Dean and College Counselor, Grades 09-12
Company Description
ABOUT US
Welcome to Avenues São Paulo! Since our doors opened in August 2018, we've been on a mission to provide a truly transformative educational experience. Through immersive English language learning and dynamic interdisciplinary projects, we prepare our students to become future worldwise leaders uniquely equipped to understand and solve global-scale problems. As part of the Nord Anglia Education network, we're proud to stand alongside Avenues New York, shaping the future of education together. With a vibrant community of over 1100 students, ranging from as young as 18 months old through to graduation, our campus buzzes with a culture of innovation, creativity, collaboration, and state-of-the-art technology. Join us as we embark on a journey of lifelong learning and growth and discover why there's no place quite like Avenues São Paulo.
Job Description
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Avenues' distinctive academic program makes our graduates uniquely compelling applicants for the most selective postsecondary pursuits. Deans provide individualized support and expertise, helping identify the best fit for students based on their passions and aspirations. A Dean is a leader (also mentor, cheerleader, confidant, and occasional tough-love-giver) who supports students' wellbeing, partners deeply with their families and supports their journey to what's next. Above all, deans build powerful, lasting relationships with students that extend for years during, and then beyond, their time at Avenues.
Foster students' well-being, through powerful relationships and mentoring
Advise and guide 100 students and their families across grades 09-12. Your students will feel known, mentored and supported; their families will rave about you.
Be a key mentor and supporter in the life of each of your students
Be a highly effective support system around the diverse challenges students encounter during high school
Ensure that Avenues effectively supports each student to thrive, following through with colleagues and families to best support each unique individual
Design and facilitate excellent, regularly scheduled deans meetings where you guide groups of students in planning and reflecting on their academic and social-emotional successes and challenges
Guide students to well-chosen, great-fit, selective pursuits after high school
Expertly guide the entire college process, leading to students wisely choosing desirable, selective post-secondary pursuits where they'll thrive
Ensure students and families feel well-informed and prepared for the college process
Anchor the college process in powerful relationships with students and their families
Join a dynamic, collaborative team
Enthusiastically contribute to a dean team dedicated to all Avenues students' wellbeing
Be a relentlessly resourceful and collaborative colleague, partnering with faculty, student support, division leaders, and families on students' success, growth and happiness
Qualifications
ABOUT YOU
You bring all or most of the following:
- You have several years of experience in college counseling and/or admissions
- You are fluent in English, with excellent communication skills in writing, reading, and speaking
- You love and respect teenagers. You feel deeply passionate about supporting them to learn, grow, and thrive as people
- You believe that going to college should be about finding a right match for each student
- You're energized by both dimensions of this work: the holistic support for students and the strategic college counseling
- You can build deep relationships with high school students and their families, as strong partnerships with families are key to student success
- You communicate in lucid, compelling ways with a high level of accountability and responsiveness
- You navigate difficult conversations with grace and empathy
- You effectively handle multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment
Additional Information
Avenues is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion throughout our organization. We strive to uphold a culture in which every colleague feels that they belong, are trusted, and are valued. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, and strongly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented communities or groups to apply. Avenues offers competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.
Avenues upholds the highest standards for safeguarding the physical and emotional wellbeing of children. As an essential aspect of this commitment, all offers are contingent upon successful completion of careful reference and background checks.
Avenues is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion throughout our organization. We strive to uphold a culture in which every colleague feels that they belong, are trusted, and are valued. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, and strongly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented communities or groups to apply. Avenues offers competitive compensation and a generous benefits package.
Avenues upholds the highest standards for safeguarding the physical and emotional wellbeing of children. As an essential aspect of this commitment, all offers are contingent upon successful completion of careful reference and background checks.
