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The Opportunity and Job Description

P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School (DRS) is seeking to hire multiple Secondary School Counselors for the current 2024-2025 school year with an anticipated beginning date of December, 2024 / January, 2025. Specific responsibilities include:

Academic Counseling and Support

• Provide academic counseling for assigned students.
• Monitor students’ academic progress, behavior, attendance, and well-being to facilitate/provide appropriate intervention as needed.
• Use relevant assessment data to make recommendations to students, parents, and teachers.
• Assist with preparation and administration of assessments.
• Interpret scores and communicate results to administration, faculty, students, and parents effectively.
• Support students’ academic, social, behavioral, and emotional success in a school organized to provide a multi-tiered system of supports.

Program Development and Implementation

• Plan and develop school counseling programs based on developmental needs of secondary students.
• Design and implement registration and scheduling for secondary students with the counseling team.
• Review, evaluate, and select a variety of materials to support a well-balanced counseling program for secondary students.
• Help lead planning and implementation of programs for career awareness and comprehensive educational/career plans.
• Implement, coordinate, and monitor personalized education plans for assigned students. 

Communication and Collaboration

• Communicate goals and services of the school counseling program to school administration, staff, students, and parents.
• Maintain regular parent communication (electronically, face-to-face, by phone).
• Collaborate with families and educators to assist students with educational, career, and life planning.
• Attend grade-level Student Success Team meetings and provide information regarding tiered support in school counseling.
• Collaborate with Exceptional Student Services Team Members to ensure planned social/emotional tiered support is provided.

Crisis Intervention and Student Support

• Recognize overt indicators of student distress or abuse and take appropriate intervention, referral, or reporting action.
• Provide crisis intervention services including follow-up services as appropriate and in collaboration with the school psychologist.
• Provide personal/social growth counseling (individual and group) regarding academic success, communication skills, decision-making, and effective coping skills.

 Monitoring and Evaluation

• Establish short and long-term plans based on student needs as well as school and state priorities.
• Implement, coordinate, and monitor school-wide counseling services and activities both within and outside the academic school day.
• Evaluate counseling program objectives using feedback from students, parents, and staff through needs assessments and online surveys.
• Analyze the impact of strategies, practices, and counseling curriculum on student success.

Professional Development and Ethics

• Participate in required professional meetings and trainings as assigned by administration/designee.
• Engage in annual cycles of professional learning.
• Participate in practitioner inquiry (research) to support professional learning and inform continuous program improvement.
• Act in a professional and ethical manner and adhere to the Code of Ethics and Principles of Professional Conduct.

School Community Engagement

• Participate in school-wide events, committees, and supervisory responsibilities to assure student safety.
• Organize and facilitate Parent Nights for families to be informed about postsecondary college and career opportunities (minimum 3 per year) both within and beyond the school day.

Additional Duties

• Maintain student records and appropriate contact meetings via Skyward and prepare all required reports.
• Participate in the formation of student IEP and 504 Plans or other learning plans based on individual student needs.
• Assist with record keeping on grant projects as needed including but not limited to Career and Technical Education, School Improvement. 

For more details about UF benefits, please visit www.hr.ufl.edu/benefits.

To learn more about P.K. Yonge, please visit www.pkyonge.ufl.edu.

If you are interested in being a part of this dedicated team of professionals, we invite you to submit your curriculum vitae or resume and application.

About P.K. Yonge

P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School (DRS) is a public school established in 1934 with the mission to design, test, and disseminate innovations in K-12 education through serving a student population representative of Florida’s economic, racial, gender, and academic diversity. P.K. Yonge seeks to attract a faculty that reflects the diversity of our student population. Affiliated with the College of Education at the University of Florida, P.K. Yonge faculty may partner with members of the college to develop, and test teaching solutions grounded in our shared values of inclusivity, accessibility, equity, and student agency while educating approximately 1250 students on campus.

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P.K. Yonge boasts a small community-like atmosphere that fosters deep and impactful relationships with students and families from all walks of life over many years. P.K. Yonge is committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all as we seek to generate new ideas for advancing equity and inclusion at P.K. Yonge and beyond through research, teaching, and/or service. Teachers work closely in a collaborative environment that cultivates diversity of thought, perspectives, and ideas on matters that impact K-12 schools. As practitioner-researchers, P.K. Yonge faculty are constantly working to bridge theory and practice. P.K. Yonge attributes our successes to the contributions of teachers from all backgrounds and nationalities who find teaching, research, and investigation inspiring, who value the opportunity to reach outside the bounds of the classroom, and who are open to sharing on a broader scale.

P.K. Yonge teachers enjoy greater professional autonomy.  P.K. Yonge faculty engage in professional learning opportunities each year though webinars, workshops, learning communities, and teacher research aimed at increasing knowledge of diversity and equity in inclusive learning environments. Teachers are fully supported to explore and learn within their subject areas; encouraged to present and attend national conferences; and inspired to refine and improve their current practices.  

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Commensurate with education & experience

1. Master’s degree from an accredited institution in the field of counseling, post-secondary education or a related field.
2. Valid Florida Certificate in School Counseling.
3. Experience in teaching, school counseling, academic advising or related field.
4. FDLE Background check.

1. Minimum 1 year experience in High School Counseling with specific experience with grades 11 and 12 in a Florida public school.
2. Minimum 1 year experience as a high school counselor using Skyward Student Information System.
3. Experience leading a team on Dual Enrollment and Articulation agreement and implementation with post-secondary institutions.
4. Experience working with partner institutions on student course enrollments including but not limited to Florida Virtual School partnerships.
5. Experience implementing course remediation programs including but not limited to Edgenuity and like programs.

Interested applicants must apply online at https://jobs.ufl.edu and include:

1. A cover letter or letter of application
2. A complete resume or curriculum vitae 
3. Three letters of recommendation providing evidence of effective teaching experience and ongoing collaboration with teaching colleagues

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The University of Florida is committed to nondiscrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations, genetic information, and veteran status in all aspects of employment including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training.

Resources

• University of Florida Benefits
• Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics
• Accessibility at UF

Final candidate will be required to provide official transcript to the hiring department upon hire.  A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible.  Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty and staff.

The University of Florida is An Equal Employment Opportunity Institution. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call 352/392-2477 or the Florida Relay System at 800/955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.