1.0 FTE Guidance Counselor

The Alburgh Community Education Center is seeking a compassionate, student-centered Guidance Counselor to join our team! This position will act as a member of a team of educators and other support personnel within the Alburgh Community Education Center. This role will utilize leadership, advocacy and collaboration to promote students success by providing preventative services and responding to identified student needs by addressing academic and personal/social development for all students. Candidates must be team players willing to work collaboratively with administrators and all staff members to create a welcoming and learning environment to help students reach their full potential.

Salary Range:

$50,000

• $93,200, based upon education and experience.

This job involves both providing school counseling services, such as one-on-one and small group as well as teaching social-emotional skills See below for a list of descriptive statements in the skill areas needed for this position.

Learning and Teaching-Performs the duties of teacher and instructional consultant as a specialist in social-emotional learning resources and strategies

• Utilizes current research and methods in SEL and counseling resources, learning, and teaching
• Uses various materials and activities to stimulate and maximize learning to help students achieve educational and personal goals.

Counseling-Provides academic, personal, and social-emotional advice to students

• Work with students to support potential skills to build their self-esteem for success in their future endeavors
• Promotes the guidance program by maintaining a positive relationship with students, staff, and community
• Develops and implements policies and procedures to provide small group and topic-focused meetings with students.

Interpersonal Communication and Collaboration-Communicates effectively with students, parents, and school staff-Effectively communicates knowledge and ideas orally to individuals and groups

• Effectively communicates knowledge and ideas in writing
• Maintains effective interpersonal relationships and communication in the professional setting.

Collaborates effectively with school personnel, parents, and community providers in the planning and decision-making process at the individual, group, and systems levels.

Collaborates with school personnel to design, implement, and evaluate school-wide standards, protocols, and other practices to enhance the educational structure for students.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, in addition to the following:

Education and Experience:

• Masters degree or degree in School Psychology or equivalent-Certification as School Counselor-Incredible patience, a warm demeanor, and the ability to explain complex emotions in simple, child-friendly terms.

Knowledge. Demonstrates knowledge of school psychological concepts and skills delineated in current national professional standards.

Certifications and Licenses. Valid Vermont Professional Educators License with a School Psychologist, Counselor, or social worker endorsement.

Language Skills. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret standard scientific and technical journals and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from parents, educators, regulatory agencies, or community members. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and boards of directors.

Mathematical Skills. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

Computer Skills and Experience. Ability to proficiently use Microsoft Word, Google tools, and various student information systems.

Reasoning Ability/Mental Requirements. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with abstract and concrete variables.

Communication & Interpersonal Skills. Ability to communicate courteously, efficiently, and effectively with various individuals, including students, faculty, administrators, parents, and representatives of outside organizations. Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with peers, subordinates, supervisors, parents, and outside agencies.

PHYSICAL EFFORT AND STRESS.

Physical ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined above, in addition to the following: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, push and pull, handle and feel, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds.

WORKING CONDITIONS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and extreme cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.