JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

JOB TITLE: Chimacum Jr/Sr High School Counselor

Certification: WA State Teacher Certification (MA in School Counseling)

Job Summary:

The Junior/Senior High School Counselor provides individual and group educational, social, and personal counseling to grades 7 – 12.  This position performs support activities related to the total school environment.

Essential Job Functions:

• Identify and refer students in need of specialized services and instruction
• Effectively communicate with students, staff and parents
• Consult with parents regarding parenting concerns and problems that are related to student's school adjustment and performance
• Support teachers and principal in creating a positive environment throughout the school
• Provide counseling services to students: career development, crisis, and college information
• Maintain supplementary school records
• Coordinate student 504 plans
• Work with students and staff to complete High School & Beyond Plans
• Work with administration to develop and maintain the Master Schedule and schedule students
• Monitor graduation requirements for all students
• Prepare and distribute credit evaluations for all students
• Coordinate with the Running Start and Skills Center programs
• Complete transfer student credit evaluations
• Monitor the senior scholarship portfolio process
• Facilitate Parent Information Nights
• Coordinate test registration (SAT, ACT, PSAT, ASVAB, State Exams)
• Coordinate the MTSS process
• Facilitate an advisory group

Desired Experience:

• WSIPC and Skyward student scheduling and student records training preferred
• Master scheduling experience
• High school counseling/teaching experience
• Experience working with students in at risk programs
• Experience working with students who have 504 plans
• Experience providing individual and group counseling
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Experience with mentoring/advising individuals and groups
• Familiarity and experience with the National School Counseling model
• Experience with the PBIS process and strategies for all tiers

Desired Characteristics:

• High expectations for student achievement and behavior
• Willingness to get involved in student interventions, in or outside the classroom
• Willingness to coach or advise co-curricular clubs or activities
• Commitment to continued professional development
• Willingness to collaborate with district counselors and administrators

Additional Job Information

This position may be combined with other assignments depending on qualifications.

Physical and Environmental Requirements of the Position:

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, move about, hear and speak, and be visually observant of classroom behavior and learning activities.

The employee may occasionally lift, restrain, or move up to 100 pounds – most typically when required to intervene in student safety issues.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, or consistent with the subject being taught, but can be abnormally loud on occasion.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally work in outside weather conditions and be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, temperature fluctuations, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals commonly used in instruction and/or cleaning. It may be expected that the individual could be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials during the course of their duties. The employee may be exposed to infectious disease as carried by students.

The employee may be required to travel on school owned or leased vehicles while supervising and assisting students.

Application Material Required

Go to https://www.csd49.org/Content2/employment-application to submit an online application. Complete online applications include: letter of interest, completed district application, resume, and three (3) letters of recommendation.

Questions regarding completion of application? Please contact:

Upuli Murray, Executive Assistant

Upuli_murray@csd49.org

(360) 302-5891

Open until filled

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About Chimacum Schools:

OUR PURPOSE

To be a caring community for courageous learners

OUR PROMISE

Every student is known by name, strength, and need, to inspire them to learn, dream, and become

Surrounded by farms and forests at the base of the Olympic Mountains and the edge of the Salish Sea, Chimacum Schools are the heart center of a proud and vibrant rural community. We offer a deeply rewarding work environment with dedicated colleagues, enriching professional development, community partnerships, and regionally competitive compensation. 

Chimacum provides PreK-12 students engaging place-based and hands-on learning, opportunities for accelerated learning like College in the High School coursework, locally produced school lunches, and an invitation to educational innovation and support, among other amazing professional opportunities.

The Chimacum Promise to our community is Every student is known by name, strength, and need, and aspires to learn, dream, and become. We are deeply dedicated to authentic collaborative practices and not fads to meet our students’ needs in the classroom setting, regardless of their academic, social, or behavioral differences.

The district reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the district desires. This job description is illustrative and in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. The job requirements are subject to change within the district’s sole discretion to reasonably accommodate qualified disabled individuals.

Chimacum School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.  The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:  

Civil Rights and Title IX Coordinator: Stephanie McCleary                  Section 504/ADA Coordinator: Sarah Walker

stephanie_mccleary@csd49.org                                                                 sarah_walker@csd49.org

PO Box 278, Chimacum, WA 98325-0278                                                  PO Box 278, Chimacum, WA 98325-0278

360.302.5894                                                                                         360.302.5823

Chimacum School District will also take steps to assure that national origin persons who lack English language skills can participate in all education programs, services and activities. Contact Sarah Walker at (360) 302-5823 for information regarding translation services or transitional bilingual education programs

NOTE:  All new employees are required to undergo a criminal history check via fingerprint cards with the Washington State Patrol and FBI.  Employment is conditional pending a satisfactory background check.

Chimacum School District is a smoke and drug free workplace which includes nicotine delivering devices.