SCHOOL COUNSELOR

Milwaukee Public Schools is currently seeking DPI licensed School Counselor candidates for full-time elementary cluster positions. Selected candidates will be assigned to multiple elementary locations across the district serving students in grades K3-8 for the 2025-26 school year. Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.

A Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) counselor provides support services to students, staff, and parents. The duties are focused on the overall delivery counseling program realized through guidance curriculum, individual student planning and responsive services. Additional responsibilities include school programming in Infinite Campus, student rostering/scheduling, maintaining individual student Academic and Career Plans, etc. The school counseling program is offered in an equitable, multi-cultural setting and helps all students in the areas of academic achievement, personal/social development and career development. The counselor's work supports the MPS strategic plan.

Interested applicants should complete all sections of the application including the online submission of a current resume.

Department interview panels may request candidates to submit additional items including, but not limited to, letters of recommendation, reference lists, and/or writing samples.

At the time of hire, the selected candidate will need to submit three (3) letters of recommendation dated within the last year and signed by the author and a copy of official transcripts verifying his/her conferred undergraduate degree. Conferred graduate degree transcripts are required for any fully licensed counselor candidate.

Eligible applicants must hold or be eligible to hold a School Counselor (7054) licensed issued by the Department of Public Instruction or be actively enrolled in a graduate program to obtain the required school counseling license.

Applicants who posses the following characteristics and skills are preferred:

• A minimum of two years of school counseling experience in an elementary, middle school, or high school setting
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• A solid understanding of a comprehensive school counseling model
• Consistent and well-developed communication skills with parents and administrators
• Ability to effectively use Infinite Campus and create student schedules
• Ability to maintain accurate and detailed records
• Ability to present to students individually and in large groups

The counselor (teacher) salary range starts at $52,827.70 and increases according to the set salary schedule based on education beyond the required bachelor's degree and previous years of fully-licensed K-12 counseling or teaching experience.

The Milwaukee Public Schools does not discriminate in its programs, activities, facilities, employment, or educational opportunities on the basis of a person's sex, race, age, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or disability. Reasonable accommodations requested by qualified individuals with disabilities will be made in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, as amended by the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008.

In accordance with Wisconsin Statutes, every applicant for a position with Milwaukee Public Schools will be subject to the open records law. Any applicant not wishing to have his/her identity released, must submit a written statement to that effect to the Department of Human Capital. The identities of all "final candidates" may be released. Milwaukee Public Schools reserves the right to interview the best qualified candidates.