Excellence Community Schools·New York
The counselor supports scholars and families through the entire high school placement process, including curriculum teaching, application support, test preparation, and managing necessary documentation. This role involves establishing strong partnerships with school leadership, staff, and parents to ensure every scholar is placed in the best-fit high school.
Excellence Community Schools (ECS) is a Charter Management Organization (CMO) supporting schools in the Bronx, NY and Stamford, CT. Our programs are based on a proven, nationally recognized model, which originated in our flagship school, the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, a National Blue Ribbon School.
Our Mission and Vision
Our schools prepare young scholars to compete for admission to and succeed in top public, private, and parochial high schools by cultivating their intellectual, artistic, social, emotional, and ethical development.
We accomplish this by offering a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum, which at the earliest of grades has an eye towards college preparation.
To achieve this, our schools create a supportive and caring environment that at all times has high expectations of all students.
We offer a differentiated, project-based learning environment that seeks to develop high-level analytic and critical thinking skills in all of our students.
Our engaging and rigorous approach to educating our scholars is implemented by a collaborative team of teachers.
We are seeking individuals who are dedicated, ambitious, and committed to student success and education reform. Qualified candidates must demonstrate records of achievement, high degrees of personal responsibility, and the drive to do whatever it takes to ensure that every child achieves academic success. This individual must be committed to excellence, lead by example, and see collaboration as a key component of success.
Reporting to the Director of High School Placement, the High School Placement Counselor is responsible for providing program support to educate scholars and families on the high school placement process. The successful candidate will be responsible for programming in service and support of middle school scholars within our network. The High School Placement Counselor establishes close partnerships with Excellence Community Schools’ school leadership, teaching staff, parents, and guardians.
Candidates who do not meet the above requirements will not be considered.
Candidates must be dedicated to the mission, possess a strong sense of urgency, and have experience in high school admissions, education, or the nonprofit sector, with prior teaching experience preferred. A Bachelor's degree is required, and knowledge of various high school admissions systems is highly valued.
Market context
In New York, high school placement counselor roles often draw candidates with admissions, education, or nonprofit experience, and prior teaching can strengthen an application. These positions are competitive because schools look for mission alignment, urgency, and familiarity with admissions systems, while benefits like health, dental, vision, life insurance, and paid time off add to the appeal. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then tailor your resume to show direct admissions or student-placement experience.
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