School Counselor
Website Compass Community Schools
About Us
In July 2019, Compass Community Schools opened six high-quality charter schools (five elementary and one middle/high) in the Memphis communities of Binghampton, Berclair, Frayser, Hickory Hill, Midtown, and Orange Mound. We focus intently on three pillars –academic excellence, values-based character education, and service learning in the community– as we prepare our students for college and life-long success.
Our vision is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideal of education: “Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” This true education – provided within a supportive, joyful, and hopeful school culture – will prepare our students to be positive agents of change in our communities.
Position Overview
Compass Community Schools is seeking a K-8 school counselor. We seek school counselors who are experts in their craft and passionate about preparing Memphis youth academically and in character for college and life-long success. Our counselors will enjoy and benefit from our intentionally small school settings, which will help them to develop trusting, positive relationships with their students and colleagues.
Primary Responsibilities
● Support and contribute to a school-wide focus on three pillars: academic excellence, values-based character education, and service-learning in the community.
● Establish a supportive, joyful, and hopeful classroom culture that has high expectations for students’ individual and collective success.
● Plan and implement the school’s guidance program focused on improving students’ academic, social, and emotional skills.
● Counsel students individually and in groups, based on students’ differentiated needs.
● Provide mediation for students, as needed, to help students successfully navigate challenging circumstances.
● Administer assessments to determine students’ academic, social, and emotional strengths and areas of need.
● Analyze various data to help inform students’ counseling needs.
● Refer students and families to various schools, districts, and community service providers as needed.
● Carefully monitor students’ educational plans and progress in collaboration with staff and service providers.
● Communicate regularly with families as partners in the education of their children.
● Carefully manage students’ confidential files.
Qualifications
- Affinity with, and passion for, the compelling vision of Compass Community Schools
- Strong content knowledge
- Driving commitment to advance student learning
- Ability to lead students toward a joyful and productive learning environment
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to build productive relationships with students and colleagues
- Desire to work hard in a balanced, extended school calendar
- Utmost personal and professional integrity
- Tennessee teaching licensing or eligibility to obtain one
What We Offer
- Mission-driven, joyful, respectful working environments
- Intentionally small school settings
- Opportunity to positively impact the lives of Memphis youth
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
