College Bound/GEAR UP Middle School Counselor/Coordinator - Excellent Benefits Package

Example of Duties:

• Advise students in the areas of academics, high school preparation, and college and career exposure, standardized testing career/life planning, and financial aid in individual and/or group setting.
• Assist in the planning, development and coordination of scheduled activities for student participants and their parents.
• Coordinate, plan and implement workshops that foster student growth, academic achievement and development.
• Solicit parental support through general and/or specific informative correspondence.
• Establish and maintain relationship(s) with public school personnel; i.e. school guidance counselors.
• Ability to work evenings (Tuesday and Thursday) and weekends (Saturdays/once a month).
• Assist in the recruitment and selection of prospective students.
• Conduct individual personal educational planning sessions with program participants to determine college and career readiness.
• Collect and prepare student data (i.e. grades, standardized test scores, attendance, evaluations and discipline issues as required by funding agent and program director.)
• Assist in the preparation of reports as requested by the Director of Pre-College Programs.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Director and/or Asst. Director of College Bound/GEAR UP.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Counseling, Education or Student Personnel Services, or a related discipline required.
• At least two years prior work experience with educationally underprepared students from an urban environment in an advising/counseling capacity.
• Knowledge of computer programs, for example work processing, data base management and spreadsheets.
• Ability to work in a team environment coordinating needed student services.
• Ability to communicate on a verbal as well as written basis with students, staff, parents and others.

The completion of a background check will be required for the selected candidate.