NCPA is the first American-style high school in China exclusively for Chinese nationals. NCPA is looking for guidance counselor for 2018/2019 Sememster.

The HS Guidance Counselor is to:

• Support programs in the domains of academic, personal/social, college planning, and career development.
• Teach sections of the Junior and Senior seminar courses.
• Work with the other members of the Counseling Department to develop counseling practices in accordance with NCPA frameworks.
• Be a scholar of his/her own practice. The HS Guidance Counselor will gather evidence of student learning with the express purpose of improving counseling support.
• Be actively involved with students through classroom instruction (Junior/Senior Seminar courses, Advisory lessons, student activities)
• Provide a proactive, inviting counseling program that actively involves students, parents and teachers.
• Conduct individual and small group student counseling and assist students to maximize individual intellectual, emotional and social abilities.
• Be fluent in the curriculum, instruction and assessment frameworks of NCPA.
• Design and implement the school advisory program in accordance with standards of the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) and the principles articulated by the Director of Teaching and Learning. Advisory lesson designed by the counseling office are implemented and delivered to students by all teaching faculty.
• Assist students in making course choices to meet student interests and graduation requirements.
• Assist students in assessing their interests and aptitudes, relating these to college and career goals, and preparing a college application plan.
• Aid teachers and parents in understanding individual students and assist classroom teachers with students who are particularly at risk.
• Develop a collaborative relationship with his/her designated EAL Teacher who co-plans and co-teaches with the HS Guidance Counselor and acts as the HS Guidance Counselor’s linguistics coach and consultant on the Six Principles of Learning.
• Maintain and update transcripts for students in the secondary grades.
• Provide support to aid students in transition from middle school to high school, grade-to-grade, and from high school to college/university.
  
• Oversee annual school-wide standardized testing related to the college application process i.e. PSAT and SAT.
• Use web-based software to map the guidance and advisory curriculum, record school and course schedules, report cards, transcripts, individual college guidance plans, student academic goals, and other student documents.
• Be proactive in providing professional development for teachers and education forums for parents on various student behavior or development issues or college preparation topics.
• Co-developa professional growth plan with their supervisor, the High School Principal.