Long-Term Substitute School Counselor

Assabet Valley Collaborative is seeking a Long-Term Substitute School Adjustment Counselor for our Therapeutic Day School, Orchard Street Academy

NOTE :   Before you read on, please read the Commitments to Educational Equity that AVC strives to adopt across our organization. We seek to add employees to our team who can help us make these commitments a reality and influence how we lead, learn, innovate, design, collaborate, and serve our students, families, partners, and communities. Within this role, examples of how we strive for Educational Equity includes ongoing, in depth examination of individual and interpersonal beliefs and how they impact our work within micro and macro systems. Still interested? See below :

Who We Are :

Assabet Valley Collaborative (AVC)  is an educational service agency in Metrowest / Central Massachusetts. Our services include school programs, wraparound services, transportation services, professional development, cooperative purchasing and consulting.

We are in the process of developing a shared leadership model to engage stakeholders across the organization in learning, leading, designing, and decision-making. To achieve shared leadership, we need to engage in continuous study of the principles of cultural proficiency, culturally responsive practices, human-centered design, design thinking, and social innovation.

AVC's Orchard Street Academy (OSA) is a small public therapeutic school (grades 6th- 12th). OSA’s programming includes academics, individual and group counseling, art and music therapy, a range of high-interest electives, and clinical case management.

The ideal candidate would possess or demonstrate the following :

• Ability to engage with conflict and core tensions.
• Bilingual or multilingual is a plus.
• Ability to thrive within a team while also being able to work independently.
• Encourages and fosters passion and enthusiasm for teaching and learning.
• Adhere to established federal, state, and local laws and regulations. (FERPA, HIPAA, and IDEA).
• Experience working in schools, nonprofits, human service organizations.
• Personal and / or professional commitment to and / or experience with working towards educational equity.
• Experience and expertise working with students, families, districts, and stakeholders.
• Experience with Restorative Justice Practices.
• Effective and clear oral and written communication skills. (i.e Google Suite)
• Clinical support for students with a wide range of social and emotional abilities.
• Investment in the future of the program and willingness to take on additional initiatives within the team (curiosity, innovation, problem solving, sustainability).
• Investment in family and community engagement.
• Ease with ambiguity and uncertainty.

Qualifications :

Duties and Responsibilities :

Social emotional learning, restorative practices, culturally relevant teaching, wellness, healing centered, collectivism, student driven learning.

Physical ability to execute job responsibilities that may include (depending upon assignment) :

Schedule : 185 day schedule. Operating hours of the program, 8am-3pm. Summer hours are also available, but not required.

Competitive Benefits Include :

About Assabet Valley Collaborative :

Shared Leadership Statement :

At AVC we believe that everyone in our community is a leader and learner who each possess inherent brilliance. We also believe that every community member has the ability and a responsibility to support the learning and growth of ourselves and others.