School Counselor - Augusta County, VA, United States - VA School for the Deaf & Blind

Description

Title:
School Counselor


State Role Title:
Trainer and Instructor II


Hiring Range:
$47,610 - $75,000


Pay Band: 4


Agency:
VA School for the Deaf & Blind


Location:
VA School for Deaf & Blind


Recruitment Type:
General Public - G


About VSDB

The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind (VSDB) is located in the historic, vibrant city of Staunton, Virginia.

VSDB provides superior education for students who are deaf/hard of hearing, blind/vision impaired, deafblind, and deaf or blind with other disabilities.

VSDB offers PreK-12 education with both residential and day student options.

VSDB believes that disabilities are challenges not barriers and supports each student in their goal to be independent and to reach their highest academic potential

VSDB prepares students for life


About This Position
This is a potential opening for the School Year.

The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind is seeking a School Counselor to provide personal and academic counseling that addresses the Virginia Standards of Learning for guidance services for elementary, middle school and high school age students.

This is a 10-month, faculty position with state benefits, including health insurance, retirement, life insurance, and disability coverage.
The beginning date for this position is the beginning of our next school year in July 2024.

• The VSDB offers:

- $3,500 Sign-on Bonus available

• Great comprehensive benefit package with signon bonus
• Supportive and positive team setting
• School-Residential partnership that supports a 24/7 learning environment

Job Duties

Responsibilities include:

• Maintains the guidance program by assessing student needs and coordinating guidance services for students on their caseload.
• Collaborates with the School Social Worker to ensure guidance services are consistent between all grade levels and students receive the necessary services for successful progression.
• Provides personal and psychoeducational counseling in a one on one setting or group setting on a scheduled basis, in the areas of socioemotional, academic and career development.
• Provide support for new students and TEMP program students in the form of checkins and teacher collaboration.
• Provides support for Character Education programming as necessary.
• Maintains schedules of students; Inputting classes, sections, and student schedule in Powerschool.
• Maintains the most current information in the School Counseling/Social Work field by attending professional development opportunities, such as conferences, training,and site visits.
• Conducts informal and standardized career and technology assessments for the purposes of transition planning school wide.
• Conduct Classroom Guidance lessons related to Career/ Employment, Training, and Higher education opportunities,
• Meets with each student individually or in groups to address individual Career/Transition goals and Academic Plans at times coordinated with academic teachers.
• Develops or serves as a consultant for the development of transition plans in the Individualized Education Plans for all appropriately aged students on their caseload, along with attending IEP meetings to report on Transition progress and planning.
• Serves as facility liaison to link students with outside agencies and coordinate vocational, educational and transitional services, such as Department of Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI), Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS), Virginia Rehabilitation college recruiters, etc.
• Assists students in making the transition from school to school, school to work, or school to additional education and training.
• Works in conjunction with VSDB administration to develop class schedules for all high school students to ensure compliance with graduation requirements by gathering and coordinating information from students, families and VSDB staff.
• Serves as a member of the Admissions team to evaluate information for potential placement of students
• Assesses potential success of student and determine class placement
• Serves as a member of the Student Support team to monitor the socialemotional and behavioral needs of students
• Serves as a member of the Administrative Support Team to support programs and activities on campus.
• Serves as a member of the Threat Assessment Team to evaluate threats or risks on campus.
• Follows up with counseling related issues communicated from Incident Reports in the School and the Residential Hall setting.
• Administers and monitors testing with appropriate accommodations for entrance to the workforce, colleges or higher education, such as the ACT, SAT, VPT, WorkKeys, etc.
• Provides support for In

- school suspension, as needed.

• Serves as a liaison and support to the Mental Health Counseling agency on campus.
• Provides crisis counseling support for escalating situations which include but are not limited to self harm statements, behavior related re