Terms of Employment:194 or 196 days depending on experience within WCSD
Position Criteria:
- 612 Secondary Counseling or Masters Degree in School Counseling required
- Professional School Counselor 512 endorsement required
- Experience working with secondary 612 learners prefered
Performance Responsibilities
- Create and maintain healthy relationships with students
- Implement the secondary counseling curriculum
- Guide individual and groups of students through the development of education personal social and career needs
- Assist in the implementation of MTSS
- Counsel individuals and groups of students who demonstrate specific needs
- Work to increase student attendance and prevent students from dropping out of school.
- Help students evaluate career interests and choices
- Remain readily available to students so as to provide counseling that will lead each student to increased personal growth selfunderstanding and maturity
- Work with students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related to such problems as home and family relations health and emotional adjustments
- Guide students in their participation in school and community activities
- Confer with parents when necessary
- Provide inservice training in guidance for teachers and district staff
- Advise administrators and faculty on the matters of student discipline
- Determine and implement behavior supports and intervention in compliance with district policy and building expectations.
- Consult with administrators teachers parents and staff regarding childrens needs
- Connect children with specific needs and their parents to special programs mental health services specialists and outside agencies when necessary
- Work with teachers and other staff members to familiarize them with the general range of services offered by the elementary guidance program
- Take an active role in interpreting the schools objectives to students parents and community at large
- Interpret the guidance program to the community
- Plan and evaluate the guidance program
- Pursue continuous professional growth
- Develop and monitor accommodations and interventions; assist with the Problem Solving Process; collaborate with teachers and administrator to determine necessary changes
- Take an active role in interpreting the schools objectives to students parents and the community at large
- Delivery of professional development in a variety of ways to enhance staff knowledge in the areas of working with atrisk students implementing positive behavior supports and interventions in the classroom responding to student needs etc.
- Demonstrate flexibility high levels of motivation and enthusiasm when working with all learners
- Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of a Professional Learning Community (PLC) and by able to apply that understanding to a team situation
- Lead and assist with responsibilities related to Advisory Testing (ISASP PSAT and ACT) PowerSchool Course Guide