Job Description:

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K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANY ONE. We provide families an online option for a high-quality, personalized education experience. Students can thrive, find their passion, and learn in an environment that encourages discovery at their own pace. In support of this, we are committed to creating and maintaining a culture of inclusion and diversity where our employees are passionate about serving students and families, treat one another and customers with respect, challenge each other to innovate and always strive to do better.

Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school, Ohio Virtual Academy. We want you to be a part of our talented team!

The mission of Ohio Virtual Academy is to provide an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students by incorporating school and community/family partnerships coupled with a rigorous curriculum along with a data-driven and student-centered instructional model. Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction, and continued institutional growth within the academic community. Join us!

The Special Education Social/Emotional Counselor provides social and emotional counseling to special education students in K-12 programs. The Special Education Social/Emotional Counselor works with other staff members in planning school programs to meet the special needs of students as indicated by special education evaluations, IEPs, psychological assessments, and behavioral evaluations. The SESEC is will help students to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships and make responsible decisions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Provides preventative services and responds to the identified needs of special education students through implementation of comprehensive counseling program


• Maintains caseload of students/families referred for additional support.


• Help students to perceive, clarify, solve, and resolve problems of adjustment and interpersonal relationships, through small group counseling.


• Help students to develop an awareness of personal emotions, willingness to seek help from others, learn personal responsibility, advocacy, regulate emotions, set goals, recognize and identify feelings, develop and maintain positive relationships.


• Provides brief assessments to develop an action plan with special education students and their families.

• Proactively develop appropriate relationships with students with special needs and their families.


• Ability to work with special education students who are in crisis situations.


• Able to provide guidance and assistance to school leaders regarding how to care for special education students who are experiencing a crisis.


• Facilitates family intervention meetings with families in crisis or with multi-dimensional needs.


• Planning and/or promoting programs which enhance the social or emotional growth of special education students.


• Present for special education students a positive role model that supports the mission and values of Ohio Virtual Academy.


• Ability to organize tasks and manage time to meet many and varied deadlines and communicate effectively with students, parents, school administrators and other staff, including the ability to discuss topics which may be sensitive.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Professional Pupil Service License, specializing in school counseling


•  Three (3) years of experience in school counseling OR


• Equivalent combination of education and experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Background working in special education


• Experience working in a virtual environment

Work Environment:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This is a home-based position. Must live in Ohio.


• The noise level in the home office is usually moderate (computers, printers, light foot traffic, household appliances, and household distractions).


• The noise level at meeting locations throughout the state are typically moderate and should not vary much from what is experienced in the home office.

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.  All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer. 

 

Stride, Inc. is a Federal Contractor, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status age, or genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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