25-26 College and Career Counselor/AP Seminar

KIPP New Orleans Schools (KNOS) is a non-profit network of 13 college-preparatory, public charter schools serving 6,200 elementary, middle, and high school students. For over 15 years, we have a proven track record of preparing students for success in college, career, and beyond.

Our schools are part of the New Orleans public school system and enrollment is open to all students. As part of the national Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) network of 242 schools in 20 states and the District of Columbia, we are committed to partnering with students, families, and community to ensure that all children have the knowledge, skills and character they need to achieve their dreams while making the world a better place.

KIPP New Orleans strives to be an increasingly anti-racist organization, and we seek to intentionally uplift Black and Brown lives. We value an inclusive environment and believe in providing programming that acknowledges racial injustices, biases and our own identities.

At KNOS, teachers, students, and families are united around the same goal: building academically excellent schools & creating unlimited opportunities for every student in New Orleans. We believe that an excellent college-preparatory education will support students to be successful in the life path they choose.

At KIPP New Orleans Schools, we are grounded in 5 beliefs Relentlessness, Equity, Achievement, Community and Hope. These 5 beliefs guide the work that we do to provide academically excellent schools and unlimited opportunity for every student in New Orleans.

As a school-based college counselor, Bard Early College New Orleans liaison, and AP Seminar teacher, you will play a pivotal role in both the process of students choosing their pathway for their junior and senior years, and in helping students to find their postsecondary opportunity that aligns with their pathway choice. You will also serve as a champion and advocate for the Honors trajectory at your school.

AP Seminar Teacher: Roles and Responsibilities

• Teach 2 sections of AP Seminar to 10th graders

  • Execute regional AP Seminar curriculum

  • Manage AP Seminar teams and Digital Portfolio

  • Execute YouScience program and 12 lessons of CKCS (Career Knowledge, College Success) curriculum

  • In fall of students 9th grade years, present to ALL English classes on AP Seminar

  • In February-May of students 9th grade years, run the interview process for seats in AP Seminar for 10th grade

    • Facilitate current AP Seminar students to interview prospective incoming students for AP Seminar

  • Facilitate AP Big Siblings program

    • In the 2nd semester of AP Seminar, recruit high-performing current students to serve as big siblings for future AP Seminar students

Bard Early College New Orleans Liaison: Roles and Responsibilities

• Push in/message out to ALL 10th grade students on BECNO program (1st semester)

• Aid interested students in the application process to Bard Early College New Orleans (2nd semester, 10th grade year, in AP Seminar class)

• Attend weekly, 30-minute meetings with Bard Early College New Orleans Dean of Students

• Work with school-based Dean of Academic Guidance and Bard Early College New Orleans/KIPP Coordinator to ensure all BECNO students are aligned with an on-time high school graduation with their dual-enrollment credits

• Work with school-based Dean of Academic Guidance to ensure all BECNO students have the high school-based credits necessary in their junior and senior years

College Counselor: Roles and Responsibilities

(maximum caseload: 40 students per junior and senior grades; 80 students total)

• Manage 9-12 Honors Trajectory

  • Manage high-yield 9th Grade Partnerships

    • Push into 9th grade classrooms to advertise College Track (September)

      • Facilitate application and interview process for College Track with collaboration from College Track

      • Goal: at least one student applies each year

    • Push into 9th grade classrooms to advertise HS2 (October)

      • Facilitate application and interview progress for HS2

      • Goal: at least one student applies each year

  • Manage Honors Graduation requirements

    • With Dean of Academic Guidance, manage students IGPs for graduation with Honors from a KIPP New Orleans high school

• Lead Early Decision and Early Action cohort

• Identify 10-30 Early Decision/Early Action students by 2nd semester of students junior years based on student interest and GPA/ACT profile

• Message out scholarship and programmatic opportunities to Early Decision/Early Action cohort

• With assistance from the Match Manager and the Director of College, Career, and Persistence, facilitate outside partnerships and scholarship application process:

  • Manage QuestBridge Summer Bridge partnership (11th grade)

    • Goal: at least one student applies each year

  • Manage LEDA process (11th grade)

    • Goal: at least one student applies each year

  • Manage the Duke Pre-Reading partnership (12th grade)

    • Goal: 1-3 students apply each year

  • Manage Posse partnership (12th grade)

    • Goal: 100% of nomination slots filled each year

  • Manage QuestBridge National College Match partnership (12th grade)

    • Goal: at least 1 student applies each year

• Manage outside scholarship programs (12th grade)

  • Coca-Cola Scholarship

    • Goal: at least 1 student applies each year

  • Gates Millennium Scholarship

    • Goal: at least 1 student applies each year

  • Dell Scholarship

    • Goal: at least 1 student applies each year

• Manage the application process for EA/ED students to ensure all timelines are met (12th grade)

  • Push into CKCS classroom (or Bard lunch, depending on school-specific structure) twice per week in the first semester of students 12th grade years to facilitate students filling out the Common App and linking Overgrad

  • Facilitate recommendation process for EA/ED students and ensure communication with key recommenders as to timeline and requirements

  • Facilitate personal statement writing process for EA/ED students, ensuring all students have a teacher revision (this revision can be executed by other teachers/adults)

  • Guide EA/ED students through CCS Profile and iDOC requirements and deadlines by November 1st

  • Facilitate EA/ED students submitting all EA/ED applications by November 1st

  • Upload all required documents for EA/ED students to Overgrad by November 1st

  • Goal: 100% of EA/ED students have 100% of their EA/ED applications and supporting documentation submitted by November 1st

