School Counselor- Sunshine Elementary

School Counselor Opportunity – Base Salary $62,384

The School District of Lee County is hiring a School Counselor at Sunshine Elementary who will address the developmental needs of all students through a comprehensive school counseling program focused on the academic, career, and social-emotional development of all students through leadership, advocacy, collaboration, and systemic change.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in School Counseling from an accredited institution.
• Valid Florida teaching certificate in guidance and counseling PK-12.
• Proven experience successfully managing business/department functions and staff preferred.
• Industry certification preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma Certification preferred.

Essential Job Functions:

• Design and implement a data-driven, comprehensive school counseling program for all students to address barriers to student learning and to close achievement/opportunity gaps. Comprehensive school counseling programs define program goals that focus on three areas of student development: academic, college/career, and social-emotional.
• Provide direct services for students including, but not limited to, school counseling core curriculum, individual counseling and student planning, large and small group counseling, and preventative and responsive services.
• Provide indirect services on behalf of students including, but not limited to, referrals for additional assistance and consultation/collaboration with parents, teachers, administrators, and other key stakeholders to create learning environments that promote educational equity, access, and success for every student.
• Deliver programs that promote students’ development of the American School Counselor Association’s essential mindsets and behavior standards including, but not limited to, learning skills, social skills, self-management skills, and college/career readiness skills.
• Increase understanding of school counseling student standards and engage faculty, students, parents, and community members in comprehending the connection between these standards and the vision of academic success and social-emotional development aligned to college/career readiness.
• Use the skills of leadership, advocacy, and collaboration to create systemic change to improve the academic, social-emotional, and post-graduate success for all students.
• Act as a systems change agent to ensure a safe and supportive school climate that promotes the success of all students through opportunities for academic development, social-emotional learning, and college/career readiness.
• Foster parent and community partnerships to support the academic, social-emotional, and career development of all students.
• Infuse cultural competence along with ethical and professional competencies in planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating the comprehensive school counseling program.
• Provide counseling for students during times of transition, separation, heightened stress, and critical change.
• Support the continuum of mental health services, including prevention and intervention strategies, and identifies best practices for collaborating with community mental health providers to enhance student success.
• Develop and communicates a school counseling vision and mission statement that is concise, clear, and comprehensive, describing a school counseling program’s purpose for every student in alignment with the school, district, and state visions/missions.
• Use school data to identify and assist individual students who are performing below grade level and provide opportunities and resources to be successful in school.
• Utilize technology effectively and efficiently to plan, organize, implement, and evaluate the comprehensive school counseling program.
• Use legal and ethical decision-making based on standards and principles of the school counseling profession and educational systems, including district and building policies.
• Perform Medicaid administrative claims reimbursable activities as directed in accordance with Chapter 3 of the federally approved School District Administrative Claiming (SDAC) Guide.

Your Perks:

• Employee insurance plans including free employee health and life insurance
• Retirement programs
• Employee benefits & wellness programs including monetary incentives
• Free access to state-of-the art gym (located at district office)
• Free professional development
• A variety of discount partners

About the School District of Lee County:

The School District of Lee County is the eighth-largest district in Florida and America's 33rd-largest school district.* We proudly educate approximately 99,000 students in grades K-12, with thousands more adult learners. We are one of the county’s largest employers, with approximately 12,000 full- and part-time employees, and with the District's construction program, building new schools and renovating and expanding existing facilities, the District has been the area's largest developers.

*Source: National Center for Education Statistics

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $62,384.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Physical Setting:

• Public school

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Application Question(s):

• Do you have a Master's degree in School Counseling?

Education:

• Master's (Required)

License/Certification:

• Florida/out-of-state teaching certificate (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Lehigh Acres, FL (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $62,384