Are you dedicated to supporting young people in achieving their dreams? Consider joining our VSAC team as the Pre-Education and Training Services (Pre-ETS) Outreach Counselor! You’ll join a team of highly committed, collaborative, and supportive colleagues who are dedicated to student success.
The Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (VSAC) helps Vermonters of all ages prepare and plan for college and career training. This VSAC position is funded by a contract with HireAbility to develop and facilitate post-high school planning workshops to students with disabilities in south central and southern high schools.
VSAC Outreach counselors meet with students across the state who are from modest income backgrounds or first in their family to pursue education after high school. These staff hold a variety of roles, including staff who are embedded in middle and high schools, helping students to explore passions, identify education pathways to promising careers, and ensuring they have financial aid to support their goals. Outreach Counselors and this position use VSAC’s Curriculum Map which outlines what VSAC believes students should know and be able to do by the time they graduate high school. The VSAC Curriculum Map is used to sequence and plan learning activities over the course of a school year to provide learning experiences that are targeted and grade appropriate.
The VSAC Pre-ETS Outreach Counselor will work with the following contracted school sites in the 2024-2025 school year: Springfield, Hartford, Thetford, Rutland, Mt. Anthony, and Brattleboro high schools. This list of contracted schools is expected to expand after the 2024-2025 school year to more school sites in the region. We are looking for a Pre-ETS Outreach Counselor that lives in South-Central or Southern Vermont with a commute that would be less than 2 hours to any of the school sites listed. The Pre-ETS Outreach Counselor will deliver up to 7 workshops at each of the contracted school sites beginning in October through the end of the school year.
- Three years of experience in counseling, special education, and/or education.
- Experience facilitating online learning experiences.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- An understanding of 504s and IEP plans and how to best accommodate for student needs.
- An understanding of the possible socioeconomic and academic needs of the students.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to work with different groups and balance the various needs of stakeholders.
- Ability to develop age-appropriate learning activities that use the VSAC curriculum map and takes into consideration the needs of stakeholders, as well as any accommodations for the students.
- Ability to develop learning activities that build on skills throughout the sequence.
- Advanced skills in operating computers, standard office equipment, and standard office software (Microsoft Office preferred)
Salary range for this position is $43,000-$47,000. Note that the position has 9 weeks off in summer.
The hiring manager will begin reviewing applications in August. Visit www.vsac.org/careers to apply.