Middle East Jobs: School Counselor - Global Bilingual Academy

Student counseling:

•Work with students in developing appropriate academic schedules and follow up on students who are placed on academic probation.

•Develop and organize an orientation session for new students prior to the start of the new academic year.

•Counsel students against issues like grief, behavior, adjustment, and transitional issues.

•Conduct workshops for students to make them aware of punishments against non-disciplinary actions.

•Facilitate student welfare activities and coordinate with the activities coordinator

Consultation and support to academic staff:

•Accompany academic staff in meetings with parents, if required, and document meeting minutes for self reference.

•Plan and implement in-house and external counseling programs that outline optimal procedures for academic staff for student guidance.

•Conduct internal meetings with academic staff to understand student weaknesses and resolve concerned issues.

•Assist academic staff in development of code of conduct and punishment patters.

Consultation and support to external visitors / parents:

•Meet with parents who request advice on parenting, child development, and other issues.

•Conduct workshops for parents addressing student issues such as: transition in behavior, impact of academic programs, adjustment to new environment and mingling with different cultures etc.

Testing Programs:

•Provide assistance to Coordinators and Academic Quality Coordinator in ordering and monitoring test materials for all students in a timely fashion, if required.

Professional Development:

•Participate in at least one annual professional development conference in order to be aware of professional development of staff and growth of the school.

•Perform in a fair and consistent manner to secure high standards, and consistency with the vision, mission and values of the school.

•Act as a referral source to school’s community and outside agencies.

Discipline:

•Meet with students on individual basis to understand their behavior and any disabilities.

•Consult academic staff on methods of handling discipline issues.

•Develop warning and punishment patterns used by the teachers against students who break discipline in the class.

•Ensure that all classes have warning charts according to the respective grade levels.

Job Details

Date Posted:	2013-12-26
Job Location:	Al Kuwait, Kuwait
Job Role:	Education/Training
Company Industry:	Education, Training, and Library

Preferred Candidate

Career Level:	Mid Career
Gender:	Female
Nationality:	United Arab Emirates; Bahrain; Djibouti; Algeria; Egypt; Iraq; Jordan; Comoros; Kuwait; Lebanon; Libya; Morocco; Mauritania; Oman; Palestine; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Sudan; Somalia; Syria; Tunisia; Yemen

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Date Posted: December 26, 2013 at 11:29AM