CPS School Counseling Assistant Position

The position is a miscellaneous position at $17/hr, 8am-3pm.
Spanish speaking is not mandatory but a huge plus.
The responsibilities will include but not limited to:
  • Helping support post-secondary exposure planning
    • i.e., submitting trip slips to main office for approval, getting quotes for buses, securing lunch, and creating/distributing permission slips.
  • Supporting enrollment process
    • gathering transcripts for counselors, ensuring all pertinent paperwork is uploaded to counselor files, drafting event flyers and sending outreach to families, partners and staff.
  • Support counseling staff with organizing and executing push-in and pull-out lessons/sessions including communications to staff.
  • Supporting planning and execution of all year long student events (field trips, senior events, post-secondary events).
  • Outreach to families/guardian of students in jeopardy of failing classes and scheduling meetings with student, family, counselor(s)/teacher(s) to create remediation plans.
  • They will also be responsible for overseeing the counseling suite to ensure that students have appointments and supporting students & counselors with completing tasks
    • i.e., supporting counselors, partners and staff with ensuring that students have appropriate guided supports such as how to properly complete and submit a Common App., how to request letters of recommendation, how to register to retake the SAT on College Board, etc.
Please email resumes to Tabitha Younan (tkyounan@cps.edu)
Orr High School