School CounselorPosition 302015
School CounselorPosition 302015
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Job Description
Qualifications:
Masters Degree
Nature of Work
Utilizing leadership advocacy and collaboration school counselors promote student success provide preventive services and respond to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses academic career and personal/social development for all students.
Essential Job Functions:
- Discusses the comprehensive school counseling program with the school administrator.
- Develops and maintains a written plan for effective delivery of the school counseling program based on the NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study and current individual school data.
- Communicates the goals of the comprehensive school counseling program to education stakeholders (i.e. administrators teachers students parents and community/business leaders)
- Maintains current and appropriate resources for education stakeholders.
- Uses the majority of time providing direct services through the Guidance Curriculum Individual Student Planning and Preventive and Responsive Services and most remaining time in program management system support and accountability (National standards recommend 80 of time in Guidance Curriculum Individual Student Planning and Preventive and Responsive Services and 20 of time in program management system support and accountability (American School Counselor Association 2005.
- Uses data to develop comprehensive programs that meet student needs.
- Provides leadership and collaborates with other educators in the schoolwide integration of the State Guidance Curriculum Standard Course of Study.
- Implements developmentally appropriate and preventionoriented group activities to meet student needs and school goals.
- Incorporates into their programs the life skills that students need to be successful in the twentyfirst century.
- Assists all students individually or in groups with developing academic career and personal/social skills goals and plans.
- Accurately and appropriately interprets and utilizes student data.
- Collaborates with parents/guardians and educators to assist students with educational career and life planning.
- Provides individual and group counseling to students with identified concerns and needs.
- Consults and collaborates effectively with parents/guardians teachers administrators and other educational/community resources regarding students with identified concerns and needs.
- Implements an effective referral and followup process as needed.
- Accurately and appropriately uses assessment procedures for determining and structuring individual and group counseling services.
- Provides appropriate information to school personnel related to the comprehensive school counseling program.
- Assists teacher parent/guardians and other stakeholders in interpreting and understanding student data.
- Participates in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills.
- Uses available technology resources to enhance the school counseling program.
- Adheres to laws policies procedures and ethical standards of the school counseling profession.
- Conducts a yearly program audit to review extent of program implementation and effectiveness.
- Collects and analyzes data to guide program direction and emphasis.
- Measures results of the comprehensive school counseling program activities and shares results as appropriate with relevant stakeholders.
- Monitors student academic performance behavior and attendance and facilitates appropriate interventions.
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
Employment Type
Full-Time
