Head Counselor I

Head Counselor at continuation high school who under the direction of the administrator directs and coordinates the school guidance program consults and collaborates with teachers parents and staff to increase student achievement behavior motivation and academic learning.

Provides all students equitable access to a quality developmentally appropriate and comprehensive guidance counseling program focused on academic success personal and social development and career and college guidance. Delivery of these services may include individual and group activities as well as classroom and assembly participation.
Provides leadership for the sites counseling and guidance program and represents counseling and guidance at the administrative team level in the school.

• Develops plans implements promotes and evaluates a comprehensive developmental counseling and guidance program based on the National Standards for school counselors; consistently reviews and modifies the school counseling program to best fit the needs of the school and the students.
• Actively utilizes a variety of data to evaluate the needs of the school and of the individual students forming a strategic plan for a comprehensive counseling and guidance program.
• Plans and facilitates structured lessons to deliver the guidance curriculum effectively and in accordance with students developmental needs.
• Plans monitors and manages students educational development career development and personal/social development. Communicates and involves parents in this process.
• Provides structured goaloriented prevention intervention and responsive services to meet the identified needs of individuals or groups of students regarding academic career and personal/social issues.
• Makes provision for being available by appointment to counsel students and consult and collaborate with school staff parents and other community members to increase the effectiveness of student education and promote student success.
• Acts as a resource for teachers such as consulting on the solution of classroom behavior problems and conducting inservice programs for school staff; provides opportunities for parent education programs.
• Advocates for individual students and specific groups of students to ensure equal educational opportunities; promotes personalizing education for all students where feasible; assists with placements for students in appropriate specialized district programs.
• Collaborates and coordinates with school system specialists and communitybased resources in order to refer students and their families to appropriate specialists programs or outside agencies.
• Oversees and promotes positive attendance practices for all students; collaborates with parents school district staff and legal authorities to resolve severe attendance problems; initiates legally required truancy actions and other corrective procedures when appropriate.
• Facilitates a continuing program of site based training and professional growth for counselors (ie. professional development college conferences financial aid)
• Advises counselors in setting school wide counseling objectives and parameters.
• Oversees and maintains school counseling records files etc.
• Follows District policies and procedures for District guidance services and coordinates relationships of such services to other departments.
• Establishes and monitors procedures for maintenance and use of students permanent records.
• Coordinates the intake of students referred from throughout the district. Serves as liaison to postsecondary institutions with college information evaluation and application.
• Coordinates all visitations of counseling teams or College Admissions Officers.
• Coordinates and distributes informational messages related to the site based comprehensive counseling program.
• Assists and provides information to students on plans for promotion and graduation college entrance requirements sources of financial aid and career opportunities.
• Works with the principal and vice principal in preparing the master schedule of classes.

Experience with:
Continuation or alternative education
Effective counseling theories & practices National Model for School Counseling Program National Standards for School Counseling Mediation and Conflict Resolution strategies Human growth and development
Community referral resources
State and Federal laws and ethical standards and district procedures regarding school counselors students and their families and the Safety and protection of students
Emergency procedures
Procedures for handling students in special situations

Minimum 4 years successful experience as site counselor

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For more information contact:

Title II Coordinator & Uniform Complaint Compliance Officer

Eric Rico / (619)/

Title IX Coordinator

Anna Ward / (619)/

504 Coordinator

Eri Nall / (619)/