Long Term Substitute School Counselor (2026-2027 SY)

Norwalk Public Schools; Norwalk (CT); Vor Ort; USD 42.000 - 57.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Norwalk Public Schools seeks a Long Term Substitute School Counselor for the 2026-2027 school year at P-TECH Norwalk. The role supports academic, career, college access, and social-emotional development for all students.

Responsibilities include planning and delivering counseling interventions, collaborating with teachers and families, leveraging ASCA-aligned practices, and maintaining equitable access to rigorous coursework and resources for diverse learners.

Qualifikationen

• CT School Counselor certification/eligibility required or in process.
• Master's degree in Counselor Education/School Counseling.
• Knowledge of evidence-based counseling program design, implementation, and evaluation including curriculum lessons, group and individual counseling, and planning/advising for all students.
• Active memberships in state and national counseling organizations.

Aufgaben

• Plans, delivers, and evaluates school counseling interventions to close achievement and opportunity gaps.
• Delivers academic success skills and career development activities to all students.
• Provides college access/affordability/admission guidance and social-emotional support.
• Collaborates with teachers, families, and community partners to promote student success.
• Maintains equity-focused planning and data-informed program assessments.

Kenntnisse

Stakeholder collaboration

Disabilities identification

Cultural & linguistic responsiveness

Ethics knowledge (ACA/ASCA/NACAC)

ASCA Model experience

Counseling program advising

Ausbildung

CT School Counselor certification/eligibility

Master's degree in Counselor Education/School Counseling

Knowledge of evidence-based counseling program design and evaluation

Membership in state/national counseling organizations

Jobbeschreibung

Long Term Substitute School Counselor (2026-2027 SY) JobID: 10624

• Position Type: High School Teaching/ School Counselor
• Date Posted: 10/28/2026

2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR
LONG TERM SUBSTITUTE SCHOOL COUNSELOR
P-TECH NORWALK

JOB SUMMARY
The K-12 school counselor provides academic; career; college access, affordability and admission; and social-emotional competencies to every student annually by helping design, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive evidence-based school counseling program in each district school. The school counselor provides an annual plan and advising to every student, classroom school counseling lessons in collaboration with other educators for all students, group and individual counseling for some students. The school counselor also provides additional school-wide activities that promote student success helping to close achievement, opportunity, and attainment gaps, increase student career/college success, and improves mental health/well-being. The school counselor is an advocate, leader, and change-agentpartneringwith colleagues inside the schools, in the community, and with family members for optimal student success. Theschool counselor is supervised by the Director of School Counseling in consultation with the building Principal.

Services to Students

• Plans, delivers, and evaluates school counseling interventions to help close achievement, opportunity, and attainment gaps.
• Delivers academic success skills including: organization, time management, study skills to all students annually.
• Delivers career development skills including assessments, career clusters, use of Occupational Outlook Handbook (embedded inNaviance), creating resumes/cover letters,jobshadowing/searching techniques.
• Delivers college access/affordability/admission skills to all students with attention to first-generation students, students with disabilities, and students needing affordability resources.
• Provides social-emotional skills to all students including anti-violence/ anti-bullying, stress management, cultural diversity, and strategies to improve energy/ mood Ensures every student has an annually updated ACCESS & Accomplishments Plan.
• Ensures ethical practice by using a decision-making model and sharing most recent updates of the ACA, ASCA & NACAC codes of ethics with all stakeholders.
• Coordinates orientation for new and transfer students and families.
• Applies developmental, learning, counseling, and education theories.
• Uses Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success standards (ASCA) in the school counseling program.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the impact of cultural, social and environmental influences on student success and opportunities.
• Designs and implements instruction aligned to Mindsets and Behaviors in Classroom, Group, and Individual Settings.
• Provides appraisal/advisement in Classroom, Group, and Individual Settings.
• Provides short-term counseling in Group and Individual Settings.

