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Employment Status: Full-Time

Reports to: Elementary Principal/Counseling Coordinator

Description

The counselor is an educator capable of giving solutions to different school issues from a guidance-counseling perspective to make the teaching and learning experience more achievable maximizing student success; academically, socially, and emotionally. The counselor shall have knowledge in different humanistic areas as well as in basic fields of science and technology. 

Minimum Qualifications 

Macris School seeks a dynamic person who inspires faculty and students, and who works collaboratively and creatively with colleagues in various curricular areas and with the academic departments. Candidates should be passionate about teaching and learning, and must have a deep understanding of teacher evaluation and monitoring practices. 

• Bachelor’s degree (in psychology or related field) and professional experience as a classroom teacher or other equivalent experience.
• Advanced degree in guidance counselor or related area preferred, but not required. 
• Fully bilingual (Spanish/English).
• All prospective employees must be able to clear a background check. 

Occupational Outlook

• Teaching/Learning Facilitator: should be capable of planning, performing, and evaluating the teaching and learning process by using different methods.
• Academic Advisor: Advocates psico-pedagogy advice to teachers for all students’  improvement regarding teaching/learning experience. 
• Guidance: Promotes the student’s holistic development, providing them with skills for life success.
• Counseling: Possesses knowledge and skill to lead counseling processes in different modalities (individually, in groups, family, community wise)
• Advisor: Promotes personal and professional participation, collaboration, and understanding among parents, teachers, and students.

1. Key Responsibilities
   1. Coordinate the advising program at the high school level and support the elementary teachers with the implementation of the SEL curriculum and advisory program.
      1. Teach Social-Emotional Learning program to assigned grade levels and counselor curriculum.
   2. Organize and coordinate multiple parent/student workshops related to student/family needs.
   3. Organize, coordinate, and deliver child safety trainings for all school staff.
   4. Organize new student welcoming sessions. 
   5. Facilitate the organization of balanced class sections by incorporating teachers’, parents’, and students’ recommendations.
   6. Organize and oversee the Big Brother/Sister program.
   7. Lead and connect new students and families to Macris School life.
   8. Assign homeroom teachers for each grade and section. 
   9. Prepare probation and commitment letters (cartas de compromiso) for students that had behavioral and academic issues in the previous years. 
   10. Help prepare Open House tasks.
   11. Compile lists of students that are eligible for becoming part of each section’s student council (STUCO) by following all the steps for elections involving homeroom teachers and students. 
   12. Meet with faculty to inform and analyze cases of students with special learning needs, probations, and other issues. 
       1. Visit classrooms to learn about students and support teachers regarding special learning cases.
   13. Meet with students regularly to discuss academic and social/emotional development, crisis response, differentiated learning activities, goal setting, and guidance counseling.
   14. Set appointments to do follow- up meetings (by term and as needed) with students, parents, and teachers to meet their needs in the domains of academic, social, and emotional development. 
   15. Promote and conduct group activities to enhance social development for the better of the school environment by doing or supporting anti-bullying campaigns, charity fundraisers, and all social, physical and professional development projects.
   16. Serve as mediator among students-teachers-parents.

Employment Status: Full-Time

Reports to:  Technology Integration Specialist

Description:  Macris embraces technology as a tool for solving real-world problems, fostering innovation, and enhancing learning. Our technology curriculum is evolving to meet the current and future needs of students. We are seeking a dynamic, reflective educator who embraces project-based learning and can coach students through independent, creative technology projects. The ideal candidate will support students as they explore, propose, prototype, and present their work in a student-centered learning environment.

Preferred skills and abilities 

• Fluent in both spoken and written English and Spanish preferred

• Excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills

• Demonstrates initiative, flexibility, and strong organizational habits

• High socio-emotional intelligence, with an ability to coach and mentor

• Familiarity with project-based learning, design thinking, or makerspace tools is an asset

Minimum Qualifications 

• Possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechatronics; Electronics Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Education/Teaching or equivalent 

• Experience in Robotics preferable

• At least 3 year(s) of relevant teaching experience in schools (preferably in a bilingual environment)

• All candidates must clear a background check

Key Responsibilities

• Teach and coach students in project-based technology classes where students:

• Write project proposals based on real or simulated needs

• Create personal timelines and manage their own workflow

• Iterate on their designs or solutions through testing and reflection

• Present final outcomes through exhibitions or digital portfolios

• Encourage critical thinking, creativity, and innovation through structured independence

• Prepare and deliver differentiated instruction that supports all learners in achieving their goals

• Guide students in developing 21st-century skills such as collaboration, communication, digital fluency, and problem-solving

• Maintain a learning environment that values inquiry, reflection, and respectful risk-taking

• Assess student progress through both formative and summative measures, with regular feedback

• Collaborate with colleagues across departments to develop interdisciplinary and cross-curricular projects

• Participate in school events, workshops, and special initiatives

• Contribute to the growth and evolution of the school’s innovation and technology programs

• Coach the Robotics Club

High School Teacher Particularities

• Teach age-appropriate content and technological skills within a student-driven, project-based framework

• Actively partner with colleagues from other disciplines to co-develop integrated learning experiences

• Promote student agency by facilitating voice, choice, and ownership in their learning journey