School Counsellor - Goregaon/Andheri/Bandra

Job Description: School Counsellor/ Special Educator (EYP/ PYP)

Starting date : August 2025

Reporting Relationship : Primary Head of School

About Stellarworld School

Stellarworld School is India’s first Life Literacy school with a core purpose to develop Life Literate Learners. Life Literacy is the fundamental ability/skill to navigate and thrive in everyday life by mastering essential skills beyond academics. After 15 years of schooling, life-literate learners are not textbook literate but proficient about world matters, empathy and compassion, environmental issues and social dynamics/behaviors that bring change, along with driving strong literacy in critical skills such as finance, taxes, law, sports, arts, and nutritional wisdom.

How Stellarworld School is different from its peers ( About Stellar) - Stellar’s approach is fundamentally different from its peers. While our peers emphasize on global perspectives and holistic education, Stellar World School integrates the Life Literacy framework into its curriculum, ensuring that learners excel academically and acquire 12 essential life literacies such as financial, emotional, technological, and occupational literacy. This fundamental difference prepares a Stellar Child to face the world with relevant skills, confidence & a strong mental model of growth mindset to face new age challenges.

Core Purpose of Role

Stellarworld school is seeking professional counsellors who are adept at creating systems for change and at building relationships within the school community that enhance academic achievement and personal success. The school counsellor is required to support the social, emotional, and academic well-being of students. She/He will collaborate with school staff to help students succeed in all aspects of their day to day lives.

Our Interview Process & Application for this role

Our process for Stellar is comprehensive to ensure we maintain quality throughout practices ensuring continuous improvements of Student Outcomes & Teacher Delivery Effectiveness.

• Application Submission (Please map the fields Section, Academics, Primary & Secondary Location correctly, rest of the things which are not applicable, please select NA or Not Applicable)
• Generally, we screen profiles within 48 - 72 hours of submission. Due to high volumes, sometimes this can be slightly delayed.
• Right fit candidates would generally receive a virtual assessment to be completed within 48-72 hours.
• Introductory Call with a Senior HR member for Fitment covering your Experience & Impact
• Technical Rounds with Senior members (HOS, Central Academic Team)
• Final Call with Senior HR member for closures & next steps
  
  

Role Specifications (Essentials, Desirables)

Qualifications/Trainings

▪ Master’s Degree in Counselling

▪ Knowledge of multiple counselling approaches

Specification

Essential

Experience

▪ 3+ years of experience working as School Counsellor

Skills

▪The ability to work with other subject areas to “blend” student

learning

▪ The ability to facilitate learning with Youth of all ages

▪ The ability to work with Youth, colleagues and parents

with a high degree of professionalism

▪ Commitment to contributing to the wider life of the school

community

Essential

Personal Attributes

▪ Internationally minded with a demonstrable passion for and deep understanding of the Stellar mission and the identity of the school, including the ability to clearly and positively communicate the ethos and ideals of the school in theory and practice.

▪Excellent organizational and time-management skills

▪Attention to detail

▪Ability to work under pressure and remain calm

▪Willingness to take on multiple tasks

▪ Proactive and able to prompt others to ensure deadlines are achieved

▪ Self-motivated and enthusiastic

▪ Ability to work independently

▪ Continually strive for improvement

▪Adaptability

Essential

General Responsibilities

• Abide by school decisions and policies
• Model and promote the IB learner profile
• Understand and live the school’s mission
• Contribute positively to staff morale
• Work as a team player
• Create and maintain a safe and positive working environment and relationship with all colleagues
• Maintain professional working relationships with colleagues, line managers, and administrators
• Maintain professional relationships with students, parents, and staff
• Conduct staff training & workshops for parents
• Take part in all training provided by the school, both internal and external
• Be prepared to report back about training and/or provide in-service to colleagues
• Actively participate in Appraisal Procedures
• Represent the school by being a good role model
• Ensure a physically and emotionally safe environment for students through positive framing, kind communication with students and adults, and predictable, consistent routines
• Promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self- reliance
• Attend staff meetings and participate in group committee work as required
• Provide relevant information about student or parental concerns or conflicts to the Head of Primary/ relevant persons
• To maintain confidentiality of privileged information about students, faculty members, and administration - Coordinate appropriate and ongoing displays of student work
• Use the IB guidelines for PYP.
  
