FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports to: Middle School Director

Salary range: $80,000-$110,000

Anticipated start date: July 2026

Location: Golden Valley, MN (All positions are in person)

Breck Overview

Breck School is a preschool through twelve, coeducational college preparatory, Episcopal day school located in Golden Valley, Minnesota, with a national reputation for excellence and achievement in academics, athletics, and the arts. Our School’s Episcopal roots are lived through an unwavering commitment to equity, inclusion, and belonging where we respect the dignity of every human being. We prioritize lifelong learning and a commitment to the greater good.

We are a community of highly engaged and motivated students, faculty, staff, and school leaders focused on building trusting relationships and strong academic scholarship through a practice of bridging research to practice. Upon graduation, Breck students are prepared for a life of intellectual curiosity, self-knowledge, and social responsibility, matriculating to colleges and universities throughout the world.

Position Overview

Breck’s Middle School spans grades 5-8 and has roughly 380 students and 45 faculty and staff. The role of the Middle School Counselor is to provide direct and indirect counseling services to students, faculty, and parents in support of student growth and development. The counselor serves in a collaborative role with the Middle School administrative team, the Student Support Team (SST), and Middle School grade-level teams.

Please note, this is a one year contract position only as it is covering a sabbatical.

Responsibilities

• Direct Student & Family Support
  • Individual Counseling: Provide confidential individual counseling sessions to students and families to address social, emotional, and academic concerns.
  • Group Facilitation: Organize and lead small groups tailored to specific needs, including social skills, friendship dynamics, family transitions, conflict resolution, grief/loss, and substance awareness.
  • Guidance Curriculum: Deliver developmental guidance lessons across grade levels and teach one assigned class within the middle school curriculum.
  • Crisis Intervention: Provide immediate support and assist in managing crisis situations as they arise.
• Collaboration & Consultation
  • Administrative Partnership: Collaborate closely with the Middle School Director and Deans to support their work with students and families.
  • Consultation Services: Serve as a resource for faculty, administration, and parents regarding adolescent development and behavioral health.
  • Student Support Team: Serve as an active, contributing member of the Student Support Team.
  • Referral Network: Provide families with vetted referrals to outside agencies and mental health professionals when specialized care is required.
• Community Leadership
  • Committee Leadership: Lead the "Be a Mustang" Committee to champion a positive community culture and character development.
  • Parent Education: Facilitate and participate in programs and workshops designed to educate parents on relevant adolescent topics.
  • Professional Engagement: Attend all required meetings and professional development sessions.
  • Teach: In addition to the counselor responsibilities, this person will teach one class in the Middle School
• Administrative Duties
  • Record Keeping: Maintain accurate and highly confidential student files in accordance with legal and ethical standards.
  • Flexibility: Perform other duties as assigned to support the overall health and safety of the school community.

Education and/or Experience

• Minimum five years school counseling experience

• Bachelor's degree in counseling, social work and/or psychology, Master's in a related field is preferred

• Experience working in a school

• Knowledge of early adolescent development

• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving experience

• Eagerness to work on a highly collaborative team of student-centered leaders

About Breck School

Breck School is a single-campus, P-12, Episcopal independent school where living our mission means always reimagining, reinventing, and reanimating learning — both to model the process and rewards of authentic, meaningful learning for Breck students, and to continually grow, evolve, and reinvigorate as a learning enterprise. Founded in 1886, Breck is located in Golden Valley, Minnesota, about five minutes west of downtown Minneapolis. We serve a community of approximately 1150 students on our 50-acre campus. Visit www.breckschool.org for more information. Breck students are independent thinkers, self-starters, socially conscious problem solvers, thoughtful athletes, visionary artists, perpetually curious and perpetually learning citizens. We want every Breck graduate to be fully realized human beings, confident, capable, and compassionate enough to change the world in the way he or she sees fit. If that approach mirrors yours, we encourage your further interest.

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