Counselor - Office of Linked Learning

Ref. 8910

The Central Academic Recovery (CAR) team in OUSD's Linked Learning Office is seeking a highly motivated and organized Counselor to support and grow our district wide academic recovery efforts. CAR supports academic recovery (AR) efforts across OUSD's high school campuses via:
School Day AR, Online AR & Summer Healing & Academics 4 Kids (HAcK) credit recovery for 9th & 10th graders. Some core responsibilities unique to this "central" Counselor position are:
collaborate with counselors across high schools to recruit students to CAR programs; provide student support around well-being; academic planning, transcript reviews; frequent family outreach & engagement; data management for reports & program evaluation, etc.

TITLE:
School Counselor REPORTS TO:
Assigned SupervisorDEPARTMENT:
As Assigned CLASSIFICATION:
Certificated Non-AdministrativeFLSA:
Exempt WORK YEAR/HOURS:
Per OEA ContractISSUED:
Created:
SALARY GRADE:
COUNBASIC FUNCTION:
Under the direction of assigned supervisor, provide counseling and guidance services to promote student success, provide preventive services, and respond to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses academic, career, and personal/social development for all students.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:
(Incumbents may perform any combination of the essential functions shown below. This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge, or abilities associated with this classification, but is intended to reflect the principal job elements accurately.)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Develop, plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive developmental school counseling and guidance program that imparts academic achievement, career planning, and personal and social development based on the National Standards for school counseling; constantly review and modify the school counseling program to best meet the needs of the school and students.
• Plan, monitor, and manage students' educational development, such as short and long-range educational goals, academic development, four-year plans, graduation requirements, academic honors, college entrance requirements, post-secondary opportunities, career development, financial aid, and personal/social development; communicate and involve parents in this process.
• Develop post-secondary success plans for students, evaluate transcripts, identify and initiate interventions.
• Provide structured, goal-oriented prevention, intervention and responsive services to meet the identified needs of individuals or groups of students regarding academic, career, and personal/social issues.
• Make provision for being available by appointment to counsel students and consult and collaborate with school personnel, parents and other community members to increase the effectiveness of student education and promote student success.
• Act as a resource for teachers, such as consulting on the solution of classroom behavior problems and conducting in-service programs for faculty; provide opportunities for parent education programs.
• Advocate for individual students and specific groups of students to ensure equal educational opportunities; promote personalizing education for all students where feasible; assist with placements for students in appropriate specialized District programs.
• Identify and counsel a variety of students with special needs including truants, potential dropouts, special education, and GATE students, academically deficient individuals and students with social or behavior problems; develop educational goals for students.
• Utilize data to identify opportunity gaps for students; interrupt inequitable practices and policies; and educate the larger school community regarding polices that lead to inequities.
• Refer students to social service and governmental agencies, support groups, and other community resources as appropriate; consult with law enforcement agencies regarding students as necessary.
• Serve as liaison to students and their families, District personnel, and community organizations and other agencies; maintain relations between schools, the community, and community services.
• Participate in multidisciplinary conferences concerning individual cases of special need and Section 504 meeting for assigned students; participate in ELL and IEPs as necessary.
• Advocate for the high academic achievement and social development of all students.
• Provide counseling and conflict mediation groups to enhance student communication skills; provide crisis intervention as needed; consult parents concerning students with social or behavior problems.
• Collaborate with school personnel and community-based providers to coordinate school-wide prevention and intervention strategies and counseling services.
• Provide individual and group guidance counseling to students.
• Provide guidance and referrals to families to assist students with school and social adjustment problems. Provide consultation, training, and staff development to teachers and parents regarding students' needs. Develop and present parent and student workshops for all students.
• Design and teach curriculum units for academic, career, personal and social growth.
• Prepare and deliver oral presentations as requested; attend and participate in a wide variety of meetings, conferences and seminars.
• Prepare and maintain accurate, complete, and correct records and reports related to the assignment as required by law, District policy, and administrative regulations; prepare letters to parents, letters of recommendations, progress reports, referrals, and related documents.
• Submit forms, evaluations, and reports as required by the federal and state agencies and the District.
• Supervise a District-approved advisory program as described in California Education Code, Section 49600, including academic counseling, career and technical counseling, and personal and social counseling.
• Participate and provide supervision and control at school-sanctioned programs and activities. Perform related duties as assigned.

• Applicable laws, codes, regulations, policies, and procedures gov.