What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2024-2025 School Counselor position at Warren Easton Charter High School?
Description
Warren Easton Charter High School is one of the highest performing open-enrollment high schools in the city of New Orleans. Our legacy of educational excellence stems back over 100 years. At Warren Easton Charter High School, academic excellence is the highest priority. Our slogan is "The Easton Way is the Only Way.” Maximum individual academic growth is stressed and good study habits are established in a nurturing and well-disciplined environment. Our school community believes that a structured environment is necessary for the assimilation of knowledge and the development of cognitive skills.
Our mission is to provide rigorous and relevant instruction for all students at all academic levels to ensure each has the opportunity to achieve their maximum potential.
- Plan and/or promote programs which enhance the academic, social or emotional growth of students, e.g., Curriculum Fair, Career Fair, Underclass Honors Assembly & Senior Honors Program, Graduation, opportunities for student enrichment and/or remediation, scholarship opportunities and parent informational programs
- Meet with seniors and families and provide updates on their graduation status
- Working with students who have discipline, attendance and academic problems and are referred by teachers, parents or administrators
- Ensure that students are aware of requirements for graduation and college admission, as well as any NCAA requirements that may be necessary for athletic participation
- Guide each student to choose courses consistent with his/her interests, abilities and career plans
- Support students in developing post-secondary educational plans in accordance with their interests, abilities and career plans as well as provide them information that may push their goals
- Assist students with the completion of the college admissions process inclusive of FAFSA completion, application submission, and providing transcripts
- Organizing and promoting standardized assessment opportunities and interpreting test results to students and/or parents on request
- Assisting the Principal in the preparation of diploma lists and identification of honor graduates in preparation for the Senior Honors Program and Graduation
- Ensure that appropriate, accurate information is maintained in each student’s permanent, cumulative record and is in accordance with DOE and NOLA Public Schools requirements
- Make necessary schedule changes for individual students that are both appropriate for their abilities and aligned with their educational and career plans
- Identification and referral of students for Child Study Meetings
- Support the creation of Section 504 plans
- Actively participation in Special Education meetings as needed
- Conference with individual students who have experienced a death in the family or serious illness and notification of their teachers
- Refer students and parents/guardians to appropriate school and community resources
- Assist students in developing immediate and long-range plans by analyzing and evaluating students’ abilities, interests, skills and achievement
- Work with students in planning personal, educational, and career goals
- Assist students in making the transition from school to school through orientation activities
- Participate in the intervention team process or school support team
- Keep certifications and licensure current
Requirements
- School Certified School Counselor in the state of Louisiana
- Master’s degree in School Counseling
- Experience with school counseling, scheduling, and maintenance of student files
- Experience providing case management to students and families
- Experience serving youth in an education setting?
- Experience participating on an IEP team?
Warren Easton Charter High School adheres to the equal opportunity provision of the Federal Civil Rights laws and regulations that are applicable to this agency. Therefore, no one will be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, or national origin (Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964); sex (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972); disability (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973) in attaining educational goals and objectives and in the administration of personnel policies and procedures.
