Academic Counselor Job Description: 

The Academic Counselor will work with students in understanding their choices for post secondary education and career training; ensuring that all graduation requirements are met; providing information and/or direction to students, parents, teachers, and administrators about educational attainment and services available to eligible students. Developing and monitoring of program data and reports; and promoting programs with students, staff and parents. 

Duties: 
● Counsel students regarding educational issues such as course and program selection, class scheduling, personal, social and academic development, school adjustment, behavior/truancy, study habits, and career planning. 
● Counsel students regarding graduation requirements, and necessary steps needed to ensure graduation requirements are met. 
● Prepare student schedules and assists in developing the teachers’ master schedule. 
● Assisting Deans or other administration with students that have repeated discipline and attendance issues. 
● Chaperoning and organizing school events as required by the school district. 
● Track student credit hours, work key assessments as well as credit recovery and community service hours. 
● Discuss with parents or guardians, teachers, other counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavior, academic problems, and other issues that may come up. 
● Make appropriate referrals of students and parents to outside agencies and specialists when necessary. 
● Closely monitor and advise students and parents as to students academic progress toward promotion and graduation. 
● Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at schools. 
● Identify cases involving domestic abuse or other family problems affecting students' behavior and development. 
● Counsel students on careers and career pathways 
● Ensuring all students in grades 6 – 12 have a Career Cruising account and are knowledgeable on using it. 
● Prepare students for later educational experiences by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. ● Assisting with the enrollment, includes reviewing student placement, interviewing parents and students, attending ATA open houses and recruiting at other schools in promoting ATA. 
● Observe and evaluate students' academic performance, behavior, social development, and physical well being of each student. 
● Provide students with information on colleges, universities, and scholarship opportunities. 
● District test supervisor for the MME, MSTEP, & PSAT/SAT 
● Actively participate in the student RTI process 
● Pursue continuous professional development and growth. 
● Must comply with ATA faculty handbook and ADP Total Source policies handbook. 

Qualifications: 
● Hold a counseling degree from an accredited college or University. 
● Meet the certification requirement for school counselor from the Michigan Department of Education. 
● Ability to listen and take time to understand the points being made, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. 
● Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do. 
● Aptitude of using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems in order to resolve issues. 
● Certification pursuant to applicable law.