Elementary School Counselor
Elementary School Counselor
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Job Description
TITLE:Elementary and Secondary School Counselor REVISED 12/12/23
Grandview and Belle Valley Elementary Schools APPROVED 02/26/24
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. PA Elementary and Secondary School Counselor certification (PK12 required.
- Demonstrated experience in individual personal/social counseling.
- Have experience with small group facilitation.
- Have experience consulting with parents and staff.
- Demonstrate awareness of human growth and development.
- Experience in administering and interpreting standardized testing.
- Experience working with school teams.
- Experience working with elementary/middle/secondary school schedules.
- Ability to develop programs and to write and present classroom lessons.
- Ability to make large group presentations to parents.
- Classroom teaching experience at appropriate grade span preferred.
- Experience with postsecondary planning college admissions career planning.
- Such alternatives to the above as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
REPORTS TO:Principal and Director of Student Services
JOB GOAL:To provide academic college career social and emotional counseling and student specific interventions to support the needs of students in school through classroom small group and/or individual sessions.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide classroom lessons based on needs and approved district curriculum and initiatives.
- Provide group and individual counseling sessions for students.
- Assist students with problem solving and developing skills needed for success in school.
- Participate as a member of the Student Support Team Crisis Response Team and Guidance Department.
- Provide individually designed interventions as needed.
- Provide training and workshop opportunities to parents and staff.
- Meet with parents teachers grade level teams and departments.
- Participate in development of Student Service 504 plans IEPs and GIEPs as needed.
- Provide counseling as a related service for special education students identified as needing such support.
- Support implementation of the Career Pathway framework and Personal Learning Plans.
- Leadership role in planning organizing and implementing college and career readiness activities.
- Participate in building level and district level data teams.
- Organize and implement the building level testing program for standardized assessments and postsecondary admissions testing.
- Assist students and families with postsecondary planning and decision making to include admissions scholarship and financial aid opportunities.
- With administration develop and implement master schedule.
- Any other duties as assigned by the Superintendent or their designee.
POSITION SPECIFICATIONS:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Ability to sit talk and hear.
- Ability to stand walk climb balance stoop kneel crouch or crawl and move quickly when necessary.
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
SENSORY ABILITY
- Ability to speak clearly and distinctly.
- Auditory acuity to be able to use telephone.
- Visual acuity to read correspondence and computer screen.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Indoor environment.
TEMPERAMENT
- Ability to work as a member of a team.
- Must be courteous.
- Must be cooperative congenial serviceoriented and promote these qualities in the building.
- Ability to work in an environment with frequent interruptions.
COGNITIVE ABILITY
- Ability to follow written and verbal directions.
- Ability to demonstrate good written and verbal skills.
- Ability to effectively present information in oneonone and small group situations to students staff and other employees of the organization.
- Ability to read write and do computations.
- Ability to work independently and make workrelated decisions.
- Ability to complete assigned tasks with minimal supervision.
- Ability to exercise good judgment in prioritizing tasks and problemsolving.
- Ability to use correct grammar sentence structure and spelling.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all organizational levels.
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American with Disability (A.D.A. and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding the position and additional duties may be assigned.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Subject to the provisions of the contract between the Millcreek EducationAssociation and the Millcreek Township School Board.
EVALUATION:Performance will be evaluated annually in accordance with district policy and practice.
Employment Type
Full Time
