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School Counselor at Waterloo Middle School

Probationary appointment

RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ Ensuring that students perform their best academically by collaborating and consulting with educational team members, parents, and administration to create a safe and supportive learning environment.

+ Consulting with other professional staff and community-based providers to continue support for students at home

+ Participating in the CSE/504 process as appropriate.

+ Assisting students with personal goal setting, action planning, and progress-monitoring

+ Providing support in pathways for college and/or career readiness, and long-term post-secondary planning.

+ Monitoring student academic performance, behavior, and attendance and facilitating appropriate interventions.

+ Providing classroom guidance instruction to students in several areas including college and career readiness, study and organizational skills, self-awareness and identity development, and social/emotional learning.

+ Assisting administrators with mediating student conflicts and partnering with parents and other stakeholders to identify barriers to learning and designing personalized interventions.

+ Providing group and/or individual counseling using evidence-based interventions to address the diverse needs of students.

+ Maintaining knowledge of skills related to trauma, illness and grief, and providing crisis intervention for students as needed

+ May assist in creating Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans.

+ Performing such other duties as may be assigned by the Building Principal, Director of PPS, or Superintendent as deemed necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the position.

SALARY: minimum $57,197.13 with masters per WEA Contract of agreement

Job Qualifications

+ New York State School Counselor certification

+ Demonstrated familiarity with and understanding of the many challenges facing youth and families and is committed to strengthening the connection between youth/families and schools.

+ Holds the skills necessary for and an appreciation of cultural and linguistic diversity as represented in the school community.

+ Appreciation that confidentiality and privacy is maintained with respect to all communications and records, unless exempted by law.

+ Preferred to have successful completion of all elements of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) training

Position Start Date:09/02/2025

Application Deadline:08/04/2025