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About the Role

The School Counselor leads the campus family engagement vision, social emotional learning program, and coordination of mental health and counseling supports for all scholars. This role ensures staff build authentic relationships with students and families, maintains data for intervention, and holds all campus team members accountable for family engagement and student success. Effective leadership results in students having the academic and social skills needed for college, and ensures schools are safe and conducive to learning.

Responsibilities

Achieves/Owns Campus Goal of Overall Student Persistence
Leads the execution of the school vision for retaining all students by directing and managing stakeholders in family engagement and student persistence.
Leads the planning and execution of student and family engagement events.
Leads Professional Development for the campus to clarify staff roles in family engagement.
Manages campus student persistence data, ensuring accuracy and reporting.
Partners with grade level teams to identify and coordinate interventions for at-risk students.
Leads parent conversations and problem-solves to meet student and family needs.
Leads family communications platforms: Remind, Smore, and Facebook.
Administers parent surveys in Fall and Spring to gather feedback and create strategic plans.
Administers student surveys in Fall and Spring to gather feedback on the IDEA experience.
Ensures 100% of new students and families receive high-quality onboarding.
Directs and manages campus team members in family engagement to retain new students.
Leads the planning and execution of new parent events.
Owns campus new student persistence data, ensuring accuracy and reporting.
Ensures new families and students build community and develop a sense of belonging within the first 10 days.
Documents all interventions and crises/critical incidents in the district-wide documentation system.
Collaborates with community agencies to coordinate services within the school system.
Utilizes Student & Family Survey data twice a year to assess campus climate and culture.
Serves as a member of the campus crisis response team.
Connects students and families to community resources.
Leads teacher and campus training on the Move This World curriculum.
Identifies and utilizes best practice strategies to integrate Mental Health curriculum.
Conducts regular observations of Move This World blocks and provides feedback.
Tracks curriculum progress and sends campus weekly updates.
Conducts BOY and EOY assessments on Mental Health competencies, school climate, safety, and sense of belonging.
Ensures all responses to crises are documented within an appropriate timeframe.
Manages accurate data tracking of crises on campus across all systems.
Presents data to the monthly CCT meeting with updates and suggested revisions for risk & threat assessments.
Collaborates with CCT Members to ensure Risk & Threat Assessment Checklist fidelity.
Ensures 100% of CCT Members are trained in Risk & Threat Assessment Protocols.
Creates Campus Crisis Binders and conducts walkthroughs with CCT members.

Requirements

Master's degree in School Counseling, Counseling, Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, or related field required.
Previous experience in a school or school setting preferred.
Valid TX School Counselor certification or counseling/social work licensure (LMSW, LCSW, LCSW-S, LPC-A, LPC, LMFT-A, LMFT) required.
Proven track record of success.
Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to manage student behavior.
Belief in and alignment with IDEA’s mission and values is non-negotiable.
Ability to adjust and adapt to a multitude of situations in the school environment.
Submits official electronic service records from previous educational employers.

Skills

Family engagement
Social emotional learning
Mental health and counseling
Data maintenance and analysis
Intervention implementation
Relationship building
Crisis response
Community resource collaboration
Curriculum implementation
Assessment and strategic planning
Communication
Interpersonal skills
Organizational skills
Student behavior management
Adaptability

Location

Texas

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Previous experience in a school or school setting preferred

Education Level

Master's degree in School Counseling, Counseling, Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, or related field required
Valid TX School Counselor certification or counseling/social work licensure (LMSW, LCSW, LCSW-S, LPC-A, LPC, LMFT-A, LMFT) required

Salary/Compensations

$72,785 - $84,431
Eligible for a performance bonus

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits plan
Majority of employee premium covered for base medical plan
Subsidized costs for spouse/domestic partner and children
Up to 8 weeks of paid family leave for birth or adoption
Up to 50% tuition reimbursement per year ($5,250 maximum)
5 face-to-face mental/behavioral health counseling sessions annually
Unlimited 24/7 telephonic counseling
Work-life services
Dental and vision plans
Disability insurance
Life insurance
Parenting benefits
Flexible spending account options
Generous vacation time
Referral bonuses
Professional development
403(b) plan
Potential relocation allowance

About the Company

IDEA Public Schools believes each and every child can go to college.
Grown from a small school with 150 students to a multi-state network of tuition-free, Pre-K-12 public charter schools.
Boasts national rankings on The Washington Post and U.S. News & World Report’s top high schools lists.
Serves over 80,000 college-bound students in 143 schools across Texas, Florida, and Ohio.
On-track to maintain its legacy of sending 100% of its graduates to college.
The Staff Experience Team uses Core Values to promote human connection and a culture of integrity, respect, and belonging.

Equal Opportunity

We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics: Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college. Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them. Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly. Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes. Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change. Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization. Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes. We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.