Frontline Applicant Tracking - Freeport School District 145

Openings as of 4/3/2025

Counselor - Alternative Setting 2025-26SY

JobID: 6076

Position Type:
  High School Positions Certified/School Guidance Counselor


Date Posted:
  3/5/2025


Location:
  Freeport Alternative High School


Anticipated Start Date:
  08/01/2025


Closing Date:
  Open Until Filled


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TITLE:                                 SCHOOL COUNSELOR
 
QUALIFICATIONS:         Valid Professional Educator License
Valid School Counselor Endorsement
Ability to effectively communicate with all stakeholders (i.e. students, staff, parents, and community agencies)
Ability to work effectively with all racial, ethnic, linguistic, disability, and socio-economic groups.
Ability to travel to various locations throughout the District
 
REPORTS TO:                  BUILDING PRINCIPAL
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JOB GOAL:
 
Under the general supervision of the Director of Pupil Services, to provide students, parents, administrators, and other teaching staff with information on career and / or educational opportunities; administer and interpret career assessment tools; and assist students in developing educational and occupational goals and plans.
 
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
• Provides individual and group counseling to students with identified concerns and needs;
• Addresses bullying, decision making, and conflict resolution skills with all students;
• Refers children and their parents to special programs, specialists, and outside agencies when appropriate;
• Coordinates with administrators and other teaching staff members to ascertain individual student’s abilities and needs, including students with special needs, and to familiarize stakeholders with guidance services;
• Serves as ready resource to students to provide counseling that will lead each student to increased personal growth, self-understanding, and maturity;
• Encourages parental involvement in students’ education and ensures effective communication with students and parents;
• Fulfills the school counselor’s responsibilities in the intervention team process (i.e. MTSS) by actively participating in the meetings;
• Consults with teachers regarding academic programming for students (i.e. special education, retention, acceleration, etc…);
• Reviews and disaggregates student achievement, attendance and behavior data to identify and implement interventions as needed;
• Assists students in making course and subject selections, as well as with evaluating career interests and choices;
• Assists in the scheduling of classes;
• Obtains and disseminates information regarding occupational opportunities to students and to classes studying occupations;
• Assists students with admissions, scholarship and identifying employment opportunities;
• Researches educational and career opportunities, and coordinates with teachers, college and university personnel, resource specialists, and business and community organizations for the purpose of providing information, and making recommendations;
• Assists with the registration and orientation of students who are new to the school regarding procedures and educational opportunities;
• Serves as a leader in the school and community to promote and support student success;
• Plans and coordinates field trips to institutions of higher learning, businesses and other organizations related to guidance responsibilities;
• Develops and maintains professional relationships with members of institutions of higher learning and the business community;
• Organizes and maintains a system for accurate and complete record-keeping and providing student information to prospective colleges and employers, as required by district procedures and applicable laws;
• Provides professional development in social emotional and behavioral development to staff;
• Continues to acquire professional knowledge and learn of current developments in the educational field by attending seminars, workshops or professional meetings, or by conducting research;
• Assists in the administration of district and / or state assessments;
• Uses available technology resources to enhance the school counseling program;
• Attends staff meetings and serves on staff committees as required.
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TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:  Extended contract (190 days) position with salary and hours to be established by the Board of Education.
 
EVALUATION:                             Performance of this job will be aligned to the FEA contract.

SALARY:                                  $44,100.00 base plus benefits
 




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Openings as of 4/3/2025

Summer Learning Teacher (4 positions) - Freeport Alternative High School

JobID: 6299

Position Type:
  Summer Positions/Teacher


Date Posted:
  3/18/2025


Location:
  Freeport Alternative High School


Anticipated Start Date:
  06/01/2025


Closing Date:
  Open Until Filled


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TITLE:                                 TEACHER
 
QUALIFICATIONS:         Certificate, license, or other legal credential required.
• Degree(s) required in area of major study.
• Kind and amount of prior job experience required.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
  
REPORTS TO:                  BUILDING PRINCIPAL                
 
 
JOB GOAL:
 
To help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their development as mature, able, and responsible men and women.
 
Performance Responsibilities:
 
• Meets and instructs assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated;
• Plans a program of study that, as much as possible, meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the students;
• Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students;
• Prepares for classes assigned, and shows written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate superior;
• Encourages students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior;
• Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and--in harmony with the goals--establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects and the like to communicate these objectives to students;
• Employs a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media, consistent with the physical limitations of the location provided and the needs and capabilities of the individuals or student groups involved;
• Strives to implement by instruction and action the district’s philosophy of education and instructional goals and objectives;
• Assesses the accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provides progress reports as required;
• Diagnoses the learning disabilities of students on a regular basis, seeking the assistance of district specialists as required;
• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities;
• Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation;
• Assists the administration in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct, and, for the classroom, develops reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure, and maintains order in the classroom in a fair and just manner;
• Makes provision for being available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms;
• Plans and supervises purposeful assignments for teacher aide(s) and volunteer(s) and, cooperatively with department heads, evaluates their job performance;
• Strives to maintain and improve professional competence;
• Attends staff meetings and serves on staff committees as required.





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