Full Time Counsellor - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Crofton House School

Description

Post-Secondary Counsellor, Senior School
Full-Time
Post-Secondary Counsellor, Senior School
Full-Time, Continuing Contract
Crofton House School offers a girl-centred learning environment for students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Here, students are motivated to strive for their best selves, embracing academic challenge and diverse experiences, guided by staff who know them and believe in them.

Bound by our belief in the power of girl-centred education, Crofton House School fosters a strong sense of community among educators, staff, students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12, and families.

Our 10-acre campus provides modern facilities, as well as beautiful outdoor spaces and a daily connection to nature.

The teaching facilities are well equipped and offer students and teachers diverse spaces in which to learn and work.

Crofton House School is currently seeking a Post-Secondary Counsellor to join the Department of Career Education/Post-Secondary Counseling to support Senior school students and their parents through the academic planning and post-secondary application processes in Canada, the United States, and abroad.

As a Post-Secondary Counsellor, you have dual responsibilities: academic advising and post-secondary guidance, with students and parents.

You must have a good knowledge of independent school academic programs, and of the array of post-secondary options that are appealing to both students and parents.

Further, you must have a willingness to learn the related CHS policies and protocols.

In addition to advising students about post-secondary pathways and options, the successful candidate will also be responsible for guiding a portion of Senior School students through academic planning leading to their post-secondary transition; Support the growth and development of individual learners through the delivery of the Crofton House School Career Education and Post-Secondary Counselling program.

Work collaboratively with teachers in the Senior School to plan, develop, and implement an extraordinary learning experience for each individual student
Build relationships with teachers and staff across the school community
Work in partnership with the Department Head, Career Education and Post-Secondary Counselling to set deliverables, timelines and accountabilities to carry out yearly strategies and initiatives
Conduct student and parent meetings and provide counsel on a student's academic plans to ensure alignment with post-secondary plans
Work collaboratively with other members of the department to provide excellent post-secondary and academic planning guidance and programming
Conduct evening and weekend meetings with students and their parents to discuss the upcoming years course offerings and individual students plans
Help students maintain accurate records tracking applications, acceptances, denials, scholarship offers etc.
Assist with student applications for scholarships and awards; Track admission and scholarship data
Develop and maintain networks and stay current on post-secondary updates and requirements worldwide
Bachelor of Education)
Graduate degree, an asset
Minimum of 1 year of experience in post-secondary planning
Experience in an independent school, an asset
Understanding of 'Standards-Based Learning/Assessment', an asset
Understanding of career and post-secondary pathways within an independent school setting, an asset
Demonstrated ability to be innovative, flexible and reflective
Energy and readiness to participate in the diverse life of the School community
No phone calls, please.
Crofton House School offers a girl-centred learning environment for students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Here, students are motivated to strive for their best selves, embracing academic challenge and diverse experiences, guided by staff who know them and believe in them.

Our approach supports the whole girl in her social, emotional, physical and intellectual development. Established in 1898, Crofton House has a long history of girl-centred education.

Today, the School has over 900 students and almost 200 staff members learning, working and playing on our 10-acre campus in Vancouver.

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