Data-Driven School Counselor for College & Equity

The School District of Lee County; Fort Myers (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

The School District of Lee County is seeking a School Counselor at Bonita Springs High School in Fort Myers, Florida. The role focuses on implementing a comprehensive, data-driven counseling program to support academics, college/career readiness, and social-emotional development for all students.

You will provide direct services such as classroom guidance, individual counseling, and student planning, along with indirect services through referrals and collaboration with families, staff, and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in counseling from an accredited institution.
• Florida teaching certificate in guidance and counseling PK-12.
• Experience managing business/department functions and staff preferred.
• Industry certification preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a data-driven, comprehensive school counseling program for all students to address barriers to student learning and to close achievement/opportunity gaps.
• Provide direct services for students including, but not limited to, school counseling core curriculum, individual counseling and student planning, large and small group counseling, and preventative and responsive services.
• Provide indirect services on behalf of students including, but not limited to, referrals for additional assistance and consultation/collaboration with parents, teachers, administrators, and other key stakeholders to create learning environments that promote educational equity, access, and success for every student.
• Deliver programs that promote students’ development of the American School Counselor Association’s essential mindsets and behavior standards including, but not limited to, learning skills, social skills, self-management skills, and college/career readiness skills.
• Increase understanding of school counseling student standards and engage faculty, students, parents, and community members in comprehending the connection between these standards and the vision of academic success and social-emotional development aligned to college/career readiness.
• Use the skills of leadership, advocacy, and collaboration to create systemic change to improve the academic, social-emotional, and post‑graduate success for all students.
• Act as a systems change agent to ensure a safe and supportive school climate that promotes the success of all students through opportunities for academic development, social‑emotional learning, and college/career readiness.
• Foster parent and community partnerships to support the academic, social-emotional, and career development of all students.
• Infuse cultural competence along with ethical and professional competencies in planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating the comprehensive school counseling program.
• Provide counseling for students during times of transition, separation, heightened stress, and critical change.
• Support the continuum of mental health services, including prevention and intervention strategies, and identifies best practices for collaborating with community mental health providers to enhance student success.
• Develop and communicates a school counseling vision and mission statement that is concise, clear, and comprehensive, describing a school counseling program’s purpose for every student in alignment with the school, district, and state visions/missions.
• Use school data to identify and assist individual students who are performing below grade level and provide opportunities and resources to be successful in school.
• Utilize technology effectively and efficiently to plan, organize, implement, and evaluate the comprehensive school counseling program.
• Use legal and ethical decision‑making based on standards and principles of the school counseling profession and educational systems, including district and building policies.
• Perform Medicaid administrative claims reimbursable activities as directed in accordance with Chapter 3 of the federally approved School District Administrative Claiming (SDAC) Guide.

Skills

Counseling theories

Effective communication

Privacy laws (FERPA)

Project management basics

Education

Master’s degree in counseling

Florida teaching certificate in guidance and counseling PK-12

Lean Six Sigma Certification

Industry certification

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

The School District of Lee County is seeking a School Counselor at Bonita Springs High School in Fort Myers, Florida. The role focuses on implementing a comprehensive, data-driven counseling program to support academics, college/career readiness, and social-emotional development for all students.

You will provide direct services such as classroom guidance, individual counseling, and student planning, along with indirect services through referrals and collaboration with families, staff, and