School Guidance Counselor (2024-2025)--OWN 3 ES - OWN - Our World Neighborhood Charter Schools

Our World Neighborhood Charter Schools (OWNCS) are committed to educating students to become independent thinkers and lifelong learners, based on an educational philosophy of inquiry, active and experiential learning, and social justice.  OWNCS is a network of three schools on four campuses all based in Queens, NY and authorized by SUNY, Charter Schools Institute. 

Through our membership in the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition and the International Baccalaureate Organization, Our World Neighborhood, OWNCS commits to the goals of creating a diverse community of learners and educators who are encouraged to think critically and solve complex problems, to engage with people in an increasingly globalized and rapidly changing world. OWN 1 K-8 is an authorized IB World School.  OWN 2 and OWN 3 are currently IB Candidate schools that are working their way towards becoming fully authorized IB World Schools in the next two to three years.

Educators who join the OWNCS team must be committed to the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and acceptance. OWNCS is committed to providing high quality and continuous professional development opportunities that engenders critical thinking, self- reflection, and dedication to life long learning and continuous improvement.

The successful candidate for this position will embody confidence, exercise good judgment and must be able to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with various constituencies, including students and their families, colleagues, staff, and administrators

• Work collaboratively with school's leadership team to develop, enhance, and implement policies and procedures aimed at student's mental health and well-being
• Be responsible for counseling of mandated IEP students
• Work in partnership with teachers and administrators to create, modify, and improve programs aimed at students and families mental, social, and physical health and well-being
• Support and fully participate in a school culture that focuses on student and adult learning.
• Set high expectations and standards for the achievement of students and own personal performance.
• Offer programs that ensure student achievement of school’s academic standards.
• Support the school’s philosophy that values continuous learning for adults tied to student learning and other school goals.
• Use multiple sources of data collection to analyze barriers to student achievement and to access, identify and apply to instructional improvement.
• Motivate students to achieve at their highest level of ability and potential through targeted programs.
• Work cooperatively with parents and generate parents’ confidence in the teacher.
• Demonstrate genuine concern for students in a climate characterized by high personal and student expectations.
• Promote good citizenship through actions as a role model.
• Participate in the development of policies and regulations that affect instruction and conditions for success.
• Use technology effectively for communications, record keeping and other administrative tasks.
• Share responsibility for professional, cooperative staff relations and for out-of-class activities important to the operation of school. 
• Conduct one’s self according to professional and ethical principles. Continually strive to improve classroom methods, teaching techniques, and interpersonal relationships.  Adhere to all school policies for both students and personnel.
• Share responsibility for marketing OWN Charter Schools in the community.
• Display personal qualities that reflect favorably upon the individual, the group, and the school.
• Display pride in being a member of the OWN team by displaying positive behavior and fully participating in the school culture. 
• Identify and participate positively in professional development opportunities.
• Conduct and document parent conferences around the high school admissions process.
• Adhere to all procedures and policies as outlined in the Employee Manual.
• Perform various assigned responsibilities, as allowed by state and federal laws, of other employees in their absence to the extent other responsibilities permit.

• Be highly qualified in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
• Master’s degree preferred from an accredited university or college
• NYS certification as Guidance or School Counselor
• Excellent oral/written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills to present information before large and small groups
• Preferred: Bilingual Spanish

• Health/Dental/Life Insurance
• 401(k) with employer match contribution
• Commuter benefits
• Gym benefits
• Employee discounts
• Paid time off
• Student loan forgiveness

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