  • With school-based counselors, facilitate on-time completion of FAFSA by January 15th (or required deadline for schools)

  • In second semester of students 12th grade years, facilitate one-on-one conversations with families and students to help understand financial aid packages; help students and families reach a final college decision aligned with the six Fit Factors

  • Send mid-year transcripts to institutions that require it via Overgrad

  • Send final transcripts to students final decision school by May 31st

  • Track students final decision schools in shared KNOS KIPP Forward Matriculation Tracker by May 31st

• Lead College Application Process for non-EA/ED students on caseload

  • Manage the application process for all non-EA/ED students on caseload to ensure all timelines are met (12th grade)

    • Push into CKCS classroom (or Bard lunch, depending on school-specific structure) twice per week in the first semester of students 12th grade years to facilitate students filling out the Common App and linking Overgrad

    • Facilitate recommendation process for non-EA/ED students and ensure communication with key recommenders as to timeline and requirements

    • Facilitate personal statement writing process for all non-EA/ED students on caseload, ensuring all students have a teacher revision (this revision can be executed by other teachers/adults)

    • Facilitate non-EA/ED students on caseload submitting all applications by December 15th

    • Upload all required documents for non-EA/ED students on caseload to Overgrad by December 15th

    • Goal: 100% of non-EA/ED students on caseload have 100% of their applications and supporting documentation submitted by December 15th

    • With school-based counselors, facilitate on-time completion of FAFSA by January 15th (or required deadline for schools)

    • In second semester of students 12th grade years, facilitate one-on-one conversations with families and students to help understand financial aid packages; help students and families reach a final college decision aligned with the six Fit Factors

    • Send mid-year transcripts to institutions that require it via Overgrad

    • Send final transcripts to students final decision school by May 31st

    • Track students final decision schools in shared KNOS KIPP Forward Matriculation Tracker by May 31st

• Foster relationships with junior students

  • Meet one-on-one with junior students at least twice per semester (four times total) for 30 minutes per meeting during students junior year during their CKCS class

    • Update regional 1-on-1 tracker of meetings to ensure all students are met with consistently

  • With CKCS teacher, facilitate the junior wishlist process

  • Develop a list of EA/ED students by end of students junior year

  • Facilitate college visits by programs and selective-admission schools (Posse, Villanova, etc.)

  • With CKCS teacher, facilitate the junior wishlist process

• At Parent/Teacher conferences four times per year, offer counseling 1-on-1 meetings with both junior and senior families

• In the 2nd semester of students junior years, meet one-on-one with junior students and families in order to align students wishlists with the Six Fit Factors

• Facilitate Pre-College program applications for junior students in second semester of junior year

  • Goal: at least three students apply for pre-college programs each year

• Ensure Compliance with Regional and National Teams

• Attend Student-Centered Goal meeting at beginning of year, led by school-based Dean of College and Career

• With the Regional Match Manager, ensure 100% on-time completion of all KIPP Foundation surveys and deadlines

• Attend weekly College Match meetings with Match Manager and Director of College, Career, and Persistence

• Attend virtual, monthly regional match meetings across the three high school sites

• Attend all in-person regional professional developments for college counseling training

Schedule

This is a position that requires a later end date (May 31st) and thus has a later start date than other, 11 month equivalent positions.

This is a hybrid role that requires the counselor to pull students during homeroom, during lunch periods, during classes, and during dismissal for students who stay after school. As such, this role does not require the counselor to have a morning duty post, lunch duty post, dismissal duty post, or coverage responsibilities. Additionally, as this position requires the counselor to span across all grade levels and serve as an ambassador for the Bard trajectory, the role is grade level team-agnostic and does not require the counselor to take on any grade level-specific responsibilities. The counselor will push into grade level meetings as necessary to disseminate important information to grade level teams.

• Bachelors degree required; Masters degree preferred. Degree in education, counseling, student affairs, or a related field preferred.

• Strong organization skills, with the ability to create strategic groupings and cohorts

• Minimum of 2 years of experience working in schools, with a combination of teaching and leadership experience with strong results.

• Extreme flexibility and strong work ethic required.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport with students, parents, educators, and administrators.

• Commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, with a passion for empowering students from diverse backgrounds to achieve their full potential.

KNOS strives to provide the best, most equitable compensation and benefits package in recognition of the significant influence they have on the economic and personal welfare of our employees.

• Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience, and we routinely engage in compensation analysis for all roles across the organization to ensure that we remain competitive in the market.

• 403(b) retirement plan KNOS matches 100% of employee contribution up to the first 5% of salary and any bonuses. Vested immediately in 403(b)

• No waiting period for health benefits

• Ranked above the 90th percentile with 86% of Employees health benefits premium covered by KNOS

• Comprehensive, customizable health coverage, including disability, life insurance, hospital indemnity, FSAs for health and dependent care, and free dental and vision for employees

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with services to support employees and their families address personal and work-related issues that may impact their health and well-being

• KNOS employees are provided 27 paid holidays and additional paid time off

• On-going professional development opportunities

Disclaimer:

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• This job description shall not constitute or be construed as a promise of employment or as a contract between KNOS and any of its employees.

KIPP New Orleans Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

At KIPP New Orleans Schools, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran service, genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. KNOS expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on any of the characteristics listed here. Improper interference with the ability of KNOS employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

KNOS complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the KNOS has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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