Professional School Counselor Prek-5
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Job Description
Position:Professional School Counselor
Campus: To Be Determined
Wage/Hour StatusExempt
Immediate Supervisor(s):Campus Principal
Pay Grade:Per Compensation Manual
Days Employed:Per Compensation Manual
POSITION SUMMARY:
- Advocate for and support all students in their personal social academic and career development
- Deliver guidance curriculum in various group sizes to support student development
- Individual and group counseling
- Individual student planning and goalsetting activities
- Consultation and coordination activities to support student success
- Effective interpretation of student assessment data
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education/Certification:
- Masters Degree
- Texas School Counselor Certification
Experience:
- Minimum two creditable years of teaching experience
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage and lead the counseling program by planning organizing implementing and delivering program activities to improve students Intrapersonal Effectiveness Interpersonal Effectiveness Personal Health and Safety and PostSecondary Planning and Readiness
- Deliver classroom guidance activities by teaching the school guidance curriculum components through the use of effective instructional skills and intentionally planned structured group sessions for students based on campus needs
- Implement the individual student planning component by guiding individuals and groups of students and parents or guardians through the development of educational careerpersonal or social plans
- Provide responsive service component services through the effective use of individual and group counseling consultation and referral skills
- Provide system support component activities through effective school counseling program management and support for other educational programs
- Serve as a consultant to teachers who conduct lesson based on the schools/districts guidance curriculum
- Clearly articulate and communicate the counseling program management system and related program action plans to administration faculty parents and the community
- Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior and standards as set forth by the American Counseling Association the American School Counselor Association and the state of Texas
- Act as a student advocate leader collaborator and systems change agent
- Assist students and their parents or guardians in monitoring their academic career personal and social development as they progress in school
- Collaborate with administration in the coordination and implementation of school programs that address students educational career personal and social development
- Inform and consult with the counseling program advisory council in its role in planning and implementing the counseling program
- Guide and advise students and their parents/guardians regarding the importance of higher education coursework designed to prepare students for higher education and financial aid availability and requirements
- Conduct an annual campus counseling program evaluation
- Provide parents and staff training and consultation to foster student educational career personal and social development
- Perform other related comprehensive school counseling program assignments
Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment; other specialized and adaptive equipment used by students
- Posture: Frequent standing; kneeling/squatting bending/stooping pushing/pulling and twisting
- Motion: Frequent walking and reaching
- Lifting: Frequent light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); heavy lifting 45 pounds or over) and positioning or students with physical disabilities controlling behavior through physical restraint assisting nonambulatory students and lifting and moving adaptive and other classroom equipment
- Environment: Work inside and outside (exposure to sun heat cold and inclement weather); exposure to noise; exposure to biological hazards (body fluids bacteria communicable diseases)
- Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress
- Professional Dress: Dress must be clean neat in a manner appropriate for his or her assignment and in accordance with any additional standards established by his or her supervisor and approved by the Superintendent. During work hours visible body piercings (except earrings) will not be allowed. Visible tattoos will be covered at all times.
EVALUATIONS:
- Performance of this position will be evaluated annually
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
