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9 Feb 2023

Full-Time Counseling Manager

Emily Griffith Campus – Posted by Denver Public Schools Denver, Colorado, United States

Job Description

OFFICE OF SCHOOLS

Traditional 235 work days 

FTE: 1.0

Salary Range: $69,362 – $80,441

 

Essential Functions and Objectives:

 Responsible for maintaining the operational and transactional responsibilities of the department. Manages the coordination of day to day activities of a specific business function. Primary emphasis is achieving results by building engagement and empowering their teams. May have exposure for district wide initiatives. 

Manage and work with respective teams to implement policies, procedures, programs and initiatives that pertain to school counseling. Set clear goals, organize work plans, and divide work accordingly. Assure adherence to daily operational items, such as budgets, schedules and performance. 

– Sets clear annual goals aligned to the strategic plan with measurable interim benchmarks. 

– Evaluates counselor progress towards goals and considers impact across functions, in both rubric and rigorous SLOs. 

– Motivates employees and engages them in a common mindset and messages. 

– Direct management. Applies deep knowledge in content and process. Drives improvements. 

– Applies staff performance management systems in a way that ensures a culture of continuous improvement, support and accountability. 

– Delivers results towards established goals through direct management of 3+ school counselors. 

– Identifies and measures meaningful outcomes and ensures team delivers against expectations for customer service excellence. 

– Aligns counselors and resources to achieve results, improve practices. 

– Completes required evaluation for state or federal entities. 

– Improves team performance. Builds high performing teams. Ensures conflict is productive. 

– Improves performance through coaching, feedback, training, and stretch opportunities for each school counselor. 

– Engages in effective performance management practices, including collaboration with building leadership. 

– Demonstrates empathy and builds trust into team culture. 

– Solicits diverse perspectives. Creates connections. Ensures equity. 

– Ensures decisions and actions actively address equity within each school. 

– Builds strong collaborative relationships across DPS schools, counselors, and district departments. 

– Regularly solicits diverse points of view to dismantle white supremacy cultures. – Actively advocates for members of the school community and effectively engages family and community. 

Knowledge, Experience & Other Qualifications:– Two (2) or more years of experience in School Counseling is required. 

– Two (2) or more years of experience in Supervision is required. 

– Two (2) or more years of management responsibility experience is required. 

– Current license in School Counseling from the Colorado Department of Education is required. 

– Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations. 

– Strong organizational and analytic skills and strong attention to detail. 

– Self-starter/leader who can anticipate department needs in a proactive (versus, reactive) manner. 

– Ability to develop and interpret data and manage resources. 

– Ability to motivate and influence others. 

– Ability to effectively lead a team. 

– Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office products and Google Suite. 

– Ability to multi-task and juggle management of several high-priority projects in parallel. 

– High degree of integrity in handling confidential information. 

– Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to lead a high-performing team. 

– Ability to coordinate and work effectively with site staff and diverse student population. 

– Ability to monitor and supervise assigned student activity for sustained periods of time to anticipate and maintain safe environment. 

– Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing.

Education Requirements:

 Master’s Degree in School Counseling is required.

Additional Information:

– Work Year Calendars (including accrued time off): http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/1129

– Benefits (including DPS contributions): http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/1397

– Compensation Structures: http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/244

– Employee must live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working for Denver Public Schools. 

 

About Denver Public Schools:

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation.  DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.  

DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth.  Learn more at dpsk12.org.  

 Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

 

 

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How to Apply

To apply for this opportunity please send resumes to anntoinell_berry@dpsk12.net or you can apply directly on our career page.

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: $69, 362 - $80, and 441.

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