What are the responsibilities and job description for the Career Counselor position at Educational Service Center of Eastern Ohio (ESC of...?
Mahoning Valley Regional Council of Governments - ESC of Eastern Ohio
Position Title: Career Counselor
Category: Classified; FLSA applies.
Contract: Contract days as determined by the Governing Board; other terms and conditions of employment as per the CBA and/or Board Policy. Grant supported one-year contract, renewable with grant.
Compensation: Salary, insurance coverage and fringe benefits as per the current Board adopted policies and schedules, with placement for granted education, experience and responsibility.
Education/Degree: High school diploma or equivalent required; Associate’s degree (or higher) preferred.
Reports to: Coordinator, Career Counseling
Supervises: N/A
Job Goal: The Career Counselor will assist students in grades 5-12 to understand their choices for post-secondary education and career training; maintaining liaisons with community leaders and business; providing information and/or direction to students, parents, teachers, and administrators about career and educational services available to eligible students; developing and monitoring of Ohio graduation requirements and pathways; report data and creating reports, and promoting programs with students, staff and parents; and participate with the ESCEO's Business Advisory Council.
Qualifications:
The following qualifications are considered as guidelines:
Responsibilities at Middle School Level – Grade 5-8
Areas of Career Exploration:
Position Title: Career Counselor
Category: Classified; FLSA applies.
Contract: Contract days as determined by the Governing Board; other terms and conditions of employment as per the CBA and/or Board Policy. Grant supported one-year contract, renewable with grant.
Compensation: Salary, insurance coverage and fringe benefits as per the current Board adopted policies and schedules, with placement for granted education, experience and responsibility.
Education/Degree: High school diploma or equivalent required; Associate’s degree (or higher) preferred.
Reports to: Coordinator, Career Counseling
Supervises: N/A
Job Goal: The Career Counselor will assist students in grades 5-12 to understand their choices for post-secondary education and career training; maintaining liaisons with community leaders and business; providing information and/or direction to students, parents, teachers, and administrators about career and educational services available to eligible students; developing and monitoring of Ohio graduation requirements and pathways; report data and creating reports, and promoting programs with students, staff and parents; and participate with the ESCEO's Business Advisory Council.
Qualifications:
The following qualifications are considered as guidelines:
- Exceptional organizational and communications skills.
- Maintains and organizes documentation of service to districts.
- Confident with public speaking.
- Abilities to promote positive internal and external customer relations.
- Proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and software/programs.
- Alternatives to the above as approved by the Governing Board.
Responsibilities at Middle School Level – Grade 5-8
- Communicates with school principal, guidance counselors and intervention specialists on their career exploration needs with students at all grade levels.
- Provides career exploration through Ohio Means Jobs (OMJ) website or Naviance College and Career Readiness Solution.
- Assists with career day planning.
- Participates in Career Days, Junior Achievement, or Trade Day events.
- Creates, plans, and instructs career exploration and life skills courses chosen by administration staff.
- Knowledgeable of Ohio Means Jobs website, creating student accounts and services available to school students.
- Obtains a Safe Account through the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) to track OMJ student accounts and data.
Areas of Career Exploration:
- Communicates with school principal, guidance counselors and intervention specialists on their career exploration needs with students at all grade levels.
- Provides career exploration through Ohio Means Jobs (OMJ) website or Naviance College and Career Readiness Solution.
- Suggests and teaches career exploration and life skills courses designed to prepare HS students for college and career readiness.
- Advises, prepares, and schedules students with job shadowing experiences.
- Serves as a student advocate through communication with business and trade schools, colleges, and universities; communication with parents; collaboration with schools with outside scholarship programs.
- Engages your assigned school districts with youth services provided by Ohio Means Jobs service centers.
- Supports administrators with tracking of student credits, End of Course (EOC) data, ACT scores, and ODE graduation pathways.
- Determines which students are at risk of not graduating through data tracking.
- Uses templates provided by the Lead Career Counselor to track data for students in each district.
- Learns how to use school resources such as DASL, EMIS, and Progress Book to acquire student data needed for tracking graduation requirements and pathways.
- Communicates with school district EMIS Coordinator on student data and required reports.
- Knowledgeable of the requirements under ODE's Graduation Pathways.
- Navigates ODE website for resources/requirements that can be shared with districts, students and parents.
- Supports home school districts with the implementation of industry-recognized credentials and pre-apprenticeship opportunities.
- Assists with communication to students and parents regarding at-risk graduation and developing a Student Success Plan.
- Tracks honors diploma, ACT remediation-free scores, and 12-point industry-recognized credentials for the Prepared for Success component of the district's state report card.
- Tracks students participating in College Credit Plus, Advance Placement tests, and International Baccalaureate to calculate bonus measures for the Prepared for Success component of the state report card.
- Connects with Career Counselor or Guidance Counselor at Career and Technical Centers to track graduation pathway for students attending from home school.
- Collaborates with intervention specialists to discuss students on IEP's and assess possible alternative pathways for graduation.
- Provides school personnel information on ODE updates in regards to graduation requirements required exam scores and total points required for industry-recognized credentials.
- Supports home schools using Microsoft Office curriculum and certification testing for an industry-recognized credential.
- Performs year-end assessments with assigned school district administrative staff to evaluate the current school year services provided and set goals for the upcoming school year.
- Demonstrates ability to provide professional development and coaching to teachers and administrators.
- Communicates the needs and suggestions of the ESCEO, Business Advisory Committee to your assigned school districts.
- Contributes thoughts and ideas that will develop the services offered by Career Counselors.
