Part-time Counselor/Psychologist - leave coverage October 2025 - February 2026

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Part-time Counselor/Psychologist - leave coverage October 2025 - February 2026

Saint Ann’s School seeks a Part-time Counselor/Psychologist to cover the clinical hours for a full-time counselor in our Student Support Department from mid October 2025–February 2026.

Under the general direction of the division heads and in collaboration with our full-time counselors, the Part-time Counselor/Psychologist works with administrators, faculty, parents/guardians, and students from grades 4–12 in helping to address the psychological and developmental needs that arise for our students. This position will prioritize our Lower Middle School (grades 4–5), but will involve working with students in our Upper Middle School (grades 6–8), and in our High School (grades 9–12). The Part-time Counselor/Psychologist will report to the division heads of the students they are working with and communicate regularly with the full-time counselors within those divisions.

The position is in-person and approximately 20 hours per week. A regular, weekly schedule will be mutually agreed upon in advance. Some weekly meetings will be required, but flexibility outside of that is available.

About Student Support

The department’s role is to both work directly with students who need academic and social-emotional support and to serve as a liaison among parents/guardians, faculty, administrators, and outside service providers.

The goal of our Student Support Department is to help each child thrive academically and socially-emotionally at Saint Ann’s. The department includes four clinicians (one each for the Lower, Lower Middle, Upper Middle, and High School), the Chair of Learning Support (who oversees our seven Learning Specialists), the Testing Coordinator, and the Head of our Teaching and Learning Center (TLC).

The Student Support Department is also a resource for families. We frequently meet with parents/guardians to discuss the well-being of their children. These meetings range from crisis management, to updates regarding ongoing issues, to referrals for outside services when indicated or requested. The clinicians may determine if a student in psychological distress needs psychiatric clearance from an outside mental health professional. In such cases, the clinician, together with the Head of School and the relevant division head, will determine if Saint Ann’s is an appropriate setting for the student at that time.

The Department of Student Support is an integrated part of the teaching and learning community of Saint Ann’s. We work with the division heads, deans, teachers and students to help ensure that all students at Saint Ann’s receive the academic, social, and emotional support that they need to be active, engaged learners and members of our community.

When an outside evaluation (neuropsychological, speech and language, occupational therapy, etc.) is indicated for any student, the Department of Student Support partners with the relevant division head or dean to explain our thinking to families, and assist families in finding appropriate service providers. Upon receipt of a report from an outside specialist, the Student Support Department assists the division heads in reading and interpreting the report and adapting the recommendations to our setting in ways that are appropriate for our culture at Saint Ann’s.

ABOUT SAINT ANN’S SCHOOL

Since its founding in 1965, Saint Ann’s has embraced a commitment to education for its own sake, oriented to the capacities of each individual student and free of the encumbrances of formal grading, prizes, and rankings. At the same time, we are unabashedly committed to excellence in all that we do. With a faculty and staff numbering close to 400, and approximately 1100 students, Saint Ann’s is among the largest and most selective independent schools in New York City. The lives of our graduates speak powerfully to the potential of an education based on these principles to ignite a love of learning and sustain creative energy in every field of endeavor. We accomplish this by bringing together talented teachers with creative and motivated students. Saint Ann’s is committed to centering anti-racism in the life of the school. Seeking to create a community rooted in trust and equity, we invite each other to take risks, pursue knowledge, and celebrate growth.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Part-time Counselor/Psychologist will advocate for and help meet the social-emotional needs of students in grades 4–12 (prioritizing grades 4-5) through the following responsibilities:

• Meet with students individually or in groups to provide social-emotional support based on identified needs.
• Monitor, assess, and communicate observations regarding student behavior and social-emotional development.
• Serve as a liaison between home and school to help facilitate students' social-emotional needs being both understood and met.
• Advocate for the needs of neurodiverse students both academically and social-emotionally.
• Work with DEIB best practices at the forefront of all interventions.
• Generate referrals for and collaborate with external therapists and service providers supporting individual students, including safety planning and psychiatric clearance when needed.
• Provide immediate support and intervention during student crises, including risk screenings and referrals for psychiatric clearance.
• Communicate and collaborate with counselors, learning specialists, administrators, and faculty about student needs to ensure that our students are supported academically and socially-emotionally.
• Participate in regular meetings, including division-level student support teams, which may include clinicians, learning specialists,, deans and division heads, nurses and the Coordinator of the Health Education Department. In these meetings, ongoing work with students of concern is discussed with the aim of ensuring positive progress and integrated support.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Doctoral or Master’s degree and relevant licensure from an accredited university or college in counseling, psychology, or social work required.
• Three to five years of experience working in a school or child/adolescent-based setting required, specific counseling experience working with middle-school aged children in a school setting preferred.
• Superb written and oral communication skills; the ability to engage sensitively and appropriately with children and adults within our school community and with outside professionals
• Project professional competence, leadership capability, discretion, sound judgment, and personal maturity
• Compassion, charisma, wit, intelligence, empathy, humor, and equanimity

COMPENSATION

This is a part-time, exempt administrative position with a semi-monthly salary range of $2,500-$2,900, commensurate with experience and degrees. Salary will be prorated to dates of employment.

TO APPLY

Interested candidates should submit their cover letter and resume by Thursday, July 3 to this link. Candidates who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Anticipated start date of October 20, 2025.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY

Saint Ann’s School hires employees of any race, color, religion, creed, gender, disability, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local law, to all the rights privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to employees at the School. The School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender (which includes a person’s actual or perceived sex, as well as gender identity and expression), age, marital status, disability, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, familial status, predisposing genetic characteristics, actual or perceived domestic violence victim status, unemployment status, caregiver status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local law, in carrying on its educational activities or in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, employment policies, financial aid programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.