2022-2023 Elementary School Counselor

Trost Elementary School is hiring a full-time temporary school counselor, to begin August 29, 2022.

Why Canby?

Canby is a small town with a big vision for our schools and students. Comprised of nine schools that serve both rural and suburban areas, Canby is a growing and increasingly diverse school district where tradition and innovation come together to provide high quality, dynamic education opportunities to students of all abilities.

What You’re Looking For

• A competitive, PERS-eligible salary and supplemental retirement saving opportunities; salary range is based on a 192-day work calendar and the 2021-22 salary schedule
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits that include a generous district-paid contribution and tiered medical insurance rates to provide coverage for you and your dependents
• Optional life, short-term disability, AD&D, accident, hospital indemnity, and long-term care insurance through our partner providers
• Access to medical flexible spending accounts (FSA), dependent care accounts (DCA), and health savings accounts (HSA), with district-paid contributions if eligible
• Free mental health services, including counseling, assessments, and referrals, to support a healthy work-life balance through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Up to 12 quarter credits of tuition reimbursement at the Portland State University rate plus access to up to $500 in non-credit professional development funds per year
• One-on-one support for new educators through our professional mentorship program
  
  

What We’re Looking For

• Positive, energetic individuals who are motivated by a desire to serve
• Passionate educators who teach with joy, celebrate diversity, and believe every student can be successful
• Community-minded team players who are ready to collaborate successfully with colleagues, administrators, and families
  
  

If this sounds like you, please see the position details below and submit your application today!

About This Position

The school counselor implements a comprehensive school counseling program to ensure equitable access to a rigorous education for all students. As a professional educator with a mental health perspective, the counselor understands and responds to the needs of a diverse student population. The school counselor identifies the knowledge and skills all students will acquire as a result of the K-12 school counseling program, based on data-driven decision making. The school counselor provides proactive leadership to engage all stakeholders in the delivery of programs and services to support the students’ social emotional development, academic achievement and career preparation.

Essential Functions of the Position

• Provide students with a planned and sequential school counseling program; assist students in transitioning between grades and school levels.
• Provide academic development support to students, parents and other stakeholders with information about district and community educational resources.
• Participate in scheduling students for classes to assure academic and personal needs are met; recommend and support interventions for at-risk students; arrange for class changes and class balancing; collaborate with Special Education, ELL case managers and others to support students with special needs.
• Understand how learners grow and develop, recognizing variations within and across cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional and physical areas, and diversity of cultures and communities; implement and ensure a developmentally appropriate, challenging and high-standards learning environment.
• Promote, plan, implement prevention programs, career/college activities, course selection and placement activities, social/personal management and decision making activities.
• Make available and use data to help the whole school look at student outcomes.
• Participate/consult with teams for problem-solving; ensure responsiveness to equity and cultural diversity issues as well as learning styles. Assess and interpret student needs, recognizing differences in culture, languages, values and backgrounds.
• Participate in staff development, in-services and trainings related to diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and in K-12 education; model appropriate behaviors; develop; recommend and implement improvements in education practices with awareness and understanding of their impact in a racially and culturally diverse community.
• Assist students with personal and social development; provide information about community resources for personal and social needs; counsel students individually and in groups concerning social or personal issues which affect educational progress; provide information, counseling and referral for students with alcohol, drug, social and/or related issues.
• Progress toward professional goals and contribute to school-wide goals through self-reflection and self-reporting, teamwork, parent/student surveys, meetings, record keeping, portfolios, peer collaboration and other measures and methods.
• Update and maintain accurate and complete records of student progress and development as required by school, district, state and federal policies, regulations and laws.
• Make provisions for being available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms.
• Establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships and accept a share of the responsibility for co-curricular activities as assigned.
• Attend and participate in faculty meetings and serve on staff committees as required.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knoweldge of effective counseling program needs assessment, goal setting, plan formulation, and program evaluation strategies
• Knowledge of counseling theories, models, and techniques for individual and group counseling
• Ability to initiate and coordinate school-wide guidance and counseling activities; follow up on individual and group counseling to monitor student issues.
• Assist parents and teachers in understanding and responding to developmental levels of students; present instructional/informational programs to groups of students, parents, and teachers
• Interpret achievement and aptitude test data to assist school staff with curriculum planning; assist teachers with the integration of guidance activities into the curriculum
• Adhere to ethical standards of the counseling profession; interpret testing results and other student data accurately

Minimum Requirements

• Hold a valid Oregon school counseling license and endorsement appropriate for the assignment and grade level

Preferred Qualifications

• ESOL Endorsement

Canby School District is an equal opportunity employer and educator. It is the policy of the Canby School District Board of Education and School District that there will be no discrimination or harassment on the grounds of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, national origin, age or disability in any educational programs, activities or employment. Persons having questions about equal opportunity and nondiscrimination should contact the Human Resources Office at the Canby School District Office, 503-266-7861.