School Counselor
School Counselor
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Job Description
SCHOOL OVERVIEW
Sugar Creek Charter Schools is proud to employ a dedicated passionate team of leaders and role models to shape the lives of our young students.
Sugar Creeks vision is to serve as many children as possible and to work with them in their formative years so that they become welleducated and productive citizens as adults.
Moreover we believe that Sugar Creek is uniquely situated to teach and prepare all of our students for their future. We do so with a high degree of commitment and enthusiasm.
PURPOSE: 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.
The major functions of the school counselor job description incorporate the North Carolina State Board of Educations guiding mission that every public school student will graduate from high school globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the twentyfirst century.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Education/Certification/Experience:
- NC School Counselor License REQUIRED)
- Masters degree in Counseling
- One year of experience in a mental health or human service program preferably working with behaviorally complex children (Prefered)
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- MAJOR FUNCTION: Development and management of a comprehensive School Counseling Program
- 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 the 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 the time in Guidance Curriculum Individual Student Planning and Preventive and Responsive Services and 20 of the time in program management system support and accountability (American School Counselor Association 2005.
- Uses data to develop comprehensive programs that meet student needs including Section 504 Plans.
2 MAJOR FUNCTION: Delivery of a comprehensive school counseling program
- 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.
- Individual Student Planning
- 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.
- Preventive and Responsive Services; MultiTiered Systems of Support Team member
- 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 teachers parents/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.
- MAJOR FUNCTION: Accountability
- Conducts a yearly program audit to review the 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 caseload students academic performance behavior and attendance and facilitates appropriate interventions.
*MUST have an NC School Counselor License*
Employment Type
Full-Time
