School Counselor
School Counselor
Employer Active
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Share
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via email
Not Disclosed
Salary Not Disclosed
1 Vacancy
Job Description
JOB TITLE: School Counselor PK8
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
UPDATED: FY 2014
POSITION OBJECTIVES: The primary goal of the School Counselor is to promote and enhance student learning through academic development career development and personal/social development. The school counselor utilizes a variety of strategies activities delivery methods and resources to promote the desired student development.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Implement effective classroom guidance focusing on understanding of self and others; coping strategies; peer relationships and effective social skills; communication problemsolving decisionmaking conflict resolution and study skills; career awareness and the world of work; substance education; and multicultural awareness.
- Provide individual and small group counseling dealing with selfimage and selfesteem personal adjustment family issues interpersonal concerns academic development and behavior modification as well as peer facilitation and peer mediation.
- Provide assessment by helping students identify their skills abilities achievements and interests through counseling and guidance activities and interpretation of standardized tests.
- Work with specialized populations and needs that require special attention such as culturally diverse populations and students with varying abilities.
- Develop students career awareness as a lifelong process of forming basic values attitudes and interests regarding their future world of work.
- Coordinate school community and business resources school wide guidancerelated activities and extracurricular programs which promote students personal growth and skill development.
- Provide consultation with teachers administrators school psychologists school social workers and outside agencies and social services concerning the welfare of the students.
- Make appropriate referrals for special services for students and families within the school and community.
- Communicate and exchange information with parents/guardians by way of conferences parent education workshops and newsletters.
- Participate as members of the school improvement and interdisciplinary teams.
- Provide consultation services to teachers and provide staff inservice.
- Serve on school and community committees addressing the needs of young people.
- Aid students in course and subject selection.
- Work to discover and develop special abilities of students.
- Work to resolve students educational handicaps.
- Maintain student records and protects their confidentiality. Initiate assemble maintain and interpret accurate health records attendance records cumulative progress records activity records and uniform transcript records for assigned students.
- Provide career guidance and information to students and parents.
- Maintain an uptodate library of career and post secondary school information. Network with postsecondary schools.
- Schoolwide master scheduling and individual student scheduling.
- Assist in coordinating and administering annual school wide assessments.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Reports to and receives general administrative direction from the School Principal.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: May supervise support staff as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily in addition to the following:
- Education and Experience. A masters degree with a concentration in guidance or its equivalent. Ability to communicate and work effectively and respectfully with students faculty/staff parents administrators and the community required. Knowledge of the Basic Program Components of Vermont Guidance Services K12 issued by the State Agency of Education. Meets the American School Counselor Associations National Standards for School Counselors.
- Certifications and Licenses. Holds a Vermont Professional Educators license with Guidance Counselor endorsement 364. Holds the appropriate endorsement(s) and meets all the basic competencies and qualifications of the endorsement(s) as listed in the Regulations Governing the Licensing of Educators and the Preparation of Educational Professionals.
- Language Skills. Ability to read analyze and interpret common educational and technical journals periodicals and procedures and regulations. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from parents regulatory agencies or members of the community. Ability to write reports business correspondence and procedure manuals that conform to school/district standards or regulations. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from students administrators parents peers board members and the general public.
- Mathematical/Reasoning Skills. Ability to interpret and use test results by applying math concepts such as standard error of measurement bands of confidence standard scores and percentiles. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written oral diagram or schedule form.
- Computer Skills and Experience. Good basic computer skills and experience with word & database programs required. Experience with Microsoft Office helpful.
- Communication & Interpersonal Skills. Ability to effectively efficiently and regularly communicate and work cooperatively with a variety of individuals including students peers subordinates supervisors parents and representatives of outside organizations. Ability to effectively resolve conflicts and handle stress.
PHYSICAL EFFORT AND STRESS: Physical ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined above in addition to the following:
Under most circumstances while performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; and sit. The employee is regularly required to see talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb steps; stoop kneel or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift carry move and/or restrain schoolaged students. Employee is regularly required to handle stressful situations and resolve conflicts. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
WORKING CONDITIONS: While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
.
This general outline illustrates the type of work which characterizes the Job Classification. It is not an allencompassing statement of the specific duties responsibilities and qualifications of individual positions assigned to the classification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Employment Type
Full-Time
