A+ College Ready Job Opportunity: Director of Counseling Services

Responsibilities 
The A+ College Ready Counseling  Director should ensure that the AP Training and Incentive programs within each school are promoting AP success  and increasing college readiness for 6th-12th grades.  He/She should be a champion in building programs and must play many roles, which include: developing the college counselors in program schools, advocating for increased college readiness, overseeing college readiness resources (including trainings, websites and scholarships), and maintaining the exam reimbursement programs.  This person must be committed to the success of A+ College Ready and its program schools  and will be responsible for driving progress and managing toward intended outcomes.  The key metrics for evaluating the performance of this role are college attendance and graduation of students from program schools.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing college counselors
• Provides  formal and informal training for college counselors (the most important ingredient to the Advisor role)
• Supervises  advising functions  at the individual schools and coordinates  with the district’s broader counseling team
• Nurtures relationships with schools by building up the AP programs within program schools
• Advocating for increasing college readiness for 6th through 12th grades
• Works with and trains school representatives to increase pre-AP and AP program awareness, generally through 2-day conferences
• Educates faculty and the broader community through conferences, college fairs, and seminars
• Aids in increasing AP enrollment overall and fosters  equity in AP enrollment
• Overseeing college readiness resources
• Leverages existing  A+ College Ready organization resources (e.g. website) to ensure proliferation of pertinent information
• Modifies materials to ensure appropriate state coverage
• Stays at fore-front of the college admissions field and keeps up-to-date on scholarship opportunities
• Maintaining incentive program AP exam reimbursement totals
• Produces forms for reimbursing AP exam fees in each district (modifying existing forms as necessary to address specific district arrangements)
• Manages actual reimbursement between the district and College Board

Qualifications
The Director of Counseling  Services must have significant credibility within the state’s AP teacher community and with college/university admissions.  His/her ability to build trust with Counselors in schools (based on strong reputation and credentials) is critical to the program’s success.  He or she must be willing to work hard, manage many different aspects and people, and be flexible.

• Significant counseling and education experience
• P-16 Counseling and administration
• P-16 testing, both at state and college level
• Master schedule planning and implementation
• Strong understanding of the curriculum, especially Pre-AP and AP courses 6-12th 
• Extensive knowledge of college/university admission policies
• Strong network with Admission Officers
• Professional development/trainer/ presenter- in local, state, national college organizations and conferences
• Familiarity with financial aid processes

• Relevant experience in managing multiple projects or clients
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Problem-solving attitude, including being flexible, positive, and service-oriented
• Technology skills -Power Point, Excel, etc.

How to Apply:

Send letter of interest, resume and salary expectation to mary@aplusala.org.