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Mansfield City Schools School Counselor - Senior High in Mansfield, Ohio
There is a School Counselor position at Mansfield Senior High School for the 2026-2027 school year.
The mission for the counselors of the Mansfield City Schools is to provide high quality, comprehensive school counseling services to all students. Our programs are designed to help all students develop and enhance their academic, social, career, and personal strengths in order to become responsible and productive citizens. There is a commitment to individual uniqueness and the maximum development of human potential.
*Through the skillful use of strategic, timely, and personal interventions, counselors should customize educational experiences in order to enhance capabilities, close achievement gaps among high and low performing groups, and support the concept of students making positive choices regarding their educational pathway with college and career connections. *
Ohio Standards for School Counselors
The Mansfield City Schools embrace, ratify, and validate the Ohio Standards for School Counselors as follows:
*1. Comprehensive School Counseling Program Plan *
School counselors collaboratively envision a plan for a comprehensive school counseling program that is developmental, preventative and responsive, and in alignment with the school's goals and mission.
*2. Direct Services for Academic, Career and Social/Emotional Development *
School counselors develop a curriculum, offer individual student planning and deliver responsive services in order to assist students in developing and applying knowledge, skills and mindsets for academic, career and social/emotional development.
*3. Indirect Services: Partnerships and Referrals *
School counselors collaborate and consult with school personnel, parents/guardians, community partners and agencies/organizations to coordinate support for all students.
*4. Evaluation and Data *
School counselors collaboratively engage in a cycle of continuous improvement using data to identify needs, plan and implement programs, evaluate impact and adjust accordingly.
*5. Leadership and Advocacy *
School counselors lead school efforts and advocate for policies and practices that support an equitable, safe, inclusive and positive learning environment for all students.
*6. Professional Responsibility, Knowledge and Growth *
School counselors adhere to the ethical standards of the profession, engage in ongoing professional learning and refine their work through reflection.
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Qualifications Profile:
1.Valid Ohio School Counselor Certificate/License; substitute certification is not accepted.
2.Three years teaching experience preferred.
3.Demonstrates talent in successful teaching as reflected in student performance-based and standardized assessments.
4.Demonstrates a problem-solving attitude.
5.Believes and models the belief that all students can learn.
6.Demonstrates excellent attendance and recognizes the connection of outstanding attendance to the relevance, rigor, and cycle of teaching and learning.
7.Alternative qualifications, separate from the above, deemed appropriate by the Superintendent