Long-Term Guest (Substitute) High School Counselor

1.0 FTE 054-2023 posting ID
Washougal School District
Posting for the 2023-24 School Year
Position Type:Certificated
Position Title: Long-term Guest (Substitute) High School Counselor
Position Location: Washougal High School
Position Posting: October 11, 2023, open until filled.
Anticipated position dates(s): Anticipated dates of assignment: December 11, 2023 through April 19, 2024 (78 days)
Salary: $155 per day for the first 20 days, then placed on the 2023-24 salary schedule based on experience and education. ($320 - $603 daily rate)
POSTED: October 11, 2023
The Washougal Strategic Plan is centered on our commitment to know, nurture and challenge all students to rise and includes our six guiding pillars that steer our work and prioritize our decisions and actions:

• Effective Instruction - We will invest in attracting, retaining, and developing excellent teachers and staff. We will provide relevant, rigorous and supportive instruction with high expectations for all students.
• Career & College Readiness - We will prepare students to contribute to the community they live in, whether in skilled trades, higher education, or professional careers.
• Equity - We will engage in intentional efforts to identify disparities that create opportunity gaps, and take action to eliminate the achievement gap. We will develop and strengthen students' agency, so they are prepared for careers, college and life.
• Educational Engagement - We will ensure all students are involved in innovative, artistic, creative, vocational, and intellectual pursuits, so they develop confidence, understanding, and agency in the classroom and beyond.
• Partnerships to Support Students - We will partner to build culturally responsive schools, where all children are known, supported and connected through positive relationships in a safe environment.
• Stewardship of Resources - We will maximize resources to create opportunities for our students through a transparent budget process that aligns with our priorities for student achievement and operations of the district. Every dollar matters.

Purpose
The Washougal School District is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining a highly qualified workforce that appreciates the diversity of our community and is committed to practices that are responsive to the needs of all students and families. The Washougal School District desires inclusive schools and classrooms that celebrate the diversity of our school and community. We welcome candidates representing the diversity of the world.
A Washougal School District educator knows, nurtures, and challenges allstudents with high expectations, a love of learning, and a focus on helping every student rise to their highest potential and learn at high levels. Effective educators recognize individual students' strengths and needs, and use multiple strategies to help all students be successful while creating collaborative, equitable, safe, and welcoming communities of learners.
Overview of Position
The purpose and role of the School Counselor is planning, organizing, and delivering a comprehensive school guidance and counseling program that personalizes education and supports, promotes, and enhances the academic, personal, social, and career development of all students, based on the national standards for school counseling programs of the American School Counselor Association." RCW 28A.410.043
As a member of the district school counseling staff, a counselor contributes to student success in visible and meaningful ways by providing activities and services that develop the academic, career and personal/social competencies of students, consulting with teachers, staff and parents/guardians to enhance their effectiveness in helping students and advancing the mission of the school/district.
Required Endorsements: WA State ESA Certificate with School Counselor endorsement
Functions

• Implements the district's School Counseling Program by supporting the program philosophy, by utilizing data, by delivering student-centered competency-based services, and by managing resources effectively and efficiently.
• Facilitates and coordinates educational and career planning to assist students and their parents/guardians with transitions in the K-12 schooling process.
• Nurtures a school environment that celebrates, respects, and values diversity, where teaching and learning are made relevant and meaningful to students of various cultures.
• Initiates activities and discussions that lead to increased cultural competence of staff, informing and expanding teaching practices within classrooms.
• Subscribe to the notion "student success is a teacher's paramount responsibility".
• Consults with and serves as liaison for parents/guardians, teachers, and other school/family/district/outside personnel to support student performance, encourage academic challenge, and promote rigorous plans of study.
• Contributes to a Pre-K-12 guidance curriculum that integrates the Washington State Learning Goals, Essential Academic Learning Requirements, State graduation requirements, and competencies for academic, career, and personal/social development.
• Provides individual and small group counseling and/or activities and classroom visitations that enhance academic success, career planning and personal/sociala djustment.
• Maintains active contact with community social services and refers students and/or their parents/guardians to appropriate agencies as needed
• Participates in building-level School Improvement Planning processes, including data collection and analysis, to improve school climate and enhance student success.
• Monitors, evaluates and continually improves the School Counseling Program.
• Composes a wide variety of materials for the purpose of documenting activities, providing written reference and/or conveying information
• Coordinates with teachers, resource specialists and/or community (e.g. service clubs, courts, child protective services, etc.) for the purpose of providing/receiving requested information and/or making recommendation
• Counsels students, parents, and guardians for the purpose of enhancing student success in school
• Develops a variety of special programs for the purpose of providing information to assist students in the successful transition form elementary school to middle school to High School to career training and/or continuing education
• Monitors students' progress fro the purpose of identifying issues and taking appropriate action for increasing student success
• Researches program eligibility requirements for the purpose of providing up-to-date, accurate counsel to student

Other Functions

• Serves on staff committees as needed.
• Performs related tasks consistent with the scope and responsibility of the position.

Qualifications

• Must qualify for a valid Washington State ESA certificate with appropriate endorsements as required by law.
• Ability to implement classroom management procedures for large and small groups of students, providing an environment conducive to learning.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written and oral form.
• Ability to integrate relevant technology for the purpose of student learning across curricular areas.
• Flexibility and adaptability in varied conditions and settings.
• Ability to assess the needs of students and implement effective lessons to meet those needs through the use of appropriate instructional materials.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of staff and stakeholders.
• Ability to establish positive relationships with students, in a mutually respectful, supportive and accessible manner.
• Ability to relate positively to students and adults of varying socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic backgrounds, learning styles and/or disabilities.
• Ability to process information in order to make sound judgments and decisions.

Education: Master's degree in job related area
Certificates & Licenses
WA State ESA Certificate with School Counselor endorsement
Valid First Aid Certificate
Clearances
WSP/FBI Background Clearance
WA State Sexual Misconduct Inquiry
Applications will be accepted until filled by a qualified applicant.
The Washougal School District is a Drug & Tobacco Free workplace.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The Washougal School District complies with all federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. This holds true for all district employment and educational programs. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:
Title IX/RCW 28A.640 Compliance Officer: Aaron Hansen (360) 954-3050
ADA Compliance Officer: Aaron Hansen (360) 954-3050
and Section 504 Coordinator: Connor McCroskey (360) 954-3021
Inquiries regarding compliance and/or grievance procedures may be directed to the school district's Title IX/ RCW 28A.640 & ADA compliance officer and Section 504 coordinator.