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About the Role

Innovation Charter High School is seeking a Bilingual School Counselor committed to supporting students' academic, social-emotional, behavioral, and postsecondary success. This role involves advocating for students and families, providing mandated counseling, monitoring progress, developing interventions, and responding to social-emotional needs. The counselor will collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure students receive timely support and will play a key role in strengthening communication with multilingual students and families.

Responsibilities

Provide individual and group counseling services in accordance with students' IEP mandates and identified social-emotional needs.
Develop strong, trusting relationships with students and provide a safe and supportive environment for counseling and problem-solving.
Document counseling services, monitor progress toward counseling goals, and contribute to IEP reviews and progress reports.
Participate in IEP meetings as the mandated counseling provider and collaborate with special education staff and related service providers.
Provide short-term, solution-focused interventions for students experiencing academic, attendance, behavioral, or social-emotional challenges.
Make appropriate referrals to internal and external mental health, social service, and community-based resources when additional support is needed.
Serve as the primary counselor and advocate for students within an assigned grade.
Conduct credit checks, transcript reviews, and academic planning to ensure students remain on track for promotion and graduation.
Review student schedules for accuracy and alignment with graduation and diploma requirements.
Monitor student performance, attendance, credit accumulation, and other indicators to identify students requiring additional intervention.
Meet individually with students and families to discuss academic progress, graduation readiness, postsecondary goals, and needed support.
Collaborate with teachers, administrators, and student support staff to develop and monitor interventions for students who are off track.
Develop and maintain Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) in collaboration with students, teachers, families, and administrators.
Establish individualized goals related to academics, attendance, social-emotional development, and postsecondary readiness.
Use student data and ongoing progress monitoring to evaluate interventions and adjust support strategies.
Help students develop ownership of their goals and strengthen self-advocacy, decision-making, and planning skills.
Design and facilitate developmentally appropriate SEL and advisory lessons aligned with schoolwide student support priorities.
Provide classroom push-in lessons and workshops addressing topics such as resilience, conflict resolution, healthy relationships, self-management, decision-making, and future planning.
Partner with teachers and grade teams to incorporate effective social-emotional supports into the student experience.
Develop proactive interventions that strengthen student belonging, engagement, and overall well-being.
Provide immediate counseling, crisis intervention, and de-escalation support for students experiencing emotional, behavioral, or safety-related concerns.
Collaborate with school leadership, deans, counselors, families, and other appropriate staff to implement crisis response and student safety protocols.
Support re-entry planning and follow-up for students returning from hospitalization, suspension, extended absence, or other significant events.
Maintain timely and accurate documentation of crisis interventions, referrals, follow-up activities, and student supports.
Recognize situations requiring escalation and follow all applicable school policies and mandated reporting requirements.
Build strong, culturally responsive relationships with students and families.
Communicate effectively with multilingual families and help reduce language and access barriers to school services and information.
Conduct proactive family outreach regarding academic progress, attendance, social-emotional concerns, and student successes.
Facilitate student and family conferences and collaborative problem-solving meetings.
Serve as the counseling liaison for the assigned grade team and maintain regular communication with teachers, administrators, and student support staff.
Participate actively in grade team meetings, counseling department meetings, schoolwide initiatives, professional development, and other collaborative structures.
Engage actively in feedback, coaching, and professional learning.
Collaborate with colleagues to improve practice and student outcomes.
Contribute to a culture of reflection, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
Help create classrooms and a school community rooted in belonging, safety, and high expectations.

Requirements

Master's degree in School Counseling or a related field
New York State School Counselor certification or appropriate pathway toward certification
Fluency in English and a second language appropriate to the needs of the school community
Strong interpersonal, written, verbal, and organizational skills
Demonstrated commitment to culturally responsive, inclusive, and student-centered counseling practices
Professional fluency in English and Spanish required
New York State Bilingual Education Extension or active pathway toward obtaining the extension
3+ years of school counseling experience, preferably at the high school level and within a New York City public or charter school
Experience providing mandated individual and group counseling services to students with IEPs
Experience with academic planning, transcript review, credit accumulation, and New York State graduation requirements
Experience providing crisis intervention, student re-entry support, and short-term counseling interventions
Experience working collaboratively with multilingual students and families
Familiarity with SESIS and other NYC student information and special education systems
Experience using academic, attendance, behavioral, and social-emotional data to identify student needs and monitor interventions

Skills

School Counseling
Social-Emotional Support
IEP Mandates
Crisis Intervention
Academic Planning
Graduation Readiness
Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
Family Partnership
Culturally Responsive Practices
Bilingual Communication (English/Spanish)

Location

New York City

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

3+ years of school counseling experience
High school level experience preferred
NYC public or charter school experience preferred

Education Level

Master's degree in School Counseling or related field
New York State School Counselor certification
New York State Bilingual Education Extension or active pathway

Salary/Compensations

$60,000 – $100,000

Benefits

Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
401(k) with up to 5% employer match
Life insurance
Professional development
Coaching

About the Company

Innovation Charter High School is a mission-driven public charter high school in New York City.
We believe schools should be places where young people are deeply known, challenged, and prepared to shape their futures.
Our team is fiercely committed to improving student outcomes and strengthening the school.
We are seeking educators who believe feedback is essential, curiosity drives learning, great schools are built through collaboration, students thrive with high expectations and deep support, and mutual support matters.
We are actively working to create new ways of supporting students and working together, requiring humility, experimentation, resilience, and heart.
Our staff cares deeply, challenges one another, learns in public, and keeps improving.
We are building toward something better for students and for each other.