Guidance Counselor 2024-2025

BASIC FUNCTIONS:

Student & SchoolWide Support

• Provide consultation to school administrators teachers staff students and parents regarding personal social and emotional needs of students
• Conduct a needs assessment and evaluation of bullying violence and risky behaviors
• Provide individual/group counseling for atrisk students
• Refer students who need intense or specialized services to district or outside agencies
• Provide support for new and returning students
• Coordinate or assist the campusbased counseling team in facilitating interventions or strategies to remove barriers to student success
• Prepare and deliver a minimum of ten guidance lessons to all students to develop life skills promote good character develop resilience and emphasize the importance of higher education and goalsetting
• The Social/Emotional Learning (SEL) counselor oversees and helps determine SEL policies monitors staff needs and issues and solicits feedback from staff about what is and what is not working. She/he is a good listener providing support and training as needed to continue a strong and positive experience to meet student social and emotional learning requirements.
• The SEL counselor recognizes shifting cognitive and emotional needs of students within their school looking for trends before they emerge and are established.
  

Staff Support & Coaching

• Raise the level of understanding among all staff about the importance of SEL as well as SELbased approaches for working with individual students classrooms and incorporating a SELfocused school culture
• Coordinate or assist in implementing schoolwide activities related to healthy student development including Antibullying initiatives
• Coordinate stafffocused SEL and general selfcare activities and information sessions
• Organize and facilitate staff training at monthly meetings which could continue during the summer months (as needed)
• Participate in all staff meetings and trainings
  
  

Community Engagement & Outreach

• Conduct parent workshops training and general outreach to educate parents on the importance of positive environments and SEL and enhance parents ability to support their childrens success
• Recruit community agencies as a resource to meet student and school needs
  
  
  

Special Projects

• Coordinate other activities that foster bully prevention and social and emotional and academic wellbeing of all students
• Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned by principal
• ISI personnel must comply with time and effort reporting requirements through personnel activity reports or periodic certifications as appropriate.
• Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position
  
  
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. A remote working environment /alternate work arrangement is not an option for campusbased employees/campusbased positions because regular and punctual attendance at the worksite and performing all duties at the worksite are essential job duties for all campusbased personnel.

• Masters degree in Guidance Counseling; valid Texas counseling certificate is a plus
• A minimum of five years counseling experience
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with diverse groups
• Effective interpersonal skills to interact with all levels of employees staff members and the general public
• Competence with the use of technology required in a professional office
• Ability to promote a positive caring climate
• Process all levels of work on assignments from beginning to end
• Effective and efficient decisionmaking skills
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and assignments; high degree of flexibility required
• Knowledgeable of counseling procedures student appraisal and facilitating student growth
• Knowledgeable of social and emotional learning competencies restorative practices and positive behavior interventions
• Ability to interact and communicate effectively with students staff and parents
• Demonstrated ability to coach school staff and provide support with implementing SELbased approaches (at the student classroom and schoolwide levels)
• Demonstrated ability to define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world
• Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession
• apply academic achievement strategies
• manage emotions and apply interpersonal skills

• plan for postsecondary options (higher educationmilitary work force)

• individual student academic planning and goal setting

• school counseling classroom lessons based on student success standards

• shortterm counseling to students

• referrals for longterm support

• collaboration with families/teachers/ administrators/community for student success

• advocacy for students at individual education plan

• meetings and other studentfocused meetings

• data analysis to identify student issues needs and challengesnacting as a systems change agent to improve equity and access achievement and opportunities for all students

A background check is required for all positions.