Academic Counselor

Requirements

• Conduct screening, intake, and assessment activities to determine participant needs, strengths, barriers, and program fit.
• Provide individual, group, and classroom-based support in areas such as academic skills, life skills, job readiness, health and hygiene, emotional awareness, stress management, and other youth development topics.
• Monitor student progress, maintain regular contact with parents, guardians, mentors, and stakeholders, and help adjust plans to support cadet success.
• Provide crisis intervention and support during behavioral, family, and emergency situations, while helping maintain participant safety and program standards.
• Lead or participate in cadet retention and re-engagement meetings, document case activity, and recommend interventions, consequences, continued participation, or expulsion when warranted.
• Help coordinate curriculum and individualized activities tied to post-residential action plans, including academic, vocational, and life-skills development.
• Assist cadets with placement planning after graduation, including post-secondary applications, financial aid, scholarships, ACT registration, military enlistment, job applications, apprenticeships, Job Corps, or returning to high school.
• Work professionally with administrators, staff, families, community partners, and outside agencies, and support outreach and admissions events statewide.
• Compile required student and program data, attend meetings and conferences, and perform other duties as assigned, including occasional transportation of cadets when needed.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plan
• Health Insurance