College and Next Steps Counselor

School Profile: The Howard School educates students with language-based learning disabilities and learning differences through instruction designed to complement and address each student’s individual needs, and to help each student understand and advocate for his or her own learning process. The curriculum focuses on depth of understanding to make learning meaningful and therefore, maximize educational success.

Position Purpose: Utilizing leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, the college and career counselor provides comprehensive services that address academic, career, and post-secondary development for learning disabled high school students. College and career counseling services include meeting with students and parents individually and in groups, administering relevant tests, and recommending appropriate sourcing and reviewing post-secondary options. This work takes place at the school site.