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Middle School Counselor (Female)

The American Academy for Girls

Salwa, Kuwait

Free 2 bedroom/2 bath apartment (single accommodations) with phone, utilities, and cable TV

School provides a roundtrip airfare to point of origin every summer

Ongoing

Job
School

Contract Length: 2 years

Number of Vacancies: 1

Student Level:

Elementary, Middle School

Eligible Candidates:

Licensed Teacher, College/University Faculty

School Requirements:

Education Required: Bachelor
Minimum Teaching Experience: 1 year of teaching experience
Major: Psychology
Work Visa Eligibility: United States (USA), Canada, South Africa

Additional School Requirements:

Qualifications:

Counseling
Referral series: self, teacher, parent, school resource personnel, and administrators
Issues of a personal/social nature such as peer relationships, goal-setting, problem-solving, time management
Academic concerns such as classroom difficulties, course selection, academic planning and expectations, and study skills
Organize and instruct Character Education Curriculum where needed
Academic Planning
Develop a comprehensive School Guidance Program
Provide teachers with pertinent information about students with specific problems (health, personal, learning disabilities, psychological problems, etc.)
Administer MAP assessment tests
Meet with teachers about class placement for the upcoming school year
Identify students in danger of failing for the year
Schedule and chair parent conferences

Job Benefits:

End of service indemnity: Half a month's salary for each year taught at AAG for the first 5 years of service to be received upon completion of service
Relocation allowance: 120 KD, payable upon arrival*
Personal days: 3 per academic year (10 KD paid for each day not used at the end of the year)
Sick leave: 6 per academic year
Contract: Paid over 12 months including school holidays with pay
Emergency leave: Handled case by case
Bereavement leave: Five days with pay/five days without pay for immediate family members
Airline ticket: Provided to and from your point of origin every summer
Extra baggage allowance: 65 KD*
Housing: Furnished apartment (2 bedrooms) with phone, free utilities, and cable TV
Transportation: Provided to and from school
Medical care: Subsidized private (90% paid by Board) health insurance
Professional Dev: Provided by the school
Dependents: Discounted tuition for dependents

Job Description:

Provide a comprehensive guidance program for middle school students in grades 5 - 8; specifically, provide activities to meet the needs of the assigned caseload; consult with teachers, staff, and parents to enhance the effectiveness in helping students, and provide support to the school educational programs.

AAG has been in existence since 1996 providing educational programs to Kuwaiti girls. AAG is a single-gender school for girls that uses an American curriculum that is aligned with Common Core Standards to prepare all students for success in Early Childhood, elementary, middle, and high school levels, university, careers, and community leadership.

This is a Direct to School Job

About the School:

Early Childhood Education (Pre-K, KG-1, & KG-2) Elementary (grades 1 - 4) Middle (grades 5 - 8) High School (grades 9 - 12)

We have 975 total students enrolled in our school. All our core subjects: English, Math, Science, and Social Studies are taught in English as the primary language except for Arabic, Religion, and Koran classes which are taught in Arabic and the curriculum comes from the Ministry of Education. Our school offers an array of opportunities academically including AP courses and extra-curriculum activities such as Athletics, M.U.N., Academic Games, After-school clubs, etc.

In addition, we offer Arabic as a Foreign Language for those students who have permission from the Ministry of Education. AAG consists of a staff that is diverse and dedicated to ensuring our students are successful.

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