Jill Pries
Parker,CO
Summary
Professional School Counselor with a strong background at Boulder Valley School District. Committed to students' development, well-being and academic success. Leads through effective counseling, communication, presentation and organizational skills. Adaptable to changing needs. Achieved significant advances in student academic performance through promoting dual enrollment, tutoring, career counseling and administrative strategies.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
School Counselor
Boulder Valley School District-Nederland MSHS
11.2020 - Current
- Develops strong relationships with school and district leaders, students, families, teaching staff, and community stakeholders.
- Leads communication between school staff, students, and families by facilitating meetings to discuss student progress. Creates updates for families through a weekly news page, phone outreach and email.
- Promotes parent involvement in their high school student's post-graduate success by hosting evening learning events, in-person and online. Topics have included earning concurrent college credits, ASCENT, college applications, financial aid/FAFSA completion and academic planning. Organizes college representative visits at school.
- Synthesizes elements of change in CDE and district requirements. Supports staff and students in adapting to new technology and assessment tools.
- Onboards incoming students and staff members. Created versions of infographics including a school profile. Illustrated school data for choice enrollment, course selection and transitioning from elementary to middle school.
- Collaborates with teachers and administrators to address and document the academic needs of students, including MTSS, and neurodiverse support interventions.
- Enhances student emotional well-being by providing academic, college, career and social-emotional counseling.
- Facilitates master scheduling, graduation credit checks and credit recovery targets.
- Collaborates with teachers, administrators, and parents for assessment, development, review and implementation of individualized student support plans, including 504 plans.
- AP, ASVAB, and SAT test coordinator.
- Coordinates tutoring efforts provided by volunteers.
- Provided crisis intervention through membership with the district-wide trauma support team.
School Administrative Support Assistant
Boulder Valley Schools - Fairview High School
08.2013 - 10.2020
- Handled a large volume of student information at a large public high school. Managed systems, documents and applications with discretion, maintaining trust among students, staff and families.
- Assisted a 6 person school counseling team and 3 person administration team with various tasks such student support, scheduling and assessment. Collected data, documented responses.
Education
Master of Arts - School Counseling
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO05-2021
Skills
- Software and educational systems user support
- Conflict and crisis intervention
- Administrative procedures
- Workload management
- Parent-teacher collaboration
- Student advocacy
- Solutions-focused
Timeline
School Counselor
Boulder Valley School District-Nederland MSHS
11.2020 - Current
School Administrative Support Assistant
Boulder Valley Schools - Fairview High School
08.2013 - 10.2020
Master of Arts - School Counseling
University of Northern Colorado
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