Job Description

Overview of the School Counseling Program:

The Edison High School Counseling Program is comprehensive in nature, striving to provide education for ALL students involving academic and social-emotional skills, as well as college and post-secondary readiness. The Edison High School Counseling Program is proactive and preventative - helping students develop critical skills to achieve academic, social, and behavioral success. Some of the ways counselors implement education around these topics is through classroom lessons, individual and small group counseling, response services, referral and program management. 

Classroom Lessons:

Often, the school counselor provides education to students in the classroom setting. This provides consistent learning and skill development. It allows counselors to observe and evaluate classroom and student needs.

• Emotions.
• Coping skills.
• Communication skills.
• Friendships.
• Conflict resolution self-advocacy.
• Teamwork.
• Diversity.
• Tolerance.
• Problem solving.
• Self-esteem.
• Respect.
• Responsibility.
• Personal safety.
• Healthy choices.
• Strengths.
• Community building.

Response Services/Consultation:

School counselors consult with teachers, administrators, support staff, parents/guardians, community agencies, and medical professionals regarding strategies to help students and families. Counselors serve as advocates for students in all consultation situations. Often there is a need for a Release of Information (ROI) when consulting with someone outside of the immediate Edison community.

Edison High School Counselors provide counseling for students navigating emotional, relational, personal, and developmental challenges.

• Counseling is intended to be short-term and solution-focused to help students identify problems, causes, coping skills, and develop goals to take appropriate actions. 
• Edison High School Counselors do NOT provide clinical counseling services.

Crisis Counseling: The Edison High School Counselor provides prevention, intervention, and follow-up.

• We provide psycho-education and resources to students and families facing emergency situations.
• We serve as a provider for other high schools’ crisis team process in response to suicide, accidental death, or other tragedies that may affect high school communities within the private school sector.

Referral: Edison High School Counselors use referral sources to deal with suicidal ideation, violence, abuse, mental health issues, and family difficulties.

• Referral sources can be mental health agencies, social services, and community services.
• Counselors are mandatory reporters to the Department of Health and Human Services for suspicion of child abuse and neglect cases.

Peer Facilitation: Edison High School Counselors are involved in updating and sharing their professional knowledge and skills through in-service training and staff meetings.

Edison High School Counselors collect and analyze data to evaluate and improve the School Counseling Program. This includes planning and management tasks needed to support activities conducted by the program, such as:

• Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) initiatives.
• Restorative Justice and Practices (Community Circles).
• Advisory Curriculum.
• Girls Group.

Confidentiality:

Edison HIgh School Counselors develop and practice confidentiality with students. This means that the information gathered through meetings with students and parents/guardians will be shared on a “need-to-know” basis only. We diligently strive to maintain the privacy of students and their families. When information needs to be shared, we will assess the best way to share the information with the appropriate parties to best help students and their families.

Referral for Counseling Services:

Edison HIgh School Counselors prioritize the needs of students based on referrals from:

• Teachers, administrators, and support staff.
• Parent/Guardians.
• Students (self-referral).

Preferred educational requirements:

• A Master’s degree or higher in school counseling.
• A Counseling credential from the Oregon Teacher Standards Practice Commission (TSPC) or its equivalent.

Salary/Benefits : 

• Competitive salary with full benefits.
• Salary range: $43,420 - $76,448.
• Insurance benefits include: Health and dental, Health Savings and Flexible Spending.
• Retirement: 6% employer contribution to 401k account.
• Generous sick leave and personal day time-off benefits.

Start Date : 

• August 25, 2026. This is a 10-month position for the 2026-2027 school year.

To Apply:

Application: Please submit the following materials as separate pdf documents to Dr. Chris Smart, at csmart@edisonhs.org by April 21, 2026.

• Cover letter speaking to how your experience aligns with the mission and values of Edison High School.
• Resume.
• A list of three professional references with the name, relationship, phone number, and email address of each (references will not be contacted without the candidate’s permission).

Edison High School empowers students with learning differences to experience academic success and personal growth, while preparing them for the future. We are guided by a set of Core Values. Edison is student-centered and characterized by attunement, collaboration, dedication, accessibility, and organization; our students become future-ready. We have a very low student-to-teacher ratio, an excellent student support program, a unique educational approach and methodologies specific to students with learning differences.

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