Job Title:     Lower School (K-4) Counselor 

Reports to:  Lower School (K-4) Division Director & Director of Counseling

Role Duration: Faculty 10 months, full time, beginning August 2025

Position Summary:  The School Counselor provides comprehensive, developmentally appropriate services that ensure an opportunity for all students to develop to their full potential academically, socially, and emotionally.  

Position Responsibilities and Outcomes Desired:  

• Provide direct services to students:

• Provide individual counseling and mediation as needed.
• Knowledge of topics such as relationships, safety (personal and emotional), grief, emotional regulation, human development, anxiety, conflict resolution, and others that may arise.
• Effectively collaborate, plan, and implement the Wellness Program for grades K to 4 including classroom lessons, assembly programming, and organization of guest speakers.

• Provide services to faculty and staff:

• Consult with the Division Director regularly to assess division specific needs.
• Attend grade level meetings to assist with strategies and implementation of students’ social and academic goals.
• Act as a facilitator in the teacher/student relationship, specifically to ensure successful and positive school performance.
• Collaborate with faculty on cross-curricular integration.
• Formal and informal student observation to identify individual student needs.
• Work collaboratively with the Learning Specialist to help communicate the social and emotional recommendations of psychoeducational testing. 

• Provide services to parents:

• Act as a facilitator in the parent/student relationship, specifically to ensure successful and positive school performance.
• Knowledge of the referral process for community resources and professionals.
• Organize and implement parenting workshops and programs.

Preferred Competencies: 

• Minimum of Masters Level Degree in Counseling Related Field
• At least 2 years of School Counseling experience 
• Previous experience in an IB Primary Years Programme  and/or willingness to attend training as required
• Awareness of and ability to implement practices that support Belonging as they relate to the role of school counselor

Required Competencies:

• Commitment to Functioning as a Team Member within the Department, Division and School Community
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• An approach to working with students with patience, kindness, and humor 

Since its founding in 1909, Ashley Hall has empowered young women to think critically, act ethically, and embrace their world with confidence. The School serves girls kindergarten through grade 12 (and is co-ed in its Early School, ages 2 to 5 years).  Ashley Hall provides a dynamic education grounded in a Reggio approach in its early School and an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme in its Lower School. 

Ashley Hall is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

Interested candidates can send their cover letter, resume and list of references to Lynsey Barrows, Director of Human Resources, at barrowsl@ashleyhall.org 

About Ashley Hall

Ashley Hall is an independent school for girls, located in historic Charleston, South Carolina.

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