Career Counselor

Position Title: Career Counselor
Location: ESC of Eastern Ohio

2024-2025 School Year
209 Days
Compensation: Competitive for skill set requirements
Qualifications: The following qualifications are considered as guidelines:

• Exceptional organizational and multitasking skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrate professional interpersonal skills
• Confident with public speaking
• Works well as a team player
• Adaptable to changing guidelines and requirements
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Proficient in Google Mail, Docs, Sheets and Calendar
• Ability to create folders and upload files in Google Drive
• Skilled at Internet searching

Reports to: Sandy Furano, Director of the Mahoning Valley Regional Council of Governments

Job Goal: The position of a Career Counselor is to grow career counseling services into counties outside of Mahoning County. These counties include Columbiana, Trumbull, Portage, Stark and beyond. The Career Counselor will also assist students in grades 5-12 to understand their choices for post-secondary education and career training; maintaining liaisons with community leaders and business; providing information and/or direction to students, parents, teachers and administrators about career and educational services available to eligible students; developing and monitoring of Ohio graduation requirements and pathways; report data and creating reports; and promoting programs with students, staff and parents; and participate with the ESCEO’s Business Advisory Council.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities at Middle School Level – Grade 5-8

• Communicate with school principal, guidance counselors and intervention specialist on their career exploration needs with students at all grade levels
• Provide career exploration through Ohio Means Jobs (OMJ) website or Naviance College and Career Readiness Solution
• Assist with career day planning
• Participate in Career Days, Junior Achievement, or Trade Day events
• Create, plan and instruct career exploration and life skills courses chosen by administration staff
• Knowledgeable of Ohio Means Jobs website, creating student accounts and services available to school students
• Obtain a Safe Account through Ohio Department of Education (ODE) to track OMJ student accounts and data

Responsibilities at High School Level – Grade 9-12
Areas of Career Exploration:

• Communicate with school principal, guidance counselors and intervention specialist on their career exploration needs with students at all grade levels
• Provide career exploration through Ohio Means Jobs (OMJ) website or Naviance College and Career Readiness Solution
• Suggest and teach career exploration and life skills courses designed to prepare HS students for college and career readiness
• Advise, prepare and schedule students with job shadowing experiences
• Serve as a student advocate through: communication with business and trade schools, colleges and universities; communication with parents; collaboration with school with outside scholarship programs
• Engage your assigned school districts with youth services provided by Ohio Means Jobs Service Centers

Areas of Graduation Pathway Requirements:

• Support administrators with tracking of student credits, End of Course (EOC) data, ACT scores and ODE graduation pathways
• Determine students at-risk of graduation through data tracking
• Use templates provided by Lead Career Counselor to track data for each cohort in each district and for communication to students and parents
• Learn how to use school resources such as: DASL, EMIS and Progress Book to acquire student data needed for tracking graduation requirements and pathways
• Communicate with school district EMIS Coordinator on student data and required reports
• Knowledgeable on the requirements under ODE’s Graduation Pathways
• Navigate ODE website for resources/requirements that can be shared with districts, students and parents
• Support home school districts with implementation of industry-recognized credentials and pre-apprenticeship opportunities
• Assist with communication to students and parents regarding at-risk of graduation and developing a Student Success Plan
• Track honors diploma, ACT remediation-free scores and 12-point industry-recognized credentials for the Prepared for Success component of the districts state report card
• Track students participating in College Credit Plus, Advance Placement tests and International Baccalaureate to calculate bonus measures for the Prepared for Success component of the state report card
• Connect with Career Counselor or Guidance Counselor at Career and Technical Center to track graduation pathway for students attending from home school
• Collaborate with Intervention Specialist to discuss students on IEP’s and assess possible alternative pathways for graduation
• Provide school personnel information on ODE updates in regards to graduation requirements, required exam scores and total points required for an industry-recognized credentials
• Support home schools using Microsoft Office curriculum and certification testing for an industry-recognized credential
• Perform Year-End Assessments with your assigned school districts Administration staff to evaluate the current school year services provided and set goals for the upcoming school year
• Demonstrate ability to provide professional development and coaching to teachers and administrators
• Communicate the needs and suggestions of the ESCEO, Business Advisory Committee to your assigned school districts
• Contribute thoughts and ideas that will develop the services offered by Career Counselors