School Adjustment Counselor - Long Term Substitute

Longmeadow Public School District; Longmeadow (MA); Sur place; USD 18 000 - 55 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Longmeadow Public School District is seeking a School Adjustment Counselor for a long-term substitute at Wolf Swamp Road School in Longmeadow, MA. The role focuses on counseling, student support, and collaboration with staff to promote emotional and academic growth.

Qualified candidates will hold MA state certification as a School Adjustment Counselor; a master’s degree is preferred, with 3–5 years of relevant experience and licensure as a Social Worker/Adjustment Counselor preferred.

Qualifications

• Holds a Massachusetts state certification as a School Adjustment Counselor.
• Knowledgeable of Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks in Health.
• Educational preparation relevant to area of instruction.
• Prior relevant successful experience preferred.
• Social Worker/Adjustment Counselor license preferred.
• 3-5 years experience preferred.
• Such other qualifications or alternatives as the Principal and Superintendent may find appropriate.

Formation

Massachusetts state certification as School Adjustment Counselor

Master degree

3-5 years experience

Description du poste

School Adjustment Counselor - Long Term Substitute

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Job Description

JOB MISSION: To lead, encourage, and assist students to develop their individual potential for intellectual and emotional growth, resulting in their learning and achievement of high standards of knowledge and skills. include the following: Other duties may be assigned.

1. PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE
1.1 Continuously improve professional knowledge and practice through appropriate professional development activities; share information and knowledge with other teachers; apply the best research in the design and development of school curriculum.
1.2 Maintain and incorporate the best research in counseling materials and techniques.
2. PLANNING FOR INSTRUCTION
2.1 Set short-term and year-long goals for counseling and treatment based on sound principles and practices of learning.
2.2 Perform counseling and casework service with individual students to correct those personal, social, or emotional mal-adjustments related to their educational and social process. 2.3 Design and support the implementation of behavioral programs for classroom and general use.
3. USE OF MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
3.1 Integrate current technologies as tools to enhance student social, emotional, and behavioral growth.
4. EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTRUCTION
4.1 Maintain systems of assessment and measurements which reflect progress in achieving objectives.
5. LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
5.1 Establish an atmosphere that encourages sensitivity and respect among students and staff.
5.2 Design intreatment experiences in which students optimize their performance by taking responsibility for their own actions.
6. EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
6.1 Maintain open and effective communication with students, parents, staff and administration using expected professional standards.
6.2 Participate actively in team/department/staff meetings.
7. CONTRIBUTIONS TO STUDENTS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
7.1 Be available for student and/or parent conferences.
7.2 Perform counseling and casework service with parents as an integral part of the task of helping students to increase the parents' understanding and support their constructive participation in resolving their child's problems.
7.3 Conduct home visits for the purpose of completing social histories and gathering background data.
7.4 Help families make appropriate social agency contacts as needed.
7.5 Consult to the classroom teacher, principal, and other professionals in the Pupil Services Dept. and the System.
7.6 Communicate between the home and the school on matters relating to emotional and social adjustment and classroom functioning.
8. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCHOOL AND/OR TEACHING PROFESSION
8.1 Work collaboratively to identify areas for school improvement, develop possible strategies, and assess results.
9. ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE WITH SCHOOL REGULATIONS
9.1 Observe and implement the rules and regulations established for the school system.

EVALUATION: Consistent with current Agreement Between the Longmeadow School Committee and the Longmeadow Education Association.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary and work year in accordance with current Longmeadow Educators Association (Unit A) and Longmeadow School Committee Agreement

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: NONE

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Position Type: Full-time
Salary: $100 to $299 Per DayJob Categories:

Student Services > Adjustment Counselor

Student Services > Social Worker

Welcome to Wolf Swamp Road School

Wolf Swamp Road SchoolWolf Swamp Road School serves approximately 415 students in prekindergarten through 5th grade. We offer four half-day preschool sessions and three full-day kindergarten classes as well as three sections in each grade level (1st through 5th). We provide a variety of regular education and special education programs to provide academic support, remediation, and/or enrichment to students based on their individual learning needs. Our art, physical education, library, technology, and music programs (music, band, orchestra, chorus) foster the development of the whole child and complement the classroom curriculum. The mission of Wolf Swamp Road School is to provide a safe, caring, respectful learning community that encourages every child to achieve his or her learning potential.Wolf Swamp Road School is a Responsive Classroom school. The RC approach to teaching emphasizes academic, social, and emotional growth in a strong school community. Every staff member at Wolf Swamp Road School has been trained in the philosophies of Responsive Classroom. An important practice from RC that happens every day at Wolf Swamp Road is morning meeting. Everyone in the classroom gathers in a circle for twenty to thirty minutes during the school day and proceeds through four sequential components: greeting, sharing, group activity, and morning message. Complimenting our RC approach, we follow the five core competencies of the CASEL framework utilizing the C.A.R.E.S. Acronym to provide explicit instruction in the areas of: cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy and self- control.To learn more about the Longmeadow Public Schools please copy and paste the following into your webbrowser:https://sites.google.com/longmeadow.k12.ma.us/equitythrougheducation/https://www.longmeadow.k12.ma.us/

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Longmeadow Public Schools is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or pregnancy/pregnancy related conditions.

Job Requirements

• QUALIFICATIONS:
  1.Holds a Massachusetts state certification as a School Adjustment Counselor.
  2.Knowledgeable of Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks in Health.
  3.Educational preparation relevant to area of instruction.
  4.Prior relevant successful experience preferred.
  5. Social Worker/Adjustment Counselor license preferred.
  6. 3-5 years experience preferred.
  7.Such other qualifications or alternatives as the Principal and Superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable.
  
  The following information is provided pursuant to ADA requirements.
  
  PHYSICAL DEMANDS:Physical demands are a way of describing the physical activities that a job requires.
  
  Strength: Light-lifting, 20 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds.
  
  Key:Occasionally (O)Up to 1/3 of the time
  Frequently (F)From 1/3 to 2/3 of the time
  Constantly (C)2/3 of the time or more
  
  Standing:(F)
  Sitting:(F)
  Walking:(F)
  Lifting:(O)
  Reaching(F) – Extending the hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
  Handling(F) – Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise work with hand(s)
  Fingering (F) – Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with fingers primarily
  Talking (F)Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word
  Hearing (C)Perceiving the nature of sounds by the air
  New Acuity(C)Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less
  Fair Acuity (C)Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more
  Color Vision (F)Ability to identify and distinguish colors
  Field of Vision(C) Observing an area that can be seen up and down or right and left when eyes are fixed on a given point.
  
  WORK ENVIRONMENT:
  Environmental conditions are a means of describing the physical surroundings of a worker in a specific job. This position is performed in a school setting where the environmental conditions should have no effect on how the job is performed.
  
  Noise: Level 3 – Moderate level of intensity.
  
• At least 3 year(s) of relevant experience preferred.
• Master degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Jared Materas , Principal
• 62 Wolf Swamp Road
• Longmeadow, Massachusetts 01106
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]