Counselor - Prospective Elementary School 2025-2026

Edinburg CISD

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Posted on : 05-04-2025

Job Description

Position Type:
Student Support Services/Guidance Counselor

Date Posted:
4/25/2024

Location:
Prospective Elementary School Campus

Date Available:
04/25/2024

REPORTS TO:

Campus Principal

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

Open Until Filled

LENGTH OF WORK YEAR:

190 days

DATE REVISED

AUG03 2021

WAGE/HOUR STATUS:

Exempt

SALARY RANGE:

$56812 Minimum
$81751 Maximum

PAY GRADE:

SO3

PRIMARY PURPOSE:
To provide a proactive developmental guidance and counseling program for all students to maximizeacademic career and personal growth. This also includes teaching the Abstinence curriculum.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Education/Certification
A masters degree in counseling from an accredited college or university
Valid Texas counselingcertificate
Special Knowledge
Knowledge of counseling procedures student appraisal and career development
Excellentorganizational communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior
Ability to present information in oneonone small group and large group situations to students
parents or guardians and district staff

Experience
Three years teaching experience required

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
(In compliance with SB179

Program Management
Plans school guidance and counseling programs to ensure that identified objectives aremet.
Develops coordinates and continuously evaluates the overall effectiveness of the guidanceprogram.
Educates the school staff parents and community about the guidance services via meetingsschool newsletters and presentations.
Compiles maintain and files all required reports records and documents.
Works hand in hand with Social Workers and CPS to better assist students and families.

Guidance Curriculum
Plan organize implement and deliver structured group lessons according to the districtsguidance curriculum to improve students interpersonal and intrapersonal effectiveness personal health and safetypostsecondary planning and readiness and other developmental needs.
Teaches the school guidance curriculum components through the use of effective instructionalstrategies and planned structured groups considering diverse student populations and needs fordifferentiated instruction.
Works with students staff parents or guardians and the community to identify priorities wherestudents will be served through the guidance curriculum components. Collaborate across curricularareas to integrate guidance lessons into content area curriculum.
Create a balanced curriculum by using wellplanned and intentional activities and materialsincorporating guest speakers and offering engaging delivery techniques including technologytools.

Responsive Services
Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance and respond toproblematic or critical incidents or support students and offer services in time of need.
Use preventative activities to remove barriers that interfere with a students educationalcareer personal and social development.
Implement remediation practices to assist students in coping with problem situations or unwisechoices. Identify precipitating and antecedent factors effective and ineffective approaches todealing with the circumstances and provide feedback to guide future decisions.
Use specialized skills to support students in crisis situations requiring immediate response.Maintain a healthy and safe school environment by collaborating with district staff parents orguardians and local officials.
Provide continued support to students in need through; individual counseling small groupcounseling consultation or referral to services outside the school or district.
Serve as an impartial nonreporting resource for interpersonal conflicts and discourseinvolving two or more students including accusations of bullying.

Individual Planning
Create school counseling services that are developmental and age appropriate and provideinformation or literature that highlights related topics to students teachers and administrators.
Assist individual students and their parents or guardians in monitoring their academic careerpersonal and social development as they progress in school.
Act as a student advocate leader collaborator and systems change agent. Advocate for astudent environment that acknowledges and respects diversity and ensures equitable access andplacement in courses and programs for minority disenfranchised homeless and other specialpopulations.
Interpret standardized test results offer career development.

System Support
Collect summarize and interpret testing data to plan create interventions guide studentsand address specific student needs.
Conduct an annual program audit to inform accountability action plans time management andsystematic change.
Participate in campusbased school improvement planning and goal setting.
Provide parent or guardian and staff training and consultation to foster student educationalcareer personal and social development.
Clearly articulate and communicate the counseling programs management system and relatedprogram action plans to campus and district staff parents or guardians and the community.
Participate in staff development and continuing education opportunities to improve jobrelatedskills and research to identify best practices in implementing a comprehensive school counselingprogram.
Coordinates with school and community personnel to obtain resources for students.
Coordinates an effective referral process to assist students gain access to special programs andservices.
Assist with the behavioral component of the Response to Intervention (RTI) framework.
Coordinates the 504 makes referrals to Special Education if applicable.
Coordinates the STAAR Assessments and Gifted and Talented program identification.
Coordinates additional student assessments.
Interprets data from assessment instruments.

Other Related Duties
Compile maintain and file all reports records and other documents.
Complies with policies established by federal and state law State Board of Education rule andboard policy underguidance and counseling.
Complies with all district and campus routines and regulations.
Adhere to legal ethical and professional standards for school counselors including currentprofessional standards of competence and practice.
Maintains a positive and effective relationship with supervisors.
Communicates effectively with colleagues students and parents.

Professionalism
Models behavior that is professional ethical and responsible.
Participates in professional staff development to improve skills related to job assignment andto keep updated with developments in education.
Other duties may include Lunch duty and after school duty.
Performs all duties in a safe manner to avoid injury to oneself and/or to others.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supervise assigned staff

WORKING CONDITIONS:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Maintain emotional control under stress; May be required to assist in restraining student whomay be in danger of hurting themselves or others.

The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.

Nondiscrimination Statement

Edinburg CISD does not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin sex disabilityor age in its programs or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and otherdesignated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding thenondiscrimination policies: Title IX issues: Robert Vina Coordinator ofPersonnel/Legal Issues ADA/504 issues: Sofia Hinojosa Director ofStudent & Social Services 411 N. 8th Avenue Edinburg TX 78300.
Edinburg CISD no discrimina por motivos de raza color origen nacional sexo discapacidad o edaden sus programas o actividades y brinda igualdad de acceso a los Boy Scouts y otros gruposjuveniles designados. La siguiente persona ha sido designada para manejar consultas sobre laspolticas de no discriminacin Title IX issues: Robert Vina of Personnel/Legal Issues ADA/504 issues: Sofia Hinojosa Director of Student & Social Services 411 N. 8th Avenue Edinburg TX 78300.

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