School Counselor

Overview

About Tremont School:
Tremont School is a small non-profit independent day school for grades 6-12 and post graduates located in Concord, MA. Tremont’s mission is to provide an innovative approach to education that (re) ignites a passion for learning, honors and embraces students’ individuality, and empowers them to be critical thinkers and compassionate citizens. Tremont’s core values are trust, connections, and independence.

• Strong communities are built on a foundation of respect for diversity.
• Tremont is a highly relational school and collaboration among students, teachers, parents, and the community is paramount.
• Students thrive when they feel connected to what they are learning and contribute to a community.
• Teaching can be personalized, just as learning is.
• The richest learning environment integrates the physical, social, emotional and cognitive lives of young people.

• Developmentally appropriate, competency-based multi-age classrooms
• A humanistic approach, equally balancing students’ social, emotional and academic development
• Competency-based learning: all students in the school are working toward mastery of a common set of academic skills and interdisciplinary competencies
• Narrative feedback and Portfolio assessment (no letter or number grades)
• Living Curriculum: learning driven in-part by student interests and curiosities, not by static content
• Interdisciplinary, authentic learning experiences

• Tight-Knit & Collaborative:
  Our small team works closely together, supporting each other and wearing many hats.
• Student-Centered, Mission-Focused & Supportive:
  We are united by our commitment to students and to each other. We are all present in the daily life of the school.

• Overall student to adult ratio is 4:1
• Middle School classes are no larger than 8 students, High School classes are no larger than 12 students
• Total Enrollment is 50 (20 middle school, 30 high school)
• 36% of students receive tuition assistance
• Students come from 25+ communities in and around Boston and Metrowest
• Over 90% of graduates go on to post-secondary education
• 100% of students who apply to college are accepted at a first-choice university

You are a mission-driven, culturally competent, experienced counselor who thrives in a school setting and believes in the power of education, as well as stretching students’ capacities, to transform lives. You bring clinical expertise, appreciation of neurodivergent adolescents, a sense of humor and a collaborative spirit, including viewing parents as partners. You are highly organized, adaptable, and possess strong judgment, integrity, and communication skills.

You enjoy creative problem-solving, continuous learning, and building relationships across the school community.

As the school’s primary counseling professional, the School Counselor designs and delivers a proactive, preventive, community-based model that emphasizes group interventions, classroom partnerships, faculty consultation, and community education, while providing limited short-term individual counseling and crisis support as needed.

• Develop a counseling model that prioritizes group counseling, psycho educational programming, and classroom-based social-emotional learning
• Facilitate preventative interventions that support student growth, resilience, and healthy relationships
• Provide short-term, goal-focused individual counseling for situational needs, collaborating where appropriate with external providers to maximize students’ social-emotional and academic growth, while maintaining appropriate boundaries between school counseling and long-term clinical therapy
• Collaborate with administrators and faculty to develop and refine a cohesive, developmentally-appropriate Advisory curriculum for middle school students
• Conduct risk assessments and collaborate with school leadership in crisis response and safety planning
• Maintain referral relationships with community-based providers and support families in accessing external mental health resources
• Monitor student well-being trends and proactively…