  

Teacher Effectiveness: Teaching & Learning

The Teacher Should:

• Respond effectively to crises affecting students
• Intentionally, strategically, and broadly incorporate into their programs the life skills that students need to be successful in the twenty-first century. These skills span the academic, personal/social, and career domains and include leadership, ethics, accountability, adaptability, personal productivity, personal responsibility, people skills, self-direction, and social responsibility.
• Actively plan and contribute to create the life literacy curriculum
• Work with school faculty and staff to develop plans for maintaining the well-being of individual students and of the student population as a whole
• Identify disabilities among the students
• Provide mental health and behavioral counselling to students
• Recognize and appropriately take care of individual students' socio-emotional challenges
• Assist students in developing effective listening and communication skills to enhance academic success, build positive relationships, resolve conflicts, advocate for themselves, and become responsible twenty-first-century citizens.
• Promote awareness of and responsiveness to learning styles, cultural diversity, and individual learning needs
• Co create IEP’S with relevant facilitators by employing techniques in an overall positive support system
• Update IEP’s to reflect students progress and goals
• Participate in the implementation of initiatives to improve the education and development of all students.
• Become familiar with the curriculum guidelines, and work towards their successful implementation
• Demonstrate an understanding of inquiry and give students choices to show their understanding
• Coordinate and facilitate groups for students, such as for improving social skills or addressing behavioral challenges
• Set work at the appropriate level and encourage high student performance
• Encourage creative and critical thinking and expression of ideas
• Encourage students to use skills to make healthy and responsible choices in their everyday lives.
• Complete regular reports for services provided, such as session notes and incident reports
• Provide feedback that is designed to motivate the students
• Evaluate and record student progress
• Plan activities to broaden the experience of the learner, as appropriate
• Plan Units of Inquiry and lessons by following IB curriculum framework collaboratively with the PYP Head & Specialist teachers
• Write and implement learning objectives that are challenging and measurable
• Monitor, assess and report on learners’ work and progress
  
  

Key Metrics mapped to this role

• Formal and informal quality assurance of planning, teaching and assessment.
• Student outcomes
• Student and parent voice
• Appropriateness and relevance of curriculum
• Improved performance
• Performance appraisal
• Personal Development Plan
  
  

General Classroom Management

• The teacher should: Use classroom and behavioral management strategies that are positive, structured, consistent, respectful, and responsive to student needs, to build a safe, orderly, inclusive, and positive classroom community
• Utilize an effective approach to behavior management, time management, classroom organization and appearance, planning, teaching, learning and reporting
• Establish clear guidelines and expectations for students
• Ensure that effective classroom routines are established and followed
• Encourage students to develop good work habits, neatness and careful use of materials, books, and ICT
• Assist students in developing self-discipline and independence
• Encourage respect among students and between teacher and students
• Show consistency and fairness in dealing with students
• Create a psychologically safe learning environment that is conducive to risk taking
• Encourage students to interact and work cooperatively with others and engage all students in activities
  
  

Professionalism

The Teacher Should:

• Work with colleagues in a co-operative spirit
• Give and accept constructive suggestions for improvements
• Refrain from public criticism of the school or colleagues, and communicate any concerns through the appropriate channels
• Show tact and discretion in dealing with school matters, and remain calm and objective if difficult situations arise
• Respect & maintain confidentiality of school policies/ documents
• Be punctual in meeting all time obligations and deadlines, with regards to all aspects of the role, including the production of reports, arrival at school and lessons, classroom supervision, duties, meetings etc.
• Respect all deadlines set out by the PYP Head/ Coordinator and the IB, maintaining appropriate documentation