Position Type:
Student Support Services/Guidance Counselor

Date Posted:
6/14/2023

Location:
St. Laurence High School

Date Available:
09/01/2023

St. Laurence High School is a Catholic, coed high school located in Burbank, Illinois, a southwest suburb minutes outside of Chicago. Our culture of challenging the status quo has made St. Laurence a school on the rise. A shift to a project-based learning curriculum has been the cornerstone of our dynamic academic program, which has resulted in recognition at the local, national and international levels - St. Laurence was the first STEM-accredited high school in Illinois, and is currently the Chicago southland's only Catholic high school to offer an International Baccalaureate Program. While we have embraced innovation, we still maintain the strong, Catholic faith-based tradition of over 60 years as an Edmund Rice Christian Brother school.

With seven consecutive years of enrollment increases and our highest anticipated enrollment in over 25 years during the 2022-23 school year, St. Laurence is bucking the trend of Catholic education. The growth provides our students, faculty, staff, families and alumni a sense of stability, security and confidence in our future, while also allowing us to improve selectivity and ensure an increasingly excellent quality of student.

St. Laurence offers a competitive pay scale including multi-year contracts after 5 years of service and numerous stipend opportunities for coaching and moderating. In addition, we provide a benefits package that includes 90% of health coverage and a 5% base pay contribution each year into a 403b account.

In addition to completing the application, interested Candidates should email Mr. Jeff Clemens, Assistant Principal of Student Services at jclemens@stlaurence.com

Qualifications:

• MA degree
• Valid state counselor credentials
  • IL PEL/Type 73/LPC/LCPC
• Counseling Experience Preferred

Job Embedded Expectations for the position of School Counselor - (12 month position):

• Evaluate students' abilities and interests through Naviance assessments, interviews and individual planning.
• Identifying issues that affect school performance, such as academics, poor attendance, discipline issues.
• Working with students to develop executive functioning skills.
• Design lessons and seek outside resources to teach students and staff about specific topics, such as bullying, drug abuse, suicide prevention, self-harm, sexual harassment and college and career planning.
• Individually meet with each student a minimum of (2) two times per school year (each semester)
• Consistently reviews and achieves benchmarks that are determined.
• Support standardized testing coordination in all testing that occurs during the school day.
• Carry out any other projects or activities as requested by the assistant principal - student services.
• Help lead, organize and participate in college visit groups for students.