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School Counselor
Washington, DC
Job Description
About SEED:
The mission of SEED schools is to prepare scholars academically, socially, and emotionally, for success in and beyond college in a public, college-prep, boarding school setting.
The SEED Public Charter School of Washington D.C. (SEED DC) opened in 1998 as the nation’s first urban public college preparatory boarding school. SEED DC empowers over 250 scholars in grades 8-12 to achieve their full potential within our 24-hour learning environment and exposure opportunities. In the year 2023-2024, SEED will serve grades 9-12 only as we transition to providing more high-quality, high-school seats to families in the District. All SEED scholars live on campus between Sunday evenings and Friday afternoons.
Our innovative model integrates a rigorous academic program with a nurturing boarding program that teaches life skills and provides a safe and secure environment. This boarding school model provides a comprehensive solution to the challenges facing urban youth and serves as a prototype for expansion nationwide. Our model has proven successful: over 90 percent of SEED graduates have been accepted to four-year colleges and universities throughout the country and over 60 percent remain enrolled in college or already have earned college degrees.
* More information can be found on the school’s website: www.seedschooldc.org
Position Overview
The School Counselor plays a pivotal role in fostering the academic, social-emotional, and career development of students in a public charter school setting. This position champions student well-being and collaborates with students, parents, teachers, and administrators to create a supportive and inclusive learning environment.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Program Planning
Special Education
Essential Competencies and Personal Qualities
A SEED Employee:
The mission of SEED schools is to prepare scholars academically, socially, and emotionally, for success in and beyond college in a public, college-prep, boarding school setting.
The SEED Public Charter School of Washington D.C. (SEED DC) opened in 1998 as the nation’s first urban public college preparatory boarding school. SEED DC empowers over 250 scholars in grades 8-12 to achieve their full potential within our 24-hour learning environment and exposure opportunities. In the year 2023-2024, SEED will serve grades 9-12 only as we transition to providing more high-quality, high-school seats to families in the District. All SEED scholars live on campus between Sunday evenings and Friday afternoons.
Our innovative model integrates a rigorous academic program with a nurturing boarding program that teaches life skills and provides a safe and secure environment. This boarding school model provides a comprehensive solution to the challenges facing urban youth and serves as a prototype for expansion nationwide. Our model has proven successful: over 90 percent of SEED graduates have been accepted to four-year colleges and universities throughout the country and over 60 percent remain enrolled in college or already have earned college degrees.
* More information can be found on the school’s website: www.seedschooldc.org
Position Overview
The School Counselor plays a pivotal role in fostering the academic, social-emotional, and career development of students in a public charter school setting. This position champions student well-being and collaborates with students, parents, teachers, and administrators to create a supportive and inclusive learning environment.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Preventive work with students, staff, and families
- Providing consultation to school staff and parents to facilitate student educational, social, and emotional growth.
- Obtaining information concerning the effects of environment, including family, cultural, and economic disadvantages that may be adversely affecting student progress.
- Working collaboratively with the Student Support Team (SST) to develop plans of assistance for students at risk of academic and/or behavioral difficulty.
- Coordinating school and community services.
- Serving as the home-school-community liaison responsible for effective resource utilization and positive relations with stakeholders.
- Conducting risk assessments.
- Planning for support services both within and outside the school.
- Facilitating special support groups, i.e. students with incarcerated parents, grief and loss, divorce, teen parents, conflict resolution, etc. as needed.
- Managing family resource centers, where parents/guardians can access needed information and participate in opportunities to learn how to support their student(s).
Program Planning
- Working with administrators to implement effective policies that address school safety, school attendance, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, child abuse, and neglect.
- Serving as a mediator within the school.
- Communicating with other agencies involved with students.
- Attending court hearings as a DC Public Schools representative.
- Making appropriate referrals for community resources.
- Providing individual counseling.
- Providing group counseling.
- Providing psychoeducation.
- Providing crisis intervention.
Special Education
- Serving as a member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
- Conducting social work evaluations and other related assessments for initial evaluations and re-evaluations.
- Providing related services as prescribed by Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), including social skills, life skills, and transitional skills that can be transferred from school to community.
- Participating in MDT, IEP, manifestation determination, and other related meetings.
- Working collaboratively within the classroom setting to implement student IEPs.
- Collecting data to monitor social/emotional progress and evaluate effectiveness of services.
- Providing technical assistance on strategies that improve outcomes for special education students.
- Coordinating the design and implementation of behavior intervention plans and functional behavior assessments.
- Keeping thorough records of each student receiving services.
- Completing student progress reports.
Essential Competencies and Personal Qualities
- Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW).
- District of Columbia Government, Department of Health Professional License, which must be renewed every two (2) years by obtaining the required continuing education units:
- Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW) and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
- At least two (2) years of work experience as a Social Worker in an urban school/setting with a track record of high student achievement.
- Ability to administer, interpret, and analyze related assessment instruments.
A SEED Employee:
- Is committed to The SEED Foundation’s mission and its beliefs.
- Thinks strategically in aligning one’s own work streams to the larger organizational mission.
- Possesses exceptional interpersonal skills, with creative and positive energy for working with youth.
- Behaves professionally in a fast-paced environment and with a variety of constituents.
- Works independently as well as collaboratively with a team while managing multiple tasks.
Special Notes/Instructions
• 403 (b)
• 403(b) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance
Job Summary
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Salary and Benefits
$75,000-$80,000
Required Education
Master's Degree
Required Experience
2+ years
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