College Counseling Director

College Counseling Director The College Counseling Director (CCD) reports to the Executive Site Director and is responsible for leading college counseling outcomes at their site. As the ultimate college counseling expert at the site, the College Counseling Director leads site-level college counseling and matriculation strategy to implement College Track’s College Counseling Playbook priorities and College Counseling Philosophy. With the ESD, and in accordance with organizational priorities and philosophy, as well as the requirements and deadlines driven by local or state context, the CCD co-develops and implements a site-based strategy that ensures scholars are matriculating to partner universities and are on track to matriculate to a 4-year college or university. The CCD manages and coaches the College Counselor through check-ins, observation and training to ensure alignment in counseling strategies and real time data collection. The CCD divides and assigns scholar caseloads to the College Counseling Team and also manages a caseload of juniors and seniors to provide individualized college counseling as well as participation in college readiness programming like family meetings, financial aid workshops, and Writing Institute. Primary Responsibilities [Lead College Counseling and Matriculation Strategy at the Site] Lead goal setting process with site college counseling team to develop annual strategic plan for meeting matriculation goals and executing college counseling programming Track and maintain scholar college application, financial aid, and matriculation data (college aspiration lists, admission decisions, FAFSA completion, matriculation steps, etc.) using Salesforce, standardized spreadsheets, and additional platforms Meet high expectations for scholar college application, matriculation, and partnership goals and ensure FAFSA/alternate state-based financial aid completion as the ultimate content expert at the site Develop a site-based college exposure strategy that follows College Track’s program requirements, centers College Track’s college partners and ensures scholars have visited four colleges in person by the end of 11th grade Build relationships and collaboration with key stakeholders like College Track Partner college/university representatives, partner high school college counselors, partner high school leadership, etc. Collaborate closely with the College Thrive team to understand college scholar trends in order to inform college counseling strategies in the College Going phase of the program and to ensure a strong transition for graduating high school seniors Serve as the primary liaison between the central College Counseling Strategy team and the site [Management and Coaching] Manage the College Counselor and Advisors (CCAs) at the site, completing weekly one-on-one check-ins to delegate responsibilities, ensure alignment and program fidelity, clarify questions and provide consistent feedback Equip CCAs with caseload management tools and strategies to integrate use into their day-to-day workflow, ensuring tracking and data collection is happening in real-time and on-time to a high standard Observe CCAs leading individualized college counseling meetings, individualized and group family meetings, college clinics, Writing Institute sessions, and more to provide feedback with clear action steps to improve college counseling [Caseload Management and College Readiness Programming] Divide and strategically assign junior and senior scholar caseloads to the site’s College Counseling Team Manage a diverse caseload of ~65 high school juniors and seniors, including undocumented students, ensuring each student has the support they need to matriculate to a four-year college Provide individualized, one-on-one college counseling to students, ensuring students complete FAFSA, their college applications, and receive financial aid and scholarship application support Assess, track, and report leading indicators (like attendance…