Grammar School Counselor
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School
- New York City, NY
- $71,000-118,500 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Offers short-term individual and/or group counseling for students in grades pre-k through 5, as needed.
- Teaches classes to support the social-emotional learning and general health and well-being of all students in the grammar school.
- Leads conversations and designs workshops on mental health and emotional wellness and helps facilitate discussions to strengthen the connection between home and school during scheduled meetings.
- Collaborates with the school nurse, deans, and administrators to ensure student health, wellness, and safety.
- Consults and collaborates with teachers and learning specialists to support the social-emotional growth and learning needs of children.
- Helps coordinate outside support services and maintains contact and communicates with outside providers and evaluators, including liaising with the Department of Education as needed.
- Available as a resource for families to support student’s social-emotional needs and provide guidance.
- Leverage assessments that measure progress towards academic and social standards
- Help complete necessary school wide duties for the successful and orderly functioning of the school (e.g., hallway supervision, arrival/departure transitions, field trips, etc.)
- Serves as a member of the student support team, working to identify and address learning and emotional/behavioral needs that interfere with academic achievement and social-emotional well-being.
- Participates as a member of the crisis team. Helps provide additional crisis intervention services for students and staff, including responding to current events that may have a significant impact on the community.
- Attend and participate in events outside of normal school hours (e.g., family nights, student performances, field trips, report card nights, Teacher - Parent Conferences, etc)
- Collaborate with teachers in planning grade level meetings, department meetings, staff meetings, and other professional development activities
- Manage administrative and appropriate direct-service elements of the referral process for social services and special education services including:
- Referring individuals and families to external resources and services
- Monitoring and facilitating the delivery of external resources and services
- Evaluating impact and quality of external resources and services
- Promotes wellness and resilience by reinforcing positive and direct communication styles, self-reflection practices, careful decision-making, collaborative problem solving, and emotion-focused coping techniques.
- Maintains confidentiality regarding all school and health-related issues.
- Administering records, documentation, and other compliance activities.
- Any other duties as assigned by the Divisional Director
- Master’s degree in Social Work or School Counseling.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience working in a grammar/elementary school setting.
- Experience teaching and facilitating well-managed classes and discussions with grammar/elementary school students.
- Collaborative mindset and strong interpersonal skills.
- Belief in and alignment with Columbia Grammar’s core beliefs and educational philosophy