Owatonna Online K-12 School Counselor

• Position Type:
  Owatonna Online - Certified/ School Counselor
• Date Posted:
  2/14/2025
• Date Available:
  
  August 2025

Position Summary:
Owatonna Online is a program designed to support students within the school with academic, social/emotional, and personal supports. The counselor provides ongoing guidance and daily tools for students to help within our systems of intervention and teach needed tools for success leading to college and career readiness. This position will also work collaboratively with the other online counselor to align credit guides for partnership districts and work on scheduling open enrolled students and internal transfer students.

Our online counselor can work remotely. There are a handful of dates that they are required to report (Workshop and staff development days) throughout the year.

Qualifications:
Valid Minnesota K-12 Guidance & Counseling or K-12 School Counselor licensure. Bachelor’s degree with coursework in School Guidance Counseling or related field and moderate experience. Master’s degree preferred.

Other Skills & Abilities:
Thorough knowledge of the policies, procedures, methods, and techniques used for assessing sociological and academic needs of individual students; thorough knowledge of working with students from diverse cultural, economic, and ability backgrounds; thorough knowledge and training and experience with the developmental levels of students, issues surrounding chemical dependency, abuse, family change, as well as working knowledge of federal and state special education laws and rules.

Demonstrated skills and knowledge in the areas of academic planning, personal goal setting, family systems/change, and crisis intervention. Thorough skills in the use of personal computers and related software packages, hardware, and peripheral equipment. Ability to establish and maintain standards of behavior; ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team; ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals;

ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages; ability to work with and through other school personnel, parents, and community agencies; ability to communicate and establish effective working relationships with students, parents, teachers, and administrators. Must understand and comply with all protocols related to data privacy. Consistent and reliable attendance.

Questions about this position can be directed to Julie Sullivan, Director of Teaching and Learning, or Dr. Martina Wagner, Principal for Owatonna Online.

Salary:
Based on candidates' education and experience per the OEA Master Agreement.

Benefits offered for this position are as listed:
Teacher - Full Time and Part Time:
Health Insurance offered through Blue Cross Blue Shield (single and family)
Dental Insurance (Single and Family)
$70,000 Life Insurance
Long Term Disability
Teacher Retirement Association (TRA) pension
403(B) Matching Annuity Plan - up to $1,700/year match
Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST)/ Sick Time
Personal Day(s)

ISD 761 IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND SUPPORTS WORKFORCE DIVERSITY.