Jennifer Brown

Provide comprehensive counseling services to approximately 350 students while leading school-wide initiatives focused on college access, student success, equity, and post-secondary readiness.

Key Accomplishments

• Maintained a 100% post-secondary acceptance rate for graduating classes from 2022–2026.
• Helped students secure over 1 Million in scholarship awards for graduating classes from 2022–2026.
• Achieved a 98% FAFSA completion rate through targeted family outreach, workshops, and individualized support.
• Recognized as the Genesys Works 2026 School Champion of the Year for outstanding commitment to student success and workforce readiness.
• Monitor student academic performance, behavior, and attendance as well as facilitate appropriate interventions.
• Developed new student orientation programs to build excitement around transfer and enrollment.
• Collaborate with parents, school faculty and social workers to address problems and grow student success.
• Provide crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust and rapport to deescalate situations.

Related Service Counseling, Grades 9 – 12:

• Provide individual counseling, group counseling, crisis intervention, conflict mediation, and social-emotional support services.
• Collaborate with parents, teachers, and administrators regarding student's identified needs and concerns.
• Assist with behavior management services.

Programming & Scheduling:

• Review transcripts to verify students are meeting graduation or college entrance requirements.
• Support with general programming of new students, and program changes.
• Help coordinate the state exam preparation.
• Assist with academic intervention programs.

College and Career Readiness:

• Guide students and families through college admissions, scholarship applications, financial aid, and career planning.
• Support students with application and acceptance to Stanford University, NYU, Cornell University, Bard College, Penn State University, DePaul University, Boston University, Spelman College, Howard University and more.
• Invite college admissions professionals to come to the school and present to students and families.
• Serve as school liaison and nominator for QuestBridge College Prep and The Posse Foundation.
• Supported QuestBridge applicants resulting in finalist recognition for three consecutive years.
• Coordinate college visits, trade school and job shadowing explorations, admissions presentations, and college fairs.
• Guided students to earn $1M+ in scholarships through targeted advising and application support.
• Achieved a 100% admission rate into a post secondary program for the senior class of 2022-2026.
• Managed the College Now partnership, providing students in grades 10–12 with access to college-level coursework and early college credit opportunities.

Program Development & Innovation:

• Created the Counseling Advisory Curriculum for Grades 9 and 10, establishing the foundation for the school's advisory structure and social-emotional learning framework.
• Developed and implemented the school's annual FAFSA Day initiative, increasing financial aid awareness and application completion.
• Created and publish a bi-weekly Counseling Newsletter to communicate college opportunities, deadlines, scholarships, internships, and counseling resources to students and families.
• Designed and currently developing the Teacher Assistant Fellows Program implementation model for school-wide launch.

Student Advocacy & Equity Leadership:

• Serve as 504 Coordinator, ensuring compliance and implementation of accommodations for students requiring academic supports.
• Advocate for students in Temporary Housing (STH), securing access to activities and connecting families with district-level resources.
• Developed and sustained ENL Regents Support programming in partnership with instructional staff to improve outcomes for multilingual learners.

School Culture and Community Engagement:

• Planned and led annual celebrations promoting cultural awareness, student engagement, and community involvement.
• Organized a student art exhibit/auction that raised over $5,000 in scholarship funds awarded directly to student artists.
• Coordinate annual Senior Trip experiences, managing logistics, budgeting, communication, and implementation .
• Developed Top 10% Senior Recognition celebrations, including recognition materials and school-wide acknowledgements.
• Monitor academic progress, attendance, graduation requirements, and intervention plans.
• Collaborate with administrators, teachers, families, and community partners to support student success.
• Collect, analyze, and present student outcome data to stakeholders and school leadership.

• Assisted with providing solutions for social, emotional, and academic concerns via group and individual counseling.
• Collaborated with parents, teachers, and administrators regarding student's identified needs and concerns.
• Assisted with behavior management services.