# Counselor — Northwest Arctic Borough School District · Alaska Jobs [← The Board](https://alaskajobs.org/) · [Education jobs](https://alaskajobs.org/jobs/education) # Counselor Northwest Arctic Borough School District - **Location** — Ambler School · Kotzebue, AK - **Type** — Counselor - ABL - 01 - **Timing** — Year-round - **Posted** — 2026-07-14 - **Source** — Northwest Arctic Borough School District (synced) QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree, valid Alaska Type ‘A.' Type ‘C' certificate with endorsement in K-12 Guidance Counselor accepted under certain conditions. Experience working with Native American students and Peer Counseling programs preferred. Experience in career and crisis counseling, behavior management. REPORTS TO: Principal JOB GOAL: To provide personal, crisis, and career counseling services to students. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: communicate effectively with students, parents and all staff members; provide individual and small group counseling and classroom presentations in a school setting, as well as crisis intervention as needed, with documentation is a weekly log; implement programs, training and services on topics such as substance abuse, suicide prevention/intervention, pregnancy and abuse as evidenced in appropriate documentation; in cooperation with site administrator, oversee graduation status and alternative and dual credits and place in cumulative files; maintain a career portfolio for 6th through 12th grade students; assist in maintaining up-to-date cumulative files with with appropriate documentation; create and maintain schedules for middle and high school students throughout the year; assist students in post-secondary planning and provide career education; administer and track progress with Work Keys; in cooperation with the site administrator, refer students and parents to appropriate agencies for assistance; assist staff in development/implementation of students transition and management plans; promote and support School District Goals as developed by the Board of Education; develop an awareness of local culture and provide instruction that is bicultural or multicultural by responding to diverse community interests and needs; abide by the code of ethics and the professional teaching standards adopted by the Professional Teaching Practice Commission of the State; adhere all District policies and regulations; perform such other tasks and assume responsibilities as the supervisor may assign. EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Board Policy. LENGTH OF POSITION: 190 days, begins August 10, 2026 SALARY: Depending on experience / negotiated salary schedule AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION-EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER APPLICATIONS FROM MINORITIES ARE ENCOURAGED Email To A Friend Print Version Openings as of 7/15/2026 Noorvik/Kiana Itinerant School Counselor Pk-12 F-11-02 JobID: 299 [Apply at the source ↗](https://www.applitrack.com/nwarctic/onlineapp/default.aspx?AppliTrackJobID=286) ## Express confidential interest Alaska politics is a small world. If you can't be seen job-hunting, submit a sealed interest : the employer sees only your alias and pitch. Your name and contact stay sealed until they request an introduction and you approve it . Decline, and they never learn who asked. ## More on the board - [Athletics/Activities](https://alaskajobs.org/job/athletics-activities-516) — Valdez City Schools - [Athletics/Activities](https://alaskajobs.org/job/athletics-activities-521) — Valdez City Schools - [Athletics/Activities](https://alaskajobs.org/job/athletics-activities-524) — Valdez City Schools [More about Northwest Arctic Borough School District →](https://alaskajobs.org/employers/northwest-arctic-borough-school-district) [Education jobs →](https://alaskajobs.org/jobs/education) [Rural Alaska jobs →](https://alaskajobs.org/jobs/rural) [All Alaska jobs →](https://alaskajobs.org/) Posted on Alaska Jobs — the daily board for Alaska public-sector work. https://alaskajobs.org/job/counselor-286 --- Markdown mirror of https://alaskajobs.org/job/counselor-286 · full index: https://alaskajobs.org/llms.txt