College Counselor

**Job type**:
Full Time, Fixed Term

**Start date**:
01/08/2025

15 December 2024

**Job overview**:
**Role Overview**

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide academic and personal counseling on a drop in or scheduled basis.
- Assist students, staff and parents in making use of counseling services.
- Coordinate counseling information and record keeping.
- Assist in scheduling and providing information about curriculum offerings in the program of studies to staff, students, and parents.
- Counsels with students individually or in groups.
- Preparation for transition of graduates.
- Ensures accuracy of student transcripts, particularly transfer transcripts - coordinated with Admissions
- Process academic/behavioral referrals from staff. Follow up with teachers and parents as warranted.
- Assess new students academically and place them in appropriate classes. Students with special needs are referred to the learning support personnel for assessment and placement.
- Monitor academic progress of students through coordination of mid-term progress reports, semester grade reports, and close contact with teachers.
- Schedule and facilitate parent conferences regarding academic progress.
- Assist with the development of the master schedule; coordinate student's selection of courses and facilitate individual schedule changes.
- Regular coordination with administration
- Coordinate the school services program of high school students.
- Engage small groups of students in projects, counseling, and other activities as warranted.
- Collaborate with admin regarding the high school advisory program
- Provide career counseling to all high school students in your caseload
- Coordinate and send academic documents as required for university matriculation
- Serve as a member of the HS Administrative Team.
- Responsible for coordinating SAT, PSAT, TOEFL, and Pre-Ap and AP tests annually. (one counselor assumes these roles)
- Host and coordinate university visits for students.
- Conduct new student orientation; monitor progress of students on academic probation and conditional acceptance.
- Other duties that may, from time to time, be requested by the Principal

**Family and Community Outreach**
- Communicates respectfully with parents and is sensitive to different families’ cultures and values.
- Shows parents a genuine interest and belief in each child’s ability to reach standards.
- Gives parents clear expectations for scholar learning and behavior for the year.
- Promptly informs parents of behavior and learning problems, and also updates parents on good news.
- Updates parents on the unfolding curriculum and suggests ways to support learning at home.
- Respond promptly to parents' concerns and make parents feel welcome in the school.

**Other Responsibilities**
- Engage with community in after-school activities
- Engage with community in open communication
- Supervision duties will be assigned
- Perform other duties as assigned.

**About **American International School of Neom (AISJ)**:
**American International School of Neom (AISJ)**
- PO Box 127328, Jeddah & Neom- 21352- Saudi Arabia+966 2 232 8668