SCHOOL COUNSELOR (#211)
Empowerment Academy ( learn more )
Beloved Community Charter School
Jersey City,
New Jersey
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Job Details
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Job ID:
3887084
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Application Deadline:
Posted until Filled
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Posted
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May 16, 2022
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Starting Date:
Immediately
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Job Description
Description
Empowerment is hiring two School Counselors. One will serve the Lower Elementary School Students and one will serve the Upper Elementary/Middle School Students. This position is for the 2022/2023 school year and beyond.
Apply on our Careers Webpage today:
https://apply.workable.com/j/039E2007ED/?utm_medium=social_share_link
Why Our School is Special
Empowerment Academy is a highly successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. We serve a student mix that is among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. If this appeals to you, then apply today! We have achieved academic success without burning out our teachers/staff by meshing an effective education program with effective support and professional development.
We truly value our faculty and work hard to control other costs so we can focus our resources on supporting them. In fact, throughout our history, we have annually increased faculty salaries by more than at other public schools and now, among those with similar experience, OUR FACULTY MEMBERS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST PAID IN NEW JERSEY.
New Jersey charter schools ARE public schools. Our support professionals fully participate in New Jersey’s public school faculty pension system. Years of service can transfer from traditional public schools and vice versa.
Salary $62,500-$82,500 +
Requirements
- Valid New Jersey DOE Issued School Counselor Certification or Certificate of Eligibility. School Social Worker Certification may be considered.
- School Counselor experience preferred.
- Excellence in communication and counseling skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with students, families, staff and community with diverse backgrounds.
- Demonstrated aptitude or competence for assigned responsibilities.
- Self-Starter and someone who takes initiative.
Counselor Responsibilities
- Counseling students and their families as needed either individually or in group settings;
- Consulting with, and providing professional development to, school personnel regarding social adjustment factors affecting students and how to help students struggling;
- Helping students and their families work toward solutions for problems affecting a child’s readiness to learn;
- Instructing students in the development of social skills and SEL and strategies for successfully addressing challenges the student may confront;
- Referring parents/guardians to relevant community services or agencies when the school cannot offer appropriate help;
- Maintaining a relationship with community agencies and resources available to address students’ special needs;
- Working with the Supervisor of Special Education and Child Study Teams to identify, develop, coordinate, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of Individual Education Programs for students, as appropriate;
- Communicating with parents/guardians to share information regarding educational planning and programming;
- Maintaining confidential records on all referred students and student/parent contacts in accordance with federal and state law; and
- Providing support, as needed, to students and staff during a crisis;
- Collaborating with staff in grade-level and department planning meetings, and in professional development activities;
- Helping with school-wide activities and providing supervision of students during class, breaks, and meals when needed;
- Assisting with tasks necessary for the successful and orderly functioning of the school (such as hallway supervision, arrival/departure transitions, field trips, and other such duties as the school leadership may request from staff); and
- Participating in events outside of normal school hours such as family nights, student performances, field trips, and teacher–parent conferences.
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
As an equal opportunity employer, Empowerment Academy hires without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.
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Position Type:
Full-time
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Positions Available:
1
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Description
Empowerment is hiring two School Counselors. One will serve the Lower Elementary School Students and one will serve the Upper Elementary/Middle School Students. This position is for the 2022/2023 school year and beyond.
Apply on our Careers Webpage today:
https://apply.workable.com/j/039E2007ED/?utm_medium=social_share_link
Why Our School is Special
Empowerment Academy is a highly successful charter school that truly supports its teachers and staff. We serve a student mix that is among the most diverse in America while enjoying the cultural vibrance of Jersey City, Hoboken and New York City. If this appeals to you, then apply today! We have achieved academic success without burning out our teachers/staff by meshing an effective education program with effective support and professional development.
We truly value our faculty and work hard to control other costs so we can focus our resources on supporting them. In fact, throughout our history, we have annually increased faculty salaries by more than at other public schools and now, among those with similar experience, OUR FACULTY MEMBERS ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST PAID IN NEW JERSEY.
