School Counselor - Los Angeles, United States - Alliance College-Ready Public Schools

Alliance College-Ready Public Schools

Verified Company

Los Angeles, United States

5 days ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

ABOUT ALLIANCE COLLEGE-READY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Alliance College-Ready Public Schools is one of the largest and most successful nonprofit public charter school networks in the nation, operating 26 high-performing, public charter middle and high schools that educate nearly 13,000 scholars from Los Angeles' most underserved communities.

Alliance schools have been recognized as among the best in the nation by US News & World Report, Newsweek, the U.S.

Department of Education, and the California Department of Education.

Since opening its first school in 2004, 95% of Alliance scholars have graduated from high school and been accepted to college.

We strive to truly change the life trajectories of our scholars and communities. Now is the time to join our collaborative community to make long-lasting change across Los Angeles. Come teach at Alliance, where teachers achieve and scholars succeed.

ROLE SUMMARY

Alliance Counselors at Middle Schools and High Schools are responsible for providing a comprehensive school counseling program that is preventative in design, developmental in implementation, and supports Alliance scholars in the areas of academic achievement, college planning and matriculation, career exploration, and personal and social development.

Alliance counselors serve as advocates on campus who provide support and assist in the communication between each scholar and their teachers, administrators, parents, coaches, and prospective supplemental/enrichment programs.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Counselors at the Middle and High school levels will differ.

They may include, but are not limited to:

Provide guidance to support high school completion_
Use data to develop and inform the development of the school counseling program and evaluate the program's impact on the school's instruction and operating goals.
Provide resources and information to assist scholars in developing a rigorous academic course schedule, aligned with scholars' skills and interests.
Inform scholars and their parents/guardians of test results and their implications for educational planning.
Provide direct preventative and responsive services to scholars, including individual scholar planning and evaluating scholars' graduation status to inform scholars of their status for graduation.
Assist in ensuring proper and accurate scholar schedules and making appropriate schedule changes as needed, supporting the registration process, and using data to support scholar planning.
As necessary, develop or support the development of 504 plans, participate in Individual Education Plan (IEP) meetings, and contribute to the development of scholars' Individual Transition Plan (ITP).
Facilitate and/or participate in Scholar Success Team (SST) meetings/Grade Level Team meetings/Culture Team meetings.
Counsel, motivate, and work with scholars who are underachieving or need additional support academically.
Provide guidance to support college matriculation and completion aligned with scholar's personal interests and strengths_
Create a collegegoing culture across the school, at all grade levels.
Coordinate career awareness activities across all grade levels such as career fairs and guest speakers.
Develop and implement programs related to financial aid literacy and readiness for all grade levels.
Develop and implement opportunities for scholarships and financial aid completion.
Oversee general alumni tracking and reporting requests.
Support the personal development of scholars_
Conduct structured, goaloriented, datadriven guidance to meet the identified needs of individuals or groups of scholars.
Assess scholar needs and make referrals to appropriate Alliance resources, social agencies, community agencies, and alternative programs in consultation with their parents/guardians.
Consult and coordinate the referral process with other school and Alliance personnel including school psychologists, social workers, administrators, teachers, and other community resources.
Plan, coordinate, and/or implement classroom guidance sessions to meet the identified counseling competencies in the areas of academic achievement, career and educational development, and personal and social development to assist scholars in developing decisionmaking skills and identifying life goals.
Consult and collaborate with teachers, staff, and parents/guardians regarding the developmental needs of scholars.
Must be able to adapt to the varying needs of students, parents, and stakeholders including, but not limited to, the ability to work in highpressure situations and environments.

Provide systems support_

Use Alliance technology platforms (e.g. PowerSchool, Naviance) to inform and support the counseling program.
Build community resources to promote scholars' academic, personal/social emotional, college & career success.
Act as an advocate for scholars as appropriate in conjunction with other staff.
Provide professional development programs fo