School Culture Champion & Student Support Lead

Nuasin Next Generation Charter School; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuasin Next Generation Charter School in the Bronx seeks a dedicated Culture Team Member to lead school culture and support scholars and families daily.

You will model core values, conduct counseling and assessments, collaborate with teachers and parents, and implement restorative practices, behavior interventions, and targeted supports to foster high attendance and academic engagement across the school community.

Qualifications

• Experience in school counseling or related role.
• Strong communication with families.
• Commitment to progressive education values.

Responsibilities

• Model the core values of Nuasin Next Generation Charter School at all times; be a visible and highly engaged leader in the school community.
• Completes assessments, referrals, and counseling with scholars and families.
• Serves as a member of school-based teams to provide internal and external support to families.
• Support development of scholar self-advocacy and a school culture of high academic and behavioral expectations.
• Research and develop lessons around character development and social emotional learning through class circles, advisory, or weekly culture blocks.
• Support staff around behavior management, classroom culture, and school wide systems.
• Liaison with teaching and administrative staff to support scholars.
• Provide at risk services for scholars individually and in small groups around individualized behavior goals to manage crisis intervention.
• Communicate and reinforce explicit and high behavioral expectations based on our Core Values.
• Work closely and effectively with scholars who have behavior challenges; partner with the Culture team, teachers and families to execute individualized behavior interventions when needed.
• Implement Professional Development for Teachers and assist in School Events when needed.
• Mediate conflict between scholars in a restorative manner.
• Refer scholars to mental health resources.
• Helping scholars understand and overcome social or behavioral problems through classroom guidance lessons and counseling
• Counseling individuals and small groups as determined by mandates.
• Collaborating with teachers, administrators, and parents to help scholars succeed.
• Reporting possible cases of neglect or abuse and referring scholars and parents to resources outside the school for additional support.
• Assist scholars with High School applications.
• Conduct at risk counseling sessions for scholars who may need support.
• Assists in the development, implementation, and evaluation of intervention programs that effectively address the needs of at-risk scholars.
• Keep detailed and up to date scholar behavior records and collaborate with parents, teachers and other members of the staff to implement behavior plans.
• Establish strong parent-school relationships and meet with parents regarding scholar behavior and interventions provided.
• Plan, develop, and execute parent, teacher and scholar workshops in collaboration with social workers/counselors.
• Plan, support and attend special school events (Talent Show, Prom, Graduation, etc.).
• Create, maintain, and update accurate scholar records, documenting all aspects of the incidents and interventions.
• Participate in scholar academic referral processes, as needed.
• Provide reports of incidents and interventions on a weekly basis as specified by the Director of School Culture.
• In partnership with school administrators, ensure scholar attendance is above 95% for all scholars.
• Observe and give feedback to teachers regarding behavior management and restorative practices that result in increased performance.

Skills

Counseling

Student support

Relationship building

Crisis intervention

Job description

Nuasin Next Generation Charter School in the Bronx seeks a dedicated Culture Team Member to lead school culture and support scholars and families daily.

You will model core values, conduct counseling and assessments, collaborate with teachers and parents, and implement restorative practices, behavior interventions, and targeted supports to foster high attendance and academic engagement across the school community.