Job Description:

Arizona Autism Charter School, our state’s first and only autism-focused charter school, is expanding and hiring an Academic Counselor/Post-Secondary Outcomes Specialist to serve students in grades 8-12! This role will ensure students are ready for postsecondary opportunities in vocational programs, the workforce, community colleges, and/or universities. 

Duties: 

• Lead project to update graduation pathways for AZACS high school students 
• Work with students and their families to identify desired and attainable post-secondary placements and develop a robust plan with measurable goals to ensure students are ready for that option when they graduate from AZACS.  
• Ensure matriculation in post-secondary options before students graduate from AZACS. 
• Maintain individual and aggregate data on each student’s postsecondary goals and steps to achieve them, and present this information to the executive team and other stakeholders as requested. 
• Support students’ ability to engage in internal and external internships and identify when they can engage in those internships based on their pathways to graduation. 
• Establish and lead the AZACS Alumni Association. 
• Ensure students who have exited high school are contacted and administered the Post-School Outcomes Survey, which is designed to capture student engagement in post-secondary education/training or employment.
• Maintain the Education and Career Action Planning (ECAP) process for all high school students in the Academic and Modified programs. 
• Collaborate with the Functional Academic (FA) program managers and teachers to create an Education and Career Action Planning (ECAP) process for those students.
• Collect and record information about the student for the use of the professional staff in I.E.P. meetings relating to credits and credit attainment. A close relationship with the registrar is essential in this task.
• Will administer and/or oversee transition assessments for all students receiving IEP services for Academic and Modified Program students, including EdReady assessments for community colleges. 
• Prepare transcripts at the end of each year and organize them accordingly
• Read transcripts as they arrive for new students and help develop their 4-year or 4-year+ pathway to graduation.
• Lead Family Nights for 8th graders to provide information about High School pathways. 
• Facilitate family data meetings to ensure families know where a student lies in their pathway to graduation.
• Support connections to community colleges and universities, including facilitation of college and university visits as needed with students and families
• Launch a Dual Enrollment Program at the community college level, identify students who would benefit from this program, and support their engagement and success in dual enrollment. 
• Serve on the graduation committee. 

• Other duties as assigned by the administration  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Counseling certificate from the Arizona Department of Education
• Special Education experience preferred

• Ability to communicate with parents, co-workers, and  professional contacts courteously and professionally and following AZACS guidelines
• Experience in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and structured teaching preferred
• Valid Arizona IVP fingerprint clearance card

Benefits:

• The school is located at a new state-of-the-art Autism Center
• Competitive pay based on experience 
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Supplemental Insurance
• Paid Time off
• Eligible for 401K participation after 90 days of employment
• Great professional development and advancement opportunities!