Middle School Counselor

Middle School Counselor
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School seeks a counselor to work in our Middle School division, serving students in Grades 6-8.

Responsibilities

• Offers short-term individual and/or group counseling for students in grades 6-8, as needed.
• Teaches classes to support the social-emotional learning and general health and well-being of all students in the middle school.
• Collaborates with the school nurse, deans, and administrators to ensure student health, wellness, and safety.
• Consults and collaborates with teachers and learning specialists to support the social-emotional growth and learning needs of children.
• Serves as a member of the student support team, working to identify and address learning and emotional/behavioral needs that interfere with academic achievement and social-emotional well-being. 
• Participates as a member of the crisis team. Helps provide additional crisis intervention services for students and staff, including responding to current events that may have a significant impact on the community.
• Available as a resource for families to support student’s social-emotional needs and provide guidance. 
• Helps coordinate outside support services and maintains contact and communicates with outside providers and evaluators, including liaising with the Department of Education as needed. 
• Leads conversations and designs specialized presentations on mental health and emotional wellness and helps facilitate discussions to strengthen the connection between home and school during scheduled meetings.
• Promotes wellness and resilience by reinforcing positive and direct communication styles, self-reflection practices, careful decision-making, collaborative problem solving, and emotion-focused coping techniques.
• Maintains confidentiality regarding all school and health-related issues.
• Other duties as assigned by Division Director.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Work or School Counseling.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working in a middle school setting. 
• Experience teaching and facilitating well-managed classes and discussions with middle school students.
• Collaborative mindset and strong interpersonal skills.

Compensation

The salary range for this position is $71,000.00 - $118,500.00 We also offer a generous compensation package.

CGPS Mission Statement 

CGPS nurtures each student’s unique passions and talents inside and outside the classroom, unifying and inspiring members of its community in a rigorous but relaxed learning environment, preparing them for the finest colleges and instilling in them the confidence, ethical values, and sense of purpose to embrace challenges, to achieve their dreams, and to improve the world.

Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment decisions including hiring, transferring, and promotions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color,creed, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation and national origin, alienage, age, pregnancy, marital/partnership status, citizenship, military status, mental or physical disability, veteran status, genetic predisposition, status of domestic violence, or any other characteristic or status protected by law.