Program Manager, School Counseling
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Position Type:Administration and ProfessionalsDate Posted:2024-05-01Location:Administration or As AssignedINTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSIONThe Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability forperformance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.THE OPPORTUNITY: Location: Administration or As AssignedReports To: Director of College Readiness and Postsecondary ProgrammingFLSA Status: ExemptSalary Band: 14Compensation: $ 63,240. - $ 88,536.**Internal applicants are required to upload a resume to their application**As part of the College and Readiness Team, the Program Manager, School Counseling requires an individual with superior leadership, analytical, execution, and change management skills. This position will serve as a key contributor to the success of CMSD's school counselors, teachers, leaders, and scholarsESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Functions as the liaison between the district-wide School Counselors and the CMSD Department of College and Career Readiness.
• Facilitates and coordinates district-wide support for school counselors, including training, professional development, coaching, and mentoring, which builds their capacity to support all students with college and career readiness.
• Monitors systems to track students' progress toward graduation, including, but not limited to, on-track-to-graduation data, transcript analysis, FAFSA completion, college application completion, etc.
• Supports counselors with the input and consistent monitoring of accurate student data and student records and ensures student academic histories are accurate
• Develop a support system for school counselors and visit schools regularly to ensure consistency in implementing the school counseling program
• Plans and implements FAFSA and Financial Aid completion activities and supports families through the college application process.
• Develops and implements four-year graduation plans for students and supports school counselors in ensuring individual meetings with each student to create and monitor four-year plans
• Maintains knowledge of and leads district participation in area, regional, and state job fairs and college nights
• Develop strong positive relationships with district partners, community groups, leaders, and stakeholders and facilitate two-way communications supporting the district's academic plans
• Collaborates with various departments to create an annual course catalog to provide students, families, and the community with a clear and concise summary of the coursework offered at each middle and high school
• Works collaboratively with the school leaders, College Now Advisors, College, Career, Community, Coordinators, and Family Support Specialists to monitor student data and determine areas of focus that will ensure student success
• Develops strong positive relationships with various department managers in CMSD in support of school counselors
• Collaborates with district administrators to develop, lead, and implement a systematic process for identifying and addressing inequities and other experiences that create barriers to graduation and post-secondary success.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in social sciences, Education, or a related degree, required.
• Master in School Counseling preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years teaching at the High School Level, preferred.
• Experience as a High School Administrator/Counselor, required
• Must have a strong understanding of school counselor work.
• Demonstrated proficiency with general office technologies (i.e., PC, tablets, etc.), virtual meeting platforms (i.e., Zoom, Teams, etc.), and software packages (i.e., Microsoft Office). Proficiency with enterprise technologies & databases (i.e., Workday, eSchoolPlus, SchoolNet, BoardDocs, Poll Everywhere, PowerBI, and others., etc.), online data management systems, and data collection methodology.
• Ability to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate program goals and initiatives.
• Possess a strong understanding of data, formative/summative assessment, and familiarity with interpretation and delivery of acquisition of data to support principal and teacher understanding of class/school level data in support of learning (e.g., ODE Assessments)
• Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks, projects, and responsibilities
• Strong written and verbal communication/presentation skills
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students, district partners, and the public •Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:The characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

• Expected moving, walking, and standing consistent with an office environment and occasionally lifting up to 15 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal office environment.
• Local travel may be required for training/meetings.

NOTE: The above-stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive or to limit management's discretionary authority to assign other tasks of similar nature or level of responsibility. EducationTo ApplyPlease submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.EEO StatementWe believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800Cleveland, Ohio 44114(216)-###-####...@ClevelandMetroSchools.org