Require Success Center Counselor in Gurnee, IL

Job title: Success Center Counselor
Company: Lake County Schools
Job description: Woodland School District 50 is an Equal Opportunity Educator/Employer. We are committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and educational environment by hiring individuals who support and contribute to the diversity and excellence of our student and academic programs through their teaching and service to our students, parents and the community we serve.

If you welcome inclusion, equity and diversity, have an unwavering commitment to the success of all students, embrace and celebrate the individuality of our student population with respect to race, ethnicity, and economic status, and seek to celebrate the cultures that contribute to making our district so rich, please join our team Minority candidates encouraged to apply.

Position Title: Success Center Counselor

Applicants are instructed to address in their application/resume their experiences directly related to each section noted in this posting.

Position Type: Certified Teaching

Date Posted: 7/27/2023

Location: Woodland Middle School

Date Available: 08/21/23 (plus four days of New Teacher Orientation August 8 - 11, 2023)

Description: The Success Center Counselor has the dual responsibility of overseeing the Middle School Success Center for academic ?retakes and redos? of standards-based assessments, as well as advising students returning from out of school suspensions.

QUALIFICATIONS: * Licensure:

• Required ? State of Illinois Professional Educator License with an Endorsement in Elementary Education (Self Contained General Education) K-9 Teaching License
• Preferred ? State of Illinois Professional Educator License with an Endorsement in Social Worker
• Education:
• Required ? Bachelor's Degree and minimum of three (3) courses in student counseling, school social work, or related degrees.
• Preferred ? Master?s Degree in Social Work or Master?s degree is School Counseling
• Experience:
• Required ? Five (5) years of successful middle school experience, including experience with SEL, Restorative Practices, and current best practice in middle school student support.
• Preferred ? Five (5) years of successful middle school experience, including experience with SEL, Restorative Practices, and current best practice in middle school student support. Plus, Five (5) years of successful experience in school social work or school counseling. Proficient in Spanish (listening, speaking, reading, and writing).

ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitate the daily operation of the Success Center at Woodland Middle School.
• Develops and maintains a system to facilitate ?retakes and redos? of student assessments.
• Ensures the testing environment remains conducive to assessment administration.
• Maintains security and confidential of all assessment materials prior to and after their implementation.
• Reports any violations of the security and confidentiality of assessments for disciplinary action to appropriate individual.
• Administers assessments requiring special accommodations or times; ensures proper completion of documents, confirms student identification, answers instructional questions, distributes and times test.
• Administers tests to abled students ensuring appropriate accommodations for student's needs.
• Processes necessary paperwork upon assessment completion in order to ensure documentation of students' scores; maintains various records, logs and testing files.
• Collaboratively work with teams and teachers to support the retake process.
• Provides school counseling for students coming back to the learning environment.
• Provides individual counseling to help students cope effectively with personal, social, academic, career and family concerns.
• Consults with parents, teachers, administrators and supporting agencies concerning the needs and abilities of students.
• Supports students in transitioning back to school activities following out of school suspensions.
• Maintains professional develop on best practices to support student success at school.
• Supports students, staff, and administration in the development of re-entry plans for students returning to the classroom setting after being removed for disciplinary reasons.

OTHER PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Middle School Principal, Associate Superintendent of Teaching and Learning with Equity, and Superintendent
2. Assists in other areas as needed.
3. Completes other duties as needed.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Planning and Preparation ? Responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring the efficient operation of a retake and redo assessment system. Obtains regular feedback and makes modifications to the Success Center to meet the needs of the students and staff.
• Environment ? Responsible for creating an environment of respect and rapport, establishes a culture for learning, manages center procedures, manages student?s behavior, and has the ability to organize physical space.
• Instruction and Counseling? Communicates clearly and accurately with students the processes of the Center. Uses effective strategies to connect with students and their
• Professional Responsibility ? Reflects on their implementation of the role, must maintain accurate records, communicates professionally, contributes to the school and district, grows and develops professionally, and shows professionalism.

Technical: Demonstrate skills in writing, editing and public speaking. Experience with social media and emerging technologies. Competent in databases, spreadsheets, Google Suite and or Microsoft Office platforms, and educational applications.

Interpersonal: Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with staff, parents, students, businesses and community. Strong organization, communication and interpersonal skills. Comprehensive strategic thinking and rapid problem-solving skills to effectively handle crisis communications. Creative problem solver. Ability to facilitate meetings efficiently and effectively. Empathetic, humanistic and open-minded. Strong sense of teamwork. Must be able to work harmoniously with the community, students, parents, staff, and administration. Must exhibit sound judgment. Must have strong organizational skills.

DISTRICT CORE COMPETENCIES: * Support the establishment of mutual respect and equal human dignity across the entire school community.

• Welcomes inclusion, equity and diversity.
• Have an unwavering commitment to the success of all students.
• Understanding that your identity may be different than students, parents, and staff, you are willing to put those differences aside for the success of all students.
• Regardless of the identities of students, staff, or parents, works collaboratively to build a successful relationship with them.
• Willingly anticipate, identify and adopt change.
• Engage in all job-related interactions and activities, with contacts from within and outside the District, in a courteous and professional manner.
• Communicate with styles that are approachable and respectful
• Participate in professional development and training to become more effective and efficient.
• Take initiative to manage multiple tasks.
• Effectively organize work to be as productive as possible.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Manual Dexterity: Work requires definite skilled and accurate physical operations requiring some closely coordination performance.

Physical Effort: Work requires handling average weight materials or equipment, but not for sustained periods.

Working Conditions: Some exposure to definitely disagreeable elements may exist, i.e., temperature changes, use of steps/stairs, walking long distances throughout the building, etc. Must be able to travel within and outside the district. Must be available for evenings and non-work days, if needed.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Full-time, 10 - Month; 185 days as defined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement

SALARY RANGE: Based on experience and education as defind in the Collective Bargaining Agreement

EVALUATION: Conducted Annually

HOW TO APPLY: Internal applicants should apply online at and attach a resume to the online application. External applicants should apply online at and attach three letters of recommendations, resume and transcript(s) to the online application.

All applicants must be willing to interview in person and demonstrate skills through a situational analysis. Applicants will be contacted within three weeks if invited for an interview. Minority candidates are encouraged to apply.

Further information regarding this position may be obtained by contacting:

CONTACT PERSON:

Ms. Tiffany Drake
Principas
[email protected]
(847) 856-3421

APPLICATION DEADLINE: When Filled

Woodland School District 50 is an Equal Opportunity Employer with established policies prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, ancestry, marital status, arrest record, military status, order of protection status, unfavorable military discharge, citizenship status provided the individual is authorized to work in the United States, use of lawful products while not at work, being a victim of domestic or sexual violence, genetic information, physical or mental handicap or disability, if otherwise able to perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, or other legally protected categories. The Associate Superintendent of Educational Services (847-596-5631) addresses questions regarding student discrimination and serves as the District?s Title IX Coordinator, and the Executive Director of Human Resources (847-596-5640) answers questions concerning employment discrimination.
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