About Job

JobID: 1843

Position Type:
DCALS Home of Career and Technical Education/Guidance Counselor

Date Posted:
6/17/2025

Location:
Dakota County Area Learning School, Rosemount MN

Date Available:
08/19/2025

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 917
POSITION OPENING

Date Posted: June 17, 2025

Position Title: Part-time Guidance Counselor

Assignment Location: Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, MN within the Secondary School Programs

Hours per Day: 4.0

Schedule: flexible., Monday through Friday, following the assigned school calendar working a total of 20 hours a week

Anticipated Start Date: August 19, 2025

Assignment Length: 2025-2026 school year, continuing contract

Salary: Placement per the teacher contract, based on education and experience

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Performs difficult professional work maintaining enrollment of student populations, processing credits, assisting with creating schedules and curriculum, supporting students academically and socially and emotionally, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the Principal.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Conducts enrollment meetings with new students and their respective parents or guardians
Manages phone messages; schedules appointments; updates counselors, etc.
Collaborates with home school counselors to determine student credit needs
Prepares and sends transcripts or documents
Assists with updating credit summaries to student files
Acts as an advisor to students
Meets periodically with students to ensure graduation plans including post secondary options.
Serves on various committees, teams and groups as a representative of the district or department.
Collaborates to create the master schedule
Supports students social/emotional well-being
Prepares and sends various correspondence to stakeholders
Maintains a working level knowledge of education news and local, state and federal issues.
Assists with planning special events

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree and considerable experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Thorough knowledge of applicable local, state and federal policies, rules and regulations pertaining to enrollment and credits; thorough skill composing letters and student records with accuracy and timeliness

Thorough skill operating standard office equipment and applicable hardware and software

General skill operating database systems; ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions and decimals

Ability to compute rates, ratios and percentages; ability to understand and apply governmental accounting practices in the maintenance of financial records

Ability to communicate effectively

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with administrators, staff, clients, similar professionals, local law enforcement, college admissions staff and the general public.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This work requires the frequent exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and repetitive motions, frequently requires reaching with hands and arms and occasionally requires standing, walking, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, pushing or pulling and lifting; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word

Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels

Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and observing general surroundings and activities;

Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic)

DISTRICT PROFILE:

Intermediate School District 917 provides special education, career & technical education (CTE), and/or alternative learning for nine member districts in the south metro. Our programs are located in more than 20 sites throughout the south metro, including Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) where our district office is located. We focus on being purposeful, personalized partners within our community as we model an innovative culture with diverse pathways serving students and families through equitable practices with highly trained staff. The culture of ISD 917 is built on the core values of collaboration, empathy, innovation, stewardship, communication, integrity, personalization, equity, and diversity. Our programs are designed to provide high quality, equitable, and specialized programming to meet the needs of all students. We serve students from birth through age 21 in a variety of special education programs located in multiple sites. Our CTE programs are all located at DCTC, and our alternative learning program (Dakota County Area Learning School (DCALS) has two locations, one co-located in DCTC in Rosemount and one in West St. Paul. At ISD 917, we belong to each other, and no one is invisible.

Mission (= Our Core Purpose)
In partnership with member districts, Intermediate School District 917 provides high quality, equitable, and specialized programming to meet the needs of all students.

Vision (= What We Intend to Create)
Intermediate School District 917 models an innovative culture with diverse pathways serving students and families through equitable practices with highly trained staff.

Core Values (= Drivers of Our Words and Actions)

Collaboration: Working together to achieve more collectively.
Empathy: Considering and respecting the perspective and needs of member districts, students, families and staff.
Innovation: Ongoing improvement of programs and services.
Stewardship: Managing financial and human resources carefully and responsibly.
Communication: Multi-dimensional, transparent conversation focused on sharing information and creating a positive learning and working environment.
Integrity: Aligning our actions with our values and beliefs.
Personalization: Building on the strengths and addressing the unique needs of individual students.
Equity: Intentionally providing opportunities while removing barriers at all levels of the organization.
Diversity: Appreciating and valuing everyone’s unique selves.

Strategic Directions (= Focus of Our Improvement Efforts)

Increase student achievement and engagement
Support and lead staff through continuous improvement
Deepen engagement of stakeholders through quality, equitable communication practices
Increase social-emotional learning and skills for students and staff
Increase support for ALL through inclusive practices

District Motto
Purposeful. Personalized. Partners.

Application Procedure: Can be completed at https://www.applitrack.com/isd917/onlineapp/

District 917’s Website: http://www.isd917.org/

jessica.huss@isd917.org

Intermediate School District 917 is an equal opportunity employer