26-27 East Middle School: Counselor
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Job Description
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Key Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive counseling services to middle school students to support their academic, social, and emotional development. Collaborate with teachers, parents, and administrators to implement student success strategies.
Requirements
Requires a valid counseling certification or license suitable for a school setting. Candidates should possess strong interpersonal skills and experience working with adolescent populations.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates 26-27 East Middle School: Counselor at Aurora Public Schools a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in School Counseling — ranked against 31 active School Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc.
School Counseling — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 28% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Aurora
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $451k
- Typical market rent
- $1,758/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 29 min
- State income tax
- Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.