challenging and rewarding role for a skilled counselor who is passionate about supporting students in a private school setting.

Job Summary:

The Counselor - Private School (Title I Program) will provide a comprehensive guidance program for students attending private schools. The successful candidate will work closely with teachers, staff, parents, and post-secondary institutions to enhance their effectiveness in helping students become college and/or career ready.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Implement the Michigan Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Program
  • Guide and counsel groups and individual students through the development of educational development plans
  • Counsel small groups and individual students concerning relevant and current issues
  • Consult with teaching faculty, staff, and parents regarding the developmental needs of students
  • Refer students as needed to appropriate community resources in consultation with their parents
  • Participate in, coordinate, or conduct activities which contribute to the effective operation of the school
  • Assist in the transition of students from elementary to middle school, middle school to high school, and high school to post-secondary education or vocational education
  • Pursue professional growth
  • Collect required data on students being served
  • Work with teachers and other support groups for students as needed
  • Keep a weekly log and/or plan of activities as part of documentation for the school improvement plan
  • Collects, organizes, and analyzes information about individual students through records, tests, interviews, and professional sources, to appraise their interests, aptitudes, abilities, personality characteristics, to assist those students and their parents with vocational and educational planning
  • Assist students and families with the high school course selection process according to state requirements and scheduling students into courses
  • Assist with the building of the school's master schedule
Requirements:
  • Master's Degree in school counseling
  • Current valid Michigan counseling license or teaching certification with a counseling endorsement
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Counseling experience at the secondary level
Additional Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated understanding of district and state graduation requirements
  • Demonstrated understanding of the ASCA school model
  • Demonstrated ability to work with students/parents in a large urban district
  • Demonstrated respect for confidentiality
  • Demonstrated excellent computer skills (MS Office)
  • Demonstrated excellent communication skills
  • Knowledge and understanding of facilitating small or large guidance groups
  • Demonstrated ability to work as a member of the team
  • Demonstrated ability to problem solve
ADA Requirements:

The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment).

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust/focus.

Work Environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate.

Work is performed indoors although there will be required outdoor activities.

The employee is directly responsible for the safety and well-being of students.

Mental Functions:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile, and negotiate.

Method of Application:

Grand Rapids Public Schools manages employment applications online.

Applications must be completed at https://www.grps.org/onlineapp.

No hardcopy applications/resumes will be accepted for this position.

Computer terminals are available in the GRPS Franklin Campus lobby from 8:00am - 4:00pm, Monday-Friday, for applicant use (Monday - Thursday during the summer).

Non-Discrimination

The Grand Rapids Public Schools will not discriminate against any person based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, height, weight, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, veteran or military status.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Accommodations:

Assistance with the application process may be requested through the Human Resources Department at https://www.grps.org/hr.