• Job Description

  Req#: 5459424

  Reports to: Assistant Site Director for Student Services, Site Director

  
  Primary Location: Virtual Campus / Online

  
  Qualifications: - Master’s Degree or higher with valid Georgia counselor certificate.

  • High school counseling experience required.
  • Must understand all Georgia high school graduation requirements.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders in the virtual instruction program in written and oral form, including electronic media, using positive interpersonal skills.
  • Experience with a virtual learning environment preferred.
  • This position requires availability from 4:00pm – 9:00pm.

  
  Job Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate intake meetings with new students to explain transcripts and credits; assign students to new courses.
  • Assist all students, individual or in groups, with developing academic, career and personal/social skills, goals and plans.
  • Assist in monitoring academic performance, behavior and attendance & develop interventions.
  • Be meticulous in accurate completion of all Foothills-required paperwork and procedural forms.
  • Communicate with student services team regarding all student needs (individual sessions, group sessions, parent meetings, social worker needs, referrals to DFACS, suicide protocol.)
  • Collaborate with parents/guardians/educators to assist students with educational and career planning.
  • Counsel students about college and prepare them for the SAT, ACT or Accuplacer. Share information about test accommodations for students who have an IEP, 504, or TPC plan.
  • Share information about financial aid and assist students with www.gafutures.org.
  • Counsel students about dual enrollment and help them complete all required paperwork.
  • Participate in IEPs, 504s, and TPC meetings as appropriate.
  • Participate virtually in faculty and professional meetings, professional learning, and other training working through the site director and/or curriculum director and apply concepts learned in the classroom to increase student learning.
  • Assist with publishing monthly counseling newsletter.
  • Meet the performance and behavioral expectations of the Site Director.
  • Comply with all FERPA requirements for the virtual environment.
  • Maintain a "Hot List" of students nearing graduation and collaborate with other Student Services staff to provide intensive support through graduation.
  • Create Senior Grad Review data in Infinite Campus to monitor progress toward graduation.
  • Assist in the monitoring of dual enrolled students to identify and remove barriers and intervene with appropriate support as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the Site Director.

• About the company

  Foothills is a new high school option that will be available to students in August 2015. We will be opening in five counties: Baldwin, Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison. Foothills is modeled after the highly successful Mountain Education Charter High S...

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