G5-8 Social-Emotional Counselor

The Grades 5–8 Social-Emotional Counselor promotes the holistic well-being of students in accordance with the ISCA Comprehensive Counseling Model, fostering a supportive, inclusive, and safe environment anchored in our mission to challenge and inspire students each day to love learning and shape a better world. Responsible for individual and group counseling, prevention programs, and crisis response, the Counselor also supports boarding students in Grades 6–8 and contributes to the School’s social-emotional climate. Working collaboratively with students, faculty, boarding staff, and parents, the Counselor ensures timely, appropriate support, with referral to external specialists where needed.

• Counseling & Intervention: Provide individual and small-group counseling on personal, social, and emotional concerns, and respond to crises with timely support, liaising with school leadership and external agencies. Refer students to external specialists when needs exceed the School’s counseling resources.

• Prevention & Advisory Programs: Develop and implement social-emotional learning programs, workshops, and interventions, including bullying prevention, coping strategies, and conflict resolution, and support the advisory curriculum.

• Boarding Student Support: Support the emotional and social development of boarding students in Grades 6–8, providing scheduled after-hours counseling as assigned by the Middle School/Senior School Principal, with modified school hours where needed, and leading well-being workshops.

• Faculty & Boarding Staff Development: Provide ongoing training for day and boarding faculty and boarding staff in mental health awareness, recognizing signs of distress, and positive student–teacher relationships, and collaborate with faculty to integrate social-emotional support into academic and co-curricular life.

• Parent Engagement & Education: Update parents of boarding students regularly on social-emotional progress, and deliver parent education, including workshops on restorative practices and adolescent development, supported by newsletters and other resources.

• Community & Student Advocacy: Serve as a student advocate for student voice, inclusion, and emotional safety, participate in school-wide initiatives, and collaborate with leadership on policies that support student well-being and safeguard mental health.

• Data & Professional Practice: Use counseling data and ISCA guidelines to assess student needs, monitor progress, and improve the counseling program. Stay informed of best practice in school counseling and maintain ISCA standards through professional development.

• Share and champion the School’s mission, vision, and core values of Care, Collaboration, and Excellence.

• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and build trusting relationships with students, faculty, staff, and parents.

• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity and an understanding of the unique challenges faced by international students.

• Collaborate with faculty, boarding staff, and school leadership to support students.

• Uphold a strict commitment to child protection, safeguarding, and student welfare standards.

• Experience in an international school setting

• Experience in a boarding school environment

Full visa sponsorship and legal work authorization processing provided by the school for the successful candidate and eligible dependents legally employable in the Republic of Korea. Applicants are responsible for paperwork costs outside of Korea (e.g., apostille and legalization processes).