Job Summary:
Flint Community Schools, an urban public school system with campuses throughout the City of Flint, Michigan, has a long and rich tradition of community education. Flint Community Schools provide a range of academic, extended services and extracurricular activities at the elementary and secondary levels to meet the needs of our students and their families.
Essential Functions:
- Provides a comprehensive guidance and counseling program for students in grades 7-12.
- Consults with and communicates with teachers, staff, and parents to enhance effectiveness in providing support to students and the educational program.
- Use student achievement data to effectively guide and advocate for appropriate course selection for each identified student.
- Work with students and staff on both an individual and group basis to resolve/improve academic performance and behavior problems which interfere with the teaching and learning process.
- Identifies appropriate academic and personal resources for each student designed to ensure academic success.
- Performs daily monitoring of attendance for each student served.
- Works on Master Schedule of classes.
- Implement immediate intervention tactics designed to address student absences.
- Maintains a student database that includes relevant evaluation data (attendance, grades, assessment results) for each student served.
- Counsels students on scheduling classes.
- Act as a communication link between teachers, parents and students in the resolution of student problems.
- Guides and counsels groups and individual students through educational, career, and personal/social development.
- Serves as a resource for students in gaining entrance to post-secondary opportunities.
- Refers students as needed to appropriate community resources in consultation with their parents.
- Completes statistical reports are required.
Qualifications:
Education: Michigan Department of Education Secondary School Counselor endorsement or School Counselor Certificate required.
