School Counselor/ Crew Coordinator

Job Summary: Works to create and enhance a robust culture of achievement and respect where high expectations and results are the norms. Responsible for bridging academics and enriching school climate by building in restorative practices, and culturally relevant tiered responses to intervention that supports campus and district goals. Understands what it looks like to develop a practice of culturally relevant pedagogy that is rooted in love and leads to student-centered instruction. Expert in designing learning experiences and capstones that support students in making sense of their community, national, and global identities, and eager to develop skills in successfully leading young people to grow in their non-cognitive skills and understanding of social justice issues. Holds a constructivist orientation toward education which is demonstrated by instructional strategies that pull knowledge out of students, offer student choice, and orient administrators, teachers, staff, and students to learn from each other. The Counselor/Crew Coordinator will: • Facilitate a collaborative school culture through strategic activities • Facilitate the implementation of the CREW model across the district • Train teachers in Restorative Practices • Serve as a member of the Equity Committee and staff interview team • Support the selection of Student and Parent Ambassadors • Support the Community Engagement Specialist • Attend ARDs with the Special Population Department Other Duties and Responsibilities: 1. Collaborate with colleagues (leadership and school-wide meetings, professional development days, the professional development institute) to continuously improve personal practice, instruction, assessment, and student achievement, as well as the overall goals and mission of the school and district. 2. Planning, implementing, and leading campus and district-wide CREW meetings using Restorative Practices 3. Building capacity amongst organizational staff to implement CREW curriculum and programming with fidelity 4. Identifying and building capacity among students to serve as peer CREW leaders to implement CREW conception vision and mission at the student level. 5. Access meaningful learning experiences (current theory, research, and developments in relevant academic disciplines, professional development opportunities, and ideas from colleagues and supervisors) and exercise judgment in accepting findings as valid for application in leadership and teacher improvement. 6. Reflect critically upon leadership experience, and identify areas for further professional development as part of a professional development plan that is linked to school and network goals, listen thoughtfully to other viewpoints, and respond constructively to suggestions and criticisms. 7. Use feedback to inform and update campus CREW development plans. 8. Fulfill all outlined and related functions professionally, timely, and thoroughly. 9. Assists campus administration to develop, revising, and evaluating CREW processes, procedures, and resources. Assists campus administration in leading campus/district-based discussions regarding effective instructional strategies, activities, and lessons, and promotes district curriculum implementation. 10. Implements CREW processes collaboratively, including reinforcing teacher practices in the use of summative and formative assessment. Participates in the problem-solving model for CREW with the continuous reflection of data to enhance Tier 1 instruction/curriculum. 11. Leads conversations with the administrative team in the problem-solving CREW (including PBIS/Restorative processes), model, to discuss The Rhodes School student data in order to align interventions and guide instructional decisions 12. Promotes K-12 vertical alignment as it pertains to Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. Analyzes technology integration as a vehicle for instruction. 13. Examination of classroom, campus, district, and state assessment data (on trends with regar…