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Director of Secondary School Counseling (.5 FTE)

Job Summary:

The Rashi School, Greater Boston’s Reform Jewish Independent School, serving students in grades Pre-K-8 seeks a Director of Secondary School Counseling (.5 FTE). In our warm and inclusive community, children are appreciated for who they are as they learn and develop their identities. With the school’s foundation of rigorous academics and differentiated instruction and a mission rooted in social justice, we want our students to ask the tough questions—not just the who, what, where, but the how, why, and what can I do to fix it? Rashi graduates have the confidence to try new things and to fail forward. With kindness at their core, they become empowered learners, change agents, global Jewish citizens, and good friends.

Rashi’s Middle School seeks to promote students’ academic, social, and emotional growth by nurturing an environment that promotes risk taking, flexibility, adaptability, empathy, and resilience. We are looking for educators with a history of positive, caring student-teacher interactions, rich content expertise, and student-centered approaches to join a team of exceptional faculty who utilize a strength based approach to empower students to be their best selves in and out of the classroom. We seek to employ faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds who model our core values (respect, learning, community, spirit, and justice) for our students and are eager to support Rashi in fulfilling its mission.

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and maintain a well-organized system to monitor school visits, interviews, and other external components of the secondary school placement process, including acceptance and matriculation data.
• Develop and maintain relationships with students and families through consistent communication, up to several times a week during peak school placement timeframes. The dean must be prepared to navigate potential communication with families from multilingual households.
• Organize and attend high school-related events, including student visits, school fairs, conferences, and other networking opportunities, to engage with prospective schools and provide guidance to students and families.
• Coordinate the framing and completion of reference letters and academic reports from teachers.
• Cultivate and communicate criteria for success for student interviews; engage volunteers and community members to prepare and support students and families.
• Establish and monitor the effectiveness of a test preparation curriculum, including communication and remission of payment to test prep companies/organizations.
• Carefully track and ensure students complete all testing requirements and meet all admissions requirements and deadlines.
• Communicate regularly with independent, public, and boarding schools regarding Rashi applicants.
• Support students and families with course registration at their next schools
• Maintain historical records of acceptance rates, yield, and other information to help inform future recommendations.
• Lead parent forums related to the school placement process in collaboration with the Middle School Dean.

Personal Characteristics:

• Collaborative
• Creative
• Analytical
• Strong attention to detail
• Continuous learner
• Open to feedback
• Strong communicator
• Active listener
• Commitment to working in and fostering an inclusive community
• Belief in Rashi’s Mission and Core Values

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education or related field required. Master’s degree preferred
• 5 to 7 years experience in middle school education, admissions, or school counseling
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Comfort level with computers and other technology
• Able to adapt to changing circumstances
• A patient and positive demeanor
• Suitable criminal background check required

Physical Requirements:

• Able to sit, stand, type, twist, bend.
• Able to use telephone and computers.
• Able to lift 10-15 lbs.
  

How to apply:

Interested candidates should email a cover letter, resume, and professional references to jobs@rashi.org.

Rashi is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Guided by our core values of justice, respect, learning, community, and spirit, and with social justice as a foundational cornerstone of our school, we are committed to building an inclusive community that honors and respects each individual, their varied identities, and their spirit. We seek to listen, learn, and grow together to ensure that we are a place in which all community members can thrive. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, including age, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, disability, mental disorder, familial status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic as established by law.