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Job Description
St. Marys County Public Schools has recently adopted a Teacher Candidate Assessment.Once you submit your application you will receive an email to complete the Teacher Candidate Assessment as part of your application package.
EFFECTIVE:School Years
NATURE OF WORK:
This is a professional position to provide students with a school counseling program that promotes academic career and social/emotional development and academic achievement outcomes.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Possess the ability to relate well with students colleagues parents and staff;
- Provide career social/emotional and academic development to students in accordance with ASCA professional standards;
- Provide culturally responsive counseling to students in a brief context;
- Support students and families/guardians in obtaining outside services if students need longterm clinical/mental health counseling; and
- Provide career awareness exploration and postsecondary planning and decisionmaking to support students postsecondary options including but not limited to college/university career and technical school military or workforce.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Deliver a developmental school counseling program (K12 to students to include: individual and group counseling classroom guidance;
- Consult with staff and parents;
- Connect students with services provided through the local school district and community agencies and remain aware of state laws and local district policies related to students with special needs including limits to confidentiality and notification to authorities as appropriate.
- Facilitate shortterm groups to address students academic achievement postsecondary and career exploration and social/emotional wellbeing;
- Inform parents/guardians and school administration when a student poses a serious and foreseeable risk of harm to self or others;
- Collaborate as needed to provide optimum services with other school and community professionals with legitimate educational interests (e.g. school nurse school psychologist
- school social worker speechlanguage pathologist) following all local state and federal laws.
- Collaborate with all relevant stakeholders including students school faculty/staff and parents/guardians when students need assistance including when early warning signs
- of student distress are identified;
- Provide a list of outside agencies and resources to students and parents/ guardians when students need or request additional support;
- Assist students through individual and small group sessions to understand and accept themselves and others resolve conflicts overcome crisis situations etc.
- Coordinate and implement student career development in conjunction with the school counseling program;
- Consult with school staff as a resource to change the disruptive behavior of students.
- Provide assistance for such issues as child abuse suicidal tendencies and substance abuse;
- Take part in professional development activities;
- Cooperate with students and staff; and
- Maintain open lines of communication with students staff and parents.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Maintain a professional teachers certificate with an endorsement as a K12 school counselor;
- Demonstrate knowledge of the ASCA Comprehensive School Counseling program; and
- Possess an indepth knowledge of the ASCA Comprehensive School Counselor program.
TERM OF EMPLOYMENT:
Fulltime tenmonth position.
SALARY GRADE RANGE: The salary for this EXEMPT position will be based on EASMC salary schedule for tenmonth employees.
BARGAINING UNIT ELIGIBILITY: EASMC
Update 04.2024
The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all applicants readvertise and/or withdraw the positions.
The St. Marys County Public School System does not discriminate on the basis of race color gender age national origin marital status or sexual orientation religion or disability in matters affecting employment or providing access to programs.
Employment Type
Full-Time
