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Company Name : Trinity Valley School
Location : Fort Worth, TX 76132
Position : Director of College Counseling

Job Description : Position Description:
Trinity Valley School is seeking a Director of College Counseling to begin effective July 1, 2021. The Director reports to the Head of Upper School and is responsible for leading the School’s college guidance and placement programming and all related functions. The Director supervises the work of the College Counseling staff in providing college admissions and transition counseling and programming for Upper School students and families. The Director serves as the spokesperson and advocate of the College Counseling program and works closely with the Head of Upper School and the Head of School to determine its strategic direction.
The Upper School at Trinity Valley School:
The TVS Upper School celebrates the importance of the high school experience in setting young people on the path to lives of purpose and fulfillment in adulthood, and it values all aspects of the breadth and depth of that experience. Over 350 students yearly are challenged appropriately in their academic, co-curricular, and social/interpersonal lives, yet supported through the inevitable challenges they face by a caring and professional faculty. As we define success far more broadly than by college matriculation alone, students are encouraged and empowered to participate widely, deeply, and authentically in our programs and community, with a focus on the development of personal and collaborative skills.
Accordingly, the school seeks candidates who love working with upper-schoolers and who place students at the heart of their instructional and administrative practice.
Opportunities and Challenges:
The Director of College Counseling at Trinity Valley School will lead a well-functioning and professional team with a track record of engaging students and families with great knowledge, empathy, and skill. The Director will leverage a recently completed ACCIS (Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools) 360 Review to continue to enhance the many existing strengths in program and practice, while working with the staff and broader Upper School team to address recommendations for growth. Trinity Valley School’s talented student body, supported by an excellent and professional faculty and engaged parents, has sustained record of strong and appropriate acceptances and matriculations. The Director will be the School’s expert in navigating and communicating the ever-changing college admissions landscape, while projecting professional competence born from robust experience and continual professional development. Through the constant evaluation and implementation of both accepted best practice and innovation in program, procedure, and office/team structure, the Director will model constant improvement in the service of the School and its students.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Work to ensure that each graduating student engages in a college admissions process designed and optimized to maximize access to a range of appropriate post-secondary educational opportunities
Lead and support the College Counseling team to best position them to provide exceptionally high-quality and developmentally appropriate programming and advice to students and their families over the course of their Upper School experience
Provide students in the Director’s caseload with excellent individual counseling support
Manage and analyze admissions data to inform office structure, policy, and procedure in the pursuit of strong outcomes
Partner with the Upper School faculty and administration to support the growth and alignment of academic cocurricular programming in ways that will distinguish the school and its students in the admissions process, while keeping student health and wellbeing as a fundamental goal
Provide for the School’s standardized testing program (PSAT/SAT, ACT, and AP) by working with the Head of Upper School to identify and assign individuals to coordinator roles
Ensure that the department functions in an efficient and cost-effective manner
Coordinate support for students with specialized college aspirations, particularly those with the opportunity to play NCAA athletics and those pursuing audition and portfolio processes
Anticipate future programmatic needs and take initiative to address them thoughtfully and creatively
Cultivate strong professional relationships with a range of college admissions professionals, program providers, and other resources
Articulate the nature of the college admissions process and the vision of the school’s programs to students, families, the Board of Trustees, admissions professionals, and other constituencies

Other Duties:

Serve on the Upper School’s Department Chairs Committee, providing perspective on course offerings, policies, and practice through the lens of competitive admissions
Advise, coordinate, or facilitate various functions related to the selection of student award winners and scholarship program nominees
Assist with certain aspects of Graduation and other major school events
Participate in professional development that provides for continual learning about best practices and trends in the field
Perform other duties as requested

Qualifications and Qualities of the Position:
TVS seeks a Director of College Counseling who possesses proven leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills and can lead with imagination, initiative, vision, energy, and drive.
The ideal candidate will have

Significant independent school experience in college counseling, preferably as Director or Associate Director
Proven track record of strategizing, articulating, and implementing a full range of leadership, programmatic, and counseling roles in college guidance
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and an understanding of what should be communicated to different audiences
Thorough grasp of the current trends in college admissions and issues facing independent schools

Additionally, the successful candidate will be

A firm believer in the School’s values and mission statement
A contributor to the overall strategic planning of the Upper School
A decisive and confident leader, embracing the School’s culture
A servant leader, understanding of the unique stresses of the college admissions process and possessing a strong desire to help students and families though that process
A highly professional team player, with a strong sense of integrity, a desire to lead and encourage direct reports, and to collaborate effectively with other administrative and faculty colleagues

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