2025-26 RI High School Counselor

Providence

School Year: 2025-26

The role of a School Counselor at Achievement First:

Achievement First invites you to apply for our School Counselor role! This is an exciting opportunity for guidance counselors dedicated to delivering exceptional counseling while continually growing in their craft. At AF, you'll be part of a vibrant, supportive community where professional development, collaborative planning, and personalized coaching from school leaders are a part of your weekly experience.

In this role, you won't just be preparing students for college and career—you'll be inspiring them to lead lives of purpose, leadership, and impact. You'll create a learning culture in which scholars can discover their fullest potential and become agents of change, making a difference within their communities and beyond.

At AF, we believe in nurturing the whole child, setting high academic standards, and fostering a classroom environment where students thrive both intellectually and emotionally—and can be their authentic selves. Together, we are building a more just and equitable world, one classroom at a time.

Join us, and be part of a team that is transforming lives through the power of education.

Skills and Characteristics of an Achievement First School Counselor will include but are not limited to:

• The related laws of Rhode Island, the BEP and the policies, regulations and procedures of the Rhode Island Department of Education
• The RI High School Regulations and graduation requirements
• Response to Intervention (academic and behavioral)
• Experience in a leadership role
• Ability to effectively communicate with staff, parents, and administration
• Ability to work effectively along with all administrators in establishing and maintaining district plans for continuous improvement of student performance
• Experience in a leadership role
• Ability to effectively communicate with staff, parents, and administration
• Ability to work effectively along with all administrators in establishing and maintaining district plans for continuous improvement of student performance
• Public Speaking; writing; listening; problem solving; dispute resolution and providing direction
• Ability to communicate with other professionals in a respectful and productive manner
• Respectful, sensitive and professional communication with family and community
• Ability to work as a team with building faculty and district staff
• Excellence in problem solving and organization skills
• Complete requirements of job in a fast-pace environment

Educational Background and Work Experience

• Valid Rhode Island School Counselor certificate PK-12
• 2 years counseling experience at a secondary level

Responsibilities of an Achievement First Teacher will include but are not limited to:

• The School Counselor is responsible for working collaboratively with the guidance department chair, building administrators, teachers and families in overseeing the function and efficiency of the building's Comprehensive Guidance Program to ensure student success
• The Counselor will meet the needs of all students by work closely with other guidance counselors, the building administrators, teachers, parents, students and will provide access to all institutions and agencies in the community that will support student achievement
• The guidance counselor works directly with the guidance department chair when establishing duties and responsibilities to ensure student success
• Work with guidance chair and other guidance counselors to implement a Comprehensive School Guidance Program that is delivered in accordance with the Rhode Island Framework for Comprehensive K-12 School Counseling Programs and the American School Counselors Association
• Promote and develop higher levels of cultural competence in all guidance staff and school personnel
• Ensure that new students and their families are properly welcomed into the school community and invited to participate in all activities held at the school to engage families as partners in education
• Develop student schedules, which include placement of students in appropriate classes to ensure college and career readiness as well to provide necessary interventions; analyze transcripts to allow access and opportunity to every student
• Maintain accurate, secure files/records to ensure that they meet the PBGRs as required by the district and state including participating portfolio review and portfolio presentations
• Develop and maintain contact with families, making use of district translators whenever necessary
• Work with other guidance staff and building leaders in planning school events
• Collaborates with the Systems Manager to analyze student data
• Understands all reform initiatives and ensures that all students understand the graduation requirements
• Provides opportunities for struggling students to attend ramp up programs
• Timely in the completion of tasks and paperwork requirements
• Creative in solutions to problems and in the development of service models to meet the needs of students
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work

Compensation & Benefits

• Employees at Achievement First are provided with a competitive salary. Our salaries are set through a lens of equity, and based on an individual's skills, education, and years of experience relevant to the role. School Counselors in Rhode Island range from $64,613-$84,305.

• As a regular full time employee of Achievement First, you will be eligible for benefits that include medical, dental, vision, and life insurance as well as a 403(b) retirement benefit package with match and paid Family Leave.

Achievement First is an equal opportunity employer and an organization that values diversity. People from all diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. Spanish language proficiency is a plus. You can learn more about diversity at Achievement First here: http://achievementfirst.org/about-us/diversity/