AISG seeks a full-time Director of University Counseling and Future Pathways for the 2025-2026 academic year. The Director of University Counseling and Future Pathways will organize, oversee, and evaluate all aspects of the comprehensive university counseling program, as well as coordinate and oversee students' exploration of future pathways beyond graduation. Ideal candidates will bring experience working with adolescents in an international secondary school setting, and be able to support the school’s mission, vision, social vision and values.

The Director of University Counseling and Future Pathways reports directly to the Secondary Principal. The ideal applicant will have a clear, bold vision to leverage extensive knowledge and experience of university admissions, matriculation, financial aid, and resources in university guidance and success to nurture and sustain a culture of academic excellence and university readiness at AISG. The ideal applicant will combine leadership, empathy, cultural awareness, and expertise to respond to the needs of a richly diverse student body and their global university application and future pathway interests.

SUPERVISED, EVALUATED BY & REPORTS TO:

Secondary Principal

MAIN JOB TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide proactive leadership and initiative to build upon and improve the current four-year program for university counseling at AISG
• Develop and implement a university counseling curriculum
• Advise students and caregivers about course choice in the secondary school and the relationship of course choices to university admissions and future pathways of interest.
• Guide students and caregivers through the university admissions process using a ‘best fit’ paradigm
• Maintain a personalized approach to counseling and working with students and families to harmonize AISG’s ‘best fit’ philosophy while supporting students to have the confidence to reach for admissions into highly selective schools as appropriate.
• Support students to identify future pathways of interest and navigate their interests and passions through the pursuit of summer programs, internships, and extra-curricular
• Lead university counseling and future pathways program and department members as well as collaborate with SEL counselors and advisors to deliver elements of the future pathways curriculum
• Assign case load distribution and university guidance and future pathways program responsibilities equitably
• Write letters of recommendation for each senior in their caseload
• Strengthen the university counseling office with relevant print and electronic resources
• Oversee the implementation of standard tools of university counseling: the Common Application; the SAT, ACT, and other admissions tests; and the recommended standardized testing calendar
• Implement appropriate and secure application systems: UCAS, Naviance, or other recognized platforms
• Be familiar with the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and how it relates to university admissions worldwide
• Create and update university counseling documents and publications: student and caregiver handbooks, transcript, school profile, etc. as needed to maintain timeliness and relevance
• Cultivate relationships with university admissions representatives in the US, Canada, and other destination countries and maintain existing relationships with admission representatives as well as advocate for students at universities and any other future pathways programs or opportunities
• Host university representatives at our school campus for information sessions (in-person or virtually)
• Organize and host an annual university admissions fair
• Organize the annual AISG Career Fair
• Plan or assist and oversee your team in delivering all caregiver and student events related to university counseling
• Train teachers on writing quality letters of recommendation and monitor to ensure quality
• Member of Secondary School Counseling Team, reporting to the Secondary Principal and meet regularly with Secondary Leadership
• Coordinate student university trips with Community Resources and Explorer Program Coordinator
• Keep abreast of changes in the university application and admission procedures and financial aid programs to determine the implication these changes will have on our students
• Represent AISG at regional and national meetings (e.g., EARCOS-CIS fair, NACAC, IACAC) as budget allows
• Travel to university counseling fly-ins and visit university campuses as schedule and budget permits
• Work together with Secondary Principal to prepare annual university counseling and future pathways program budget

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in university counseling or related field
• Three years’ experience in international school university counseling
• Alignment with AISG Mission, Vision, Social Vision and Values
• Strong work ethic and personal integrity
• Enthusiasm for the work of advising adolescents and their families through a significant milestone experience
• Superior written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong networking skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• 3 years’ experience as a Director of University Counseling
• Experience as a university admission representative of a reputable university admissions department
• Demonstrated success in strengthening and developing an international school university counseling and future pathways advisement

About American International School of Guangzhou

---MORE ABOUT AISG--- WHY AISG •Our vibrant, positive community spirit - what we see as the heart of AISG - is one of our greatest assets. •We are the longest established and only not-for-profit international school in Guangzhou, enabling us to reinvest directly back into the school in support of our educational mission. •We were founded in 1981as the first international school in southern China and have established a rich history of educational excellence. •We only recruit forward-thinking and dynamic instructional leaders who wish to contribute to an environment that values creative learning and quality teaching. •We recruit faculty who are not simply looking for a ‘job’ but who are seeking to join a connected community. CURRICULUM •AISG’s full curriculum is available on Atlas and can be accessed on our website, www.aisgz.org/learning. •Secondary School uses Common Core, NGSS, and AERO standards for core subject areas. •Secondary School offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) and is in the process of adopting the Middle Years Programme (MYP). It also implements the Readers and Writers Workshop Model. •Course guides are available for Lower ...Secondary and Upper Secondary on their learning website pages, www.aisgz.org/learning/lower-secondary and www.aisgz.org/learning/upper-secondary, respectively. FACILITIES The Science Park campus is located in the heart of Guangzhou’s technology center, Science City, in Huangpu District, where Upper Elementary students (Grades 4 and 5) and Secondary students (Grades 6-12) attend. The Science Park campus finished its complete renovation in August 2023 and has state-of-the art, well-equipped facilities with an open-concept design. The campus also features a Performing Arts Center with a theatre, black box, music classrooms, and practice rooms; an Athletic Center with a natural grass field, an indoor 25-meter swimming pool, two gymnasiums with three full-sized courts, a fitness room, a dance studio, two external climbing walls, an indoor running track, and two rooftop spaces; and additional amenities that include innovation labs and design centers, a cafeteria and cafe area, a nurse's office, a creative multimedia space, and a central library. TECHNOLOGY All classrooms are equipped with the appropriate technology for interactive instruction. Starting in Grade 1, students are in a 1:1 device program, iPads for Grades 1-5 and laptops for Grades 6-12. Teachers incorporate the ISTE Standards into their curriculum with the support of the innovation technology coaches. Technology is integrated where appropriate, and the development of research and information literacy skills is expected. Each teacher is assigned a MacBook laptop. Key Software: •Veracross (Student Information Management System and grade book) •Microsoft Office 365 oOutlook (school email), oTeams, OneNote and OneDrive (collaboration and learning engagement) •Atlas (curriculum articulation) CHILD PROTECTION STATEMENT AISG is committed to the prevention of child abuse and to the protection of children in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, of which the People's Republic of China is a signatory. AISG is committed to child-safe recruitment practices. The school shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the selection and interview of potential new candidate hires are appropriately screened, and reference checks are conducted. All candidates will be subject to criminal background and employment checks. AISG will make direct contact with the candidates' current supervisors as part of our hiring practices. As mandated in the AISG Code of Conduct, all employees must report suspected incidences of child abuse or neglect whenever the employee has reasonable cause to believe that a child has suffered or is at risk of suffering abuse or neglect.

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