New Jersey charter schools ARE public schools. Our support professionals fully participate in New Jersey’s public school faculty pension system. Years of service can transfer from traditional public schools and vice versa.
Salary $62,500-$82,500 +
Requirements
- Valid New Jersey DOE Issued School Counselor Certification or Certificate of Eligibility. School Social Worker Certification may be considered.
- School Counselor experience preferred.
- Excellence in communication and counseling skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with students, families, staff and community with diverse backgrounds.
- Demonstrated aptitude or competence for assigned responsibilities.
- Self-Starter and someone who takes initiative.
Counselor Responsibilities
- Counseling students and their families as needed either individually or in group settings;
- Consulting with, and providing professional development to, school personnel regarding social adjustment factors affecting students and how to help students struggling;
- Helping students and their families work toward solutions for problems affecting a child’s readiness to learn;
- Instructing students in the development of social skills and SEL and strategies for successfully addressing challenges the student may confront;
- Referring parents/guardians to relevant community services or agencies when the school cannot offer appropriate help;
- Maintaining a relationship with community agencies and resources available to address students’ special needs;
- Working with the Supervisor of Special Education and Child Study Teams to identify, develop, coordinate, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of Individual Education Programs for students, as appropriate;
- Communicating with parents/guardians to share information regarding educational planning and programming;
- Maintaining confidential records on all referred students and student/parent contacts in accordance with federal and state law; and
- Providing support, as needed, to students and staff during a crisis;
- Collaborating with staff in grade-level and department planning meetings, and in professional development activities;
- Helping with school-wide activities and providing supervision of students during class, breaks, and meals when needed;
- Assisting with tasks necessary for the successful and orderly functioning of the school (such as hallway supervision, arrival/departure transitions, field trips, and other such duties as the school leadership may request from staff); and
- Participating in events outside of normal school hours such as family nights, student performances, field trips, and teacher–parent conferences.
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
As an equal opportunity employer, Empowerment Academy hires without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.
Employer Description
TO APPLY FOR POSITIONS, GO TO WWW.BELOVEDCCS.ORG/CAREERS.
At many truly excellent schools, even the most committed teachers can feel burned out after a few years.
At our schools, we mesh the successful practices of America’s top-performing charter school operators with teacher supports that are designed to avoid teacher burnout, so educators can remain charged and enthusiastic throughout an entire career.
If you want to work in a high-performing urban where you will successfully help inner-city children beat the odds and achieve to their highest potential, if you love the sense of purpose and accomplishment one receives from this extremely meaningful work – but you also want an opportunity to spend time with your own children and to have a life outside of school – then we might be for you.
School Overview
Distinctive elements of the school model include:
• A high-expectations academic culture and a caring school climate
• Positive values, habits, character and community building
• A carefully sequenced curriculum, aligned with all state and common core standards
• Instructional groupings by students’ level of standards mastery, not categorizations of ability
• Teacher-led instruction with extensive professional development support for teachers
• A novel system of class prefects and peer-tutoring
• The extensive use of educator-empowering formative assessments
• A sophisticated academic performance monitoring and parental communication system
• Carefully crafted, non-stigmatizing interventions when a student exhibits difficulty mastering a standard – including tutoring in very small groups from Language Arts/Literacy and/or Math specialists who serve on staff full-time
• A longer school day with more time for critical learning
• Student Life activities that teach confidence, initiative, and leadership
• An academy system that divides the larger school into smaller schools
• In high school, Advanced Placement and college-level courses
The school’s founders are seeking to refine their model in a way that will facilitate its adoption by district-operated public schools and spur improvements in public education far beyond Jersey City.
As an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.
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Job Requirements
- No experience required
Contact Information
- BelovED Community Charter School
- 508 Grand Street
- Jersey City, New Jersey 07302
- Phone: (201) 744-9775
- Fax: Apply at www.belovedccs.org/careers
- Email: click here
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