Falmouth High School is seeking a dynamic School Counselor to join our team starting in the 2024-2025 school year. This counselor will provide a wide range of services for students including academic advising, college planning, and career counseling. Our approach is student-centered, relationship-focused, and designed to empower students with the tools they need to be successful in their future endeavors. This position will focus primarily on working with our 9th-grade class, aiding in their transition and orientation to high school. A key element of the role involves teaching our quarter-length seminar program. Additionally, this individual is an important member of our Student-Centered Team (SCT), which meets weekly to identify at-risk students in need of additional support.
The ideal candidate:
- Is passionate about working with students and has a genuine concern for their academic growth and character development
- Is a team player who is positive and enjoys working collaboratively
- Has strong oral and written communication skills
- Can juggle multiple responsibilities and prioritize effectively
- Is aware of state and national standards and is committed to creatively addressing them with students
- Is culturally competent and committed to equity in their practice as a counselor
Qualifications:
- Must hold (or be eligible to hold) the required certification - 075 School Counselor
- Experience preferred.
- Approved background check (run by the district).
Falmouth High School is located on a 100-acre district K-12 campus in Falmouth Maine, a coastal community bordering the city of Portland. Our campus features extensive fields, trails, gardens and hoop houses, and rich opportunities for collaboration between schools. Student achievement is exemplary and the community takes great pride in all academic, co-curricular, and athletic accomplishments. Equally important is our commitment to ensuring that all members of our community feel known, respected and appreciated as we work to fulfill our District Mission: Navigating Creative Pathways to Courageous, Compassionate, and Fulfilling Lives.
Falmouth Public Schools is committed to promoting diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion. We encourage qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Additional:
Pay will be based on relevant experience (per teacher pay scale). A generous benefits package includes the following:
- Health benefits - 100% District paid for employee
- Dental benefits - 100% District paid for employee
- Life Insurance
- Generous sick leave, personal leave, maternity leave
- District-supported and paid professional development
- Pension retirement plan (Maine State Retirement)
Application Deadline:
This position remains open until August 8, 2024.