3.7 - College Counselor/Administrator Job Description
3.7 - College Counselor/Administrator Job Description
SERIES 3 - ADMINISTRATION
General
The College Planning Counselor/Administrator at Liberty Common School is accountable to the School’s Headmaster and High School Principal. The College Planning Counselor/Administrator works closely with the Headmaster, High School Principal and other faculty and staff to successfully fulfill the responsibilities of a College Planning Counselor and Junior High Athletic Director.
College Counselor
- Assist all students (returning and new) with registration process and course selection.
- Assure students have proper courses for graduation and college entrance.
- Communicate with parents/guardians in regards to student course deficiencies for graduation and college entrance.
- Assist the administration in the design and implementation of the Liberty Common High School information nights.
- Coordinate all college level entrance tests.
- Promote, market, and connect Liberty Common High School to colleges and universities.
- Assist in development and maintenance of a course catalog and course selection sheet.
- Provide newsletters and other information to parents/guardians and students that relate to testing dates, college visitation dates, deadlines for filing applications, presentations that are held for career speakers and dates of military recruiter visits.
- Maintain a library of catalogs, pamphlets and directories from colleges, technical schools and military academies. This information shall include forms, scholarship information, financial aid information, military services information and occupational briefs.
- Identify and promote appropriate College Fairs.
- Coordinate individual visits from college representatives.
- Initiate contacts with professionals in the community and arrange for students to job shadow.
- Assist outside agencies visiting the school and speaking to groups of interested students. This shall include military, college and technical school representatives and representatives of careers available without post-secondary training.
- Process post-secondary and scholarship applications.
- Write letters of recommendation for students who want to enter post-secondary institutions or are applying for jobs.
- Prepare and process scholarship materials; establish, organize and meet with scholarship committees; make scholarship applications available to students; and guide students through the total process.
- Be responsible for programming meetings with the parents/guardians of seniors to explain financial aid.
- Guide students through the entire college preparation process -- touring prospective colleges; deciding which colleges to apply to; completing and submitting applications by the deadline; registering for SAT and other admissions tests; and securing financial aid, scholarships and other forms of financial assistance,"
- Introduce students to online resources (Naviance).
- Maintain a college planning website for LCHS students and parents.