Counselor

The Counselor is responsible for and accountable to the following:

• Demonstrate a commitment to the safety and security of children and young people (child protection )
• Collaborate around meeting our mission:  We inspire innovation and compassionate action
• Communicate and collaborate in a professional manner
• Commit to continual professional learning
• Know and respond to the needs of all students
• Promote agency and innovation in the learning process
• Foster compassion and build relationships amongst all the ISG community
• Contribute to student growth and collaboration
• Contribute to the after-school activities program and to the wider ISG Dammam community
• Espouse creativity and passion in their daily work
• Promote an understanding and appreciation of diverse populations and cultures
• Maintain confidentiality and discretion in responding to sensitive issues, including confidential record keeping
• Work with students, families, & colleagues
• Specifically with regards to counseling, the successful candidate will be able to effectively

Individual Student Planning 

• Provide social, emotional, and academic counseling for students, individually or in group sessions, on as needed basis
• Assist students and families with school transitions (new students, departing students, transitioning from elementary to middle school, etc.)
• Use student data to support decision-making in designing effective interventions and counseling services

Responsive Services 

• Participate on the Crisis Management Team on and as needed basis
• Provide intervention/support in crisis situations
• Serve as the Child Protection Deputy in responding to and managing all child protection concerns
• Refer students and their parents, as needed, to appropriate specialists, special programs and/or outside agencies

System Support 

• Consult and advise on admissions and placement decisions for students on an as-needed basis
• Consult and collaborate with teachers, families and the administration to provide academic, social and emotional support for students
• Provide information and skills to parents, school staff, administration and the community to assist them in helping students in academic and social development
• Conduct in-service training for other stakeholders to share school counseling expertise

Delivery of Counseling Curriculum

• Collaborate with administrators and counselors across the District to design, implement and deliver a comprehensive, developmental school counseling program to provide students with the knowledge and skills in the four domains (academic, personal/social, career, and global perspective)
• Become actively involved with students through classroom visitations, presentation of lessons, participation in student activities and being visible during student break, lunch, etc.
• Participate in interdisciplinary curriculum development to ensure the delivery of  a comprehensive counseling curriculum
• ES counselors deliver the counseling curriculum to KG1 and Grade 5 students

The successful candidate will be expected to display/demonstrate the following:

• Model ISG’s core values
• Promote an understanding and appreciation of diverse populations and cultures
• Maintain confidentiality and discretion in responding to sensitive issues, including confidential record keeping
• Embody, uphold, and promote the ISG Learning Principles:
  • Students learn best with voice and choice
  • Learning is a reflective practice
  • Learning requires a safe, collaborative environment
  • Learning requires feedback for growth
  • Learning inspires passionate engagement
  • Learning from failure requires a growth mindset
  • Appropriate challenge engages and motivates learners
• Embody, uphold and promote the ISG Assessment Beliefs:
  • Purpose:
    • The purpose of assessment is to improve learning
  • Beliefs:
    • The student is the first and most important user of assessment data
    • Reflection is integral to deep learning
    • Assessments should be aligned with adopted standards
    • Feedback to students should be timely, targeted, accurate, actionable, ongoing, and embedded in the assessment process
    • Assessments should produce accurate data capable of informing instruction and learning
    • Assessments should give students opportunities to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways
    • Creating and upholding structures that support teacher collaboration around assessment practices will enhance student learning
• Strive to help students demonstrate and embody the characteristics of the ISG Profile of Graduates:
  • Leadership - inspire and motivate others
  • Collaboration - purposeful and effective interaction with others
  • Individuality - self-development, confidence, and motivation
  • Open mindedness - embrace and respect diverse ideas to refine perspective(s), balance judgment, and inspire compassion
  • Balance - well-roundedness, focus, and sustenance of a healthy mental and physical lifestyle through an efficient and proficient use of time
  • Integrity - willingness and desire to do the right thing
  • Growth mindset - belief that talents may be learned and perfected through perseverance
  • Critical thinking - apply multiple perspectives and deep reasoning to real world situations

• Perform other duties as assigned by the Principal and/or the Assistant Principal