School Guidance Counselor, 25 extended days

Winchester, KY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

CLASS TITLE:School Guidance Counselor

REPORTS TO:Principal

BASICFUNCTION:

Provide a functional comprehensive program of direct services for all students utilizing the expertise gained through professional training in the area of school counseling. These services will emphasize counseling students; consultation with teachers parents and other significant adults; and coordinating a variety of activities and functions related to the academic social emotional and physical needs of students.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:

Perform individual and group counseling and guidance functions and activities including career and vocational and social and emotional adjