College and Career Counselor US Curriculum

Job Function: The College and Career Counselor (CCC) will be responsible for preparing the children to make choices in their electives in Grade 9. The CCC will hold a Master’s Degree in Education and will preferably be credentialed from the US.

Key Responsibilities

Communicate the key pathways of the US curriculum to students within Grade 8
Establish procedures and time frames to provide students with academic, personal, social, emotional and psychological counselling.
Work with new students to ensure a smooth adjustment to the school.
Provide students with guidance on admission to higher education institutions.
Organise and process recommendations for students to higher education institutions and provide assistance with application procedures.
Provide opportunities for students to take tests for admission to higher education institutions.
Maintain and update a list of colleges and universities which have accepted students from the school.
Liaise with the Librarian to provide and update careers and college material
In conjunction with senior management team organise and coordinate careers session with representatives from a range of professions.
Establish, maintain and update a record of Alumni.
Establish procedures for securing external assistance for students with personal problems and emotional needs.
Work with the senior management team to develop experiences and activities which are beneficial for students’ holistic development, and which promote responsibility, leadership skills, cooperation and other personal and social skills.
Maintain student records on progress, achievements, activities and interests.
Establish proactive guidelines and procedures to deal with bullying.
Establish and administer appropriate testing programmes to evaluate student aptitude and achievement.
Establish systems to notify parents promptly about problems in class, with school work or behavioural issues.
Ensure policies, procedures, and codes of conduct are followed at all times.

Posted: July 2019

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Location	Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Start Date	September 2019
Eligible Candidates	Licensed Teacher
Student Level	High School
Monthly Salary	USD 3200 - 4100
Number of Vacancies	1

Job Benefits

Comprehensive medical insurance
End-of-service payment as per UAE Labour Law
Annual Airfare Allowance
Furnished Housing accommodation

Qualifications and Requirements

Required Certificates	Teaching Credential/License
Education Required	Bachelor
Major	School Counseling

About the School

SRS is a BSO approved international school that provides a high quality education, meeting the needs of a diverse range of students. We deliver the British National and American Curriculum to an increasing population of 3000 plus students from FS to Year 13, leading to GCSE, IGCSE and AS/A2 qualifications. School of Research Science was founded in 1998 to provide a high quality education to the children of local Emirati families. Since that time, the school has seen a dramatic expansion linked directly to its growth in popularity, also amongst non-Emirati families whose children now comprise approximately one-third of the school’s intake. A powerful vision coupled with strong ambition and clear sense of direction has enabled the school to grow and become a very successful all-through, 3 to 18 school with a student roll of approximately 3,250. Building on this success, the Founder of the school has invested in a new purpose built school in Al-Warqa with state-of-the-art specialist facilities and a twenty-first century learning environment. By employing high quality teachers and school leaders and giving them the tools and opportunities they need to grow professionally, we aspire to provide a World Class standard of education for all our students. The school devotes considerable resources to ensuring a breadth of curriculum experience which is not commonly found in schools offering a non-residential provision. In delivering 30 guided learning hours each week for all students beyond the Foundation Stage the school is able to blend learning in both the Arabic and British traditions in a manner that is purposeful and continuously developing.The curriculum offer is balanced in such a way as to offer exceptional social, moral, spiritual and cultural development to children and young people aged 3 to 18. Additionally, the bilingual character of the school is exploited so as to allow curriculum access to students of varying ethnic origins; reinforcing and deepening learning through an emerging collaboration between teachers drawn from quite diverse backgrounds. At SRS, we believe in the holistic growth of all our students, with each phase of school life organically connected to the next. In practice this means our students develop and grow with us academically, socially, emotionally and morally. Moreover, we believe we have a clear moral obligation to administer a learning environment that encourages such growth and development where the school culture is built upon care, respect, responsibility and honesty.