Collaboration with School and Professional Staff

• Collaborates with teachers, school social workers, and school psychologists for optimal student success.
• Collaborates with multiple school systems and peers for systemic change: as Equity Consultants ontheMasterSchedule, supporting all students' access to challenging coursework for all students, Academic Support Services, and Co-Curricular Activities.
• Consults with teachers on creative, culturally responsive interventions to support struggling students includingnoncognitivefactors affecting student success.
• Participates in PPT/504 meetings, team meetings, and restorative justice settings.
• Makes referrals to appropriate school resources.
• Consults with educators for student achievement and success.

Liaison and Collaboration with Outside Resources

• Maintains professional memberships in state and national school and college counseling organizations (ASCA/CSCA, ACA,NACAC/NEACAC).
• Collaborates with family members and community agencies/businesses in a school/family/community partnership for student achievement/success.
• Makes referrals to appropriate community resources.

Planning and School Counseling Program Development/Evaluation

• Demonstratesleadershipasa system change agent for equity by developing and implementing a comprehensive school counseling program.
• Establishes and maintains School Counseling Program Advisory Council.
• Assists in annual Equity Audit of school programs/policies/practices.
• Assess the School Counseling Program annually and shares results with all stakeholders using ASCA Program Assessmentand the ACCESS Questionnaire.
• Uses disaggregated data to plan School Counseling Program interventions.
• Uses technology effectively in the school counseling program.
• Annually updates school counselor/administrator agreement.
• Analyzesschool disaggregateddata to inform school counseling program best practices.
• Demonstrates understanding of educational systems, legal issues, policies, research, and trends Applies school counseling professional standard, competencies and legal and ethical principles to the school counseling profession.
• Creates school counseling program beliefs, vision and mission statements aligned with school and district.
• Identifies gaps in achievement, attendance, discipline, opportunity, and resources.
• Develops annual student outcome goals based on data.
• Develops and implements action plans aligned with student outcome goals and data.
• Assesses and reports program results to the school community.
• Uses time appropriately according to national recommendations and student/school data.
• Establishes annual agreement with building leaders about the SC program.
• Uses a SC appraisal process (ASCA SC Appraisal/101 Solutions-CAFE Model).
• Maintains weekly and annual calendars of SC use of time and school counseling program/ school-wide events for all stakeholders.

Qualifications/Certificates:

• 068 School Counselor certification/eligibility in CT.
• Master's degree in Counselor Education/School Counseling.
• Knowledge of evidence-based research and best practices in designing, implementing, and evaluating a school counseling program and interventions including school counseling curriculum lessons, group and individual counseling, and planning/advising for all students.
• Demonstrated professional identity/memberships in state and national school and college counseling professional organizations.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Effective skills in working with all school stakeholders and community partners.
• Ability to identify students with disabilities and refer for appropriate services and accommodations.
• Ability to affirm and work effectively with students and other stakeholders of multiple cultural and linguistic identities.
• Knowledge of ACA, ASCA and NACAC professional codes of ethics for school and college counselors.
• Experience in implementing and evaluating aschool counseling program modelsuch as the ASCA National Model.
• Experience in advising/planning for all students, developmental school counseling curriculum lessons, group counseling,andindividualcounseling.
• Technology skills including use of spreadsheets, social media, websites, apps, and other ways that build and enhance theschool counseling program effectivenesswith all stakeholders.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience and understanding of bilingual students' unique academic and social-emotional strengths and challenges.
• Experience in urban, diverse environments.
• K-12 teaching, advising, and/or coaching experience.
• Experience using the ASCA Model, Code of Ethics, Professional Competencies, & Mindsets & Behaviors.
• Experience in career and college access, affordability, and admission counseling.
• Experience in a distance learning work environment.

Days: Monday – Friday
Salary: $269.95 Daily Rate

NORWALK IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
It is the policy of the Norwalk Board of Education to ensure equal educational opportunity for all students and to prohibit unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, creed, age, marital status, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, transgender status or physical and mental disability in the school district's educational program and activities; and to prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, creed, age, marital status, national origin, gender pregnancy, veteran status, gender identity or expression, transgender status, sexual orientationor physical and mental disability.