ACE; Accelerating Campus Excellence Counselor Middle School

Overview

Counselor – Middle School

Location:

To Be Determined
Salary:
Appropriate Level of Counselor Salary Schedule + $10,000 stipend
Duty Days: 212

Fort Worth ISD’s Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) schools are driving rapid change where it matters most. We place top-tier teachers and leaders in campuses ready for transformation; schools that are rising from historically low performance to become thriving centers of learning.

ACE educators extend learning time, deliver high-impact instruction, and receive intensive support to accelerate student success. With opportunities for all, excellence, and urgency at the core, ACE schools offer a bold opportunity to make a lasting difference.

Position Purpose

Develops and implements a comprehensive developmental guidance program for all students to promote student success and school completion as specified by law in the Texas Education Code Section 33.005.

• Respects student confidentiality and the integrity of the educational process as evidenced by accurate student schedules.
• Provides (2) individual student advisory sessions as outlined in the GC Framework.
• Engages students in developing, implementing, updating, and completing their Academic Learning Plans, Six-year plans, Personal Graduation Plans (for identified students), and student interest inventories.
• Schedules students in coherent sequence of courses aligned to the students’ chosen career pathway; consults with College & Career Readiness (CCR) coordinator.
• Advocates for students, mediates and facilitates on behalf of student interests and needs.
• Engages students in the personalized education, career awareness, and college readiness activities (career day, guidance lessons, Education Go Get It Week, and so forth).
• Communicates effectively to disseminate information about students to other professionals as appropriate for follow up and disposition.
• Assists students with the completion of scholarship applications, and provides financial aid information to students and parents.
• Provides engaging student guidance lessons systematically in the 8 strands as identified in the GC Framework (topics and schedule for all students according to TEC and District Policy).
• Provides responsive, intentional counseling to students identified as needing additional support to address specific student outcomes and identified goals.
• Teaches guidance units effectively as indicated from student and teacher feedback.
• Maintains accurate professional records of counseling and Student Support Services related activities on a daily basis.
• Serves on the Trauma Response Team – Completes Suicide and Violence Risk Assessments of students in crisis.
• Responds to students individually and serves as an active participant in the Response to Intervention (RtI) process; selects and uses counselor interventions appropriate to student needs and circumstances.
• Provides group counseling with specific student outcomes and goals identified; provides referral when appropriate.
• Facilitates student referrals to school/district special programs and/or services.
• Engages parents and provides targeted parent education opportunities related to personalized education, career awareness and college readiness.
• Educates faculty, parents, community, and students about the guidance program and services through public information programs (Open House, PTO meetings, campus website, newsletters, and so forth).
• Interprets assessment data to students and parents as a student advocate to promote understanding of educational planning options.
• Interprets information and ideas effectively and participates in campus wide staff development as outline in the GC Framework.
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with representatives from community agencies, mentors and others supporting the counseling program.
• Demonstrates an understanding of data driven decision making as it relates to student development and placement.
• Collaborates and develops data driven program objectives (CEIP/MEASURE) and monitors progress each 6 weeks throughout the year.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of individual activities and the overall program success in meeting desired student…