Career Counselor at school

Location: Mechanicsville, Virginia
Posted: May 19, 2026

Description

This role involves advocating for students' academic, career, social, and emotional development, providing counseling and instructional support, and promoting career readiness initiatives. Responsibilities include developing career exploration centers, collaborating with school counselors, delivering career counseling curricula, coordinating work-based learning experiences, identifying external opportunities, managing databases, and evaluating school counseling services.

Required Skills

counseling
career planning
curriculum development
work-based learning
database management

Additional Information

Preferred Qualifications: Ability to advocate for students.
Experience in promoting academic, career, social, and emotional development.
Strong ability to provide support services to students, parents, and staff.
Proficiency in providing counseling and classroom instruction related to academic and job skills.
Skill in helping students understand their abilities, aptitudes, and interests.
Ability to develop and maintain career exploration and development center resources.
Experience in counseling students and parents regarding academic and career planning portfolios.
Capacity to collaborate with school counselors to align academic career plans.
Knowledgeable in delivering career counseling curriculum for middle and high school levels.
Ability to coordinate work-based learning experiences for students.
Skilled in documenting work-based learning experiences with CTETE teachers.
Experience in identifying and securing work-based learning opportunities.
Proficient in maintaining a database for internship and mentoring opportunities.
Ability to design engaging career exploration activities.
Commitment to continuously improving and evaluating career counseling programs.
Support in developing and sustaining K-12 career education programs.
Ability to enhance and coordinate scholarship offerings.
Experience in communicating with parents about educational and personal development.
Skill in promoting public relations through community involvement.
Ability to evaluate the nature and scope of school counseling services.
Understanding of how school counseling integrates into the overall educational program.
Focus on assessing the effectiveness of school counseling services.
Support in assisting with College and Career Readiness Index participant rates.