FTE School Counselor -Bend Senior High School - Temporary

Brief Description

Bend-La Pine Schools is committed to the principle of equity. Equity supersedes the notion of equality, where all are treated the same. Pursuing equity requires the removal of barriers and the promotion of inclusive practices so that all students fully benefit. The principle of equity will inform all BLS policies, regulations, programs, operations, practices, and resource allocations.

Studies have shown that some individuals (women and people of color, for example) are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every single qualification in a job description. Our goal is to find the best candidate for the position, and we acknowledge that that candidate may be an individual from a less traditional background. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of our qualifications described.

If you are unsure whether you meet the qualifications of a position, or how this would be determined, please feel free to contact Human Resources to discuss your application.

Reports to:

Site Administrator

Evaluated by:
Site Administrator

Job Definition:
As vital members of the school’s educational leadership team, school counselors maximize the success of ALL students by planning, implementing, evaluating, and improving the school’s comprehensive school counseling program. The Counselor is responsible for developing, implementing and managing a comprehensive school counseling program to serve the academic, social, and college/career development needs of students. The primary purpose of the comprehensive school counseling program is the support of the instructional and academic goals of Bend-La Pine Schools.

They use a multi-tiered, multi-domain system of supports to promote students’ academic, college/career, and social/emotional development, spending the majority of their time in direct service with students or communicating with others on behalf of students. School counselors lead, advocate, and collaborate to effect positive systemic change that promotes equity and access for all students.

• Implement a school counseling program that is aligned to the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model, school wide goals and improvement metrics, district wide priorities, and current, evidence-based practices and systems that have been shown to promote student success.
• Abide by the ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counseling and the ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards and Competencies to guide professional growth and development
• Conduct regular reviews of school and student data to inform student outcomes through program SMARTE goals, tiered supports, closing the gap activities, interventions, equity initiatives, and advocacy efforts.
• Engage in high-quality school counseling system support, including, but not limited to the development of action plans, lesson plans, annual planning calendars, annual administrator conferences, needs assessments, results reports, data‑sharing presentations, a school counseling program advisory council, progress monitoring of school counseling interventions and activities, planning time for the creation and improvement of data‑driven school counseling interventions, regular meetings with other school counselors, etc.
• Evaluate and share the results of the school counseling program’s impact and effectiveness with key shareholders. Provide recommendations for improving the school counseling program. After a school counseling advisory council is in place, counselors can seek additional program feedback regularly from the school counseling program Advisory Council.
• Spend their time in alignment with ASCA’s recommendation that 80% or more of the school counselor’s time is spent providing direct student services (instruction, appraisal, advisement, and counseling with students) and indirect student services (collaboration, consultation, and referrals with families, teachers, administrators, school staff, and community stakeholders).
• Implement comprehensive Tier 1 school counseling supports that reach ALL students in all school…