Responsibilities

Direct Student Support and Development of Systems and Practices

• Ensure intensive, differentiated, equitable advising for each senior and his/her family through the college admissions process, starting second semester of junior year and through the college decision process.
• Identify high-priority seniors for intervention and personalized support during the college admissions process, and coordinate that support.
• In conjunction with the college counseling team, implement the CRJ College Readiness curriculum, including by teaching 2-3 sections of the twelfth-grade College Readiness course each day and periodic lessons in the lower grades.
• Support students in the college application process and ensure timely delivery of transcripts and other application materials.
• Actively manage pre-college summer programs for underclassmen as a key lever in building compelling college applications, including by researching and advertising strong programs, cultivating relationships with summer programs personnel, and providing targeted advising and application support to CRJ students.
• Identify and support candidates for existing mentoring partnerships with local college students, ensure strong relationships with those partners, and seek opportunities to create new mentoring opportunities.
• Help plan and host parent education and investment day, evening, and weekend events at each grade level, including, but not limited to, a fall FAFSA Day, college fairs, parent meetings, and Senior Signing Day in the spring.
• Seek out and take advantage of opportunities to build a college-going culture at the school by presenting at assemblies, grade-level meetings, and professional development sessions.
• Work with the alumni counselor to enlist CRJ alumni to speak to students, parents, staff, and other stakeholder groups to advance and strengthen the school’s college mission.
• Help plan and execute college admissions events, including hosting college admissions presentations at CRJ and coordinating college-campus visits for CRJ students.
• Proactively build relationships with key college personnel (admissions staff, academic success program staff, opportunity program staff, financial aid officers, academic advisors, and other on-campus champions) to ensure a top-notch admissions experience for CRJ applicants and to build the foundation for strong on-campus support for CRJ graduates after they enroll.
• Ensure a smooth transition of support from college counseling to alumni counseling in spring of senior year.
• Work with the counseling team and school leadership to:
  • reach college-readiness metrics (including 100% admission to a four-year institution), track and analyze student data in relation to these metrics, and respond effectively to the trends in the data.
  • Identify areas of strength and growth in college counseling and alumni counseling programs and appropriate revisions and/or additions to those programs to increase their efficacy.

Professional Presence

• Model values consistent with Catholic, Jesuit education and service to others.
• Engage students and parents with humility, respect, and empathy to enable full partnership with the school.
• Approach your professional practice through a developmental lens, and enthusiastically participate in professional development, including with the CR Network, to stay up to date on college admission trends; seek and apply feedback from leadership and colleagues; demonstrate drive and independence in accessing resources to further your own improvement.
• Contribute fully to the adult community in a range of contexts: as a member of the twelfth-grade team and the counseling team, in whole-staff meetings, in adult formation sessions, and so on.
• Collaborate with peers with integrity, humility, commitment, humor, and joy to ensure the foundation of trust that will enable the team to accomplish its ambitious goals. 
• Embrace the team’s goals and the results we achieve as the collective responsibility of the entire staff.

Student Support and Contribution to School

• Co-lead a student formation advisory to help students develop the CRJ Graduate at Graduation values.
• Actively monitor transitions, meals, and/or other common times to ensure a calm and orderly environment; chaperone and moderate school events, including retreats, field trips, college visits, and dances
• Assist with moderating a student club.
• Seek opportunities to participate on committees and otherwise contribute to the life of the school.
• Other duties as assigned, including but not limited to:
  • Represent College Counseling Program at school events, including fall Open House
  • If bilingual, assist with translating documents and during parent meetings
  • Substitute teach as requested by school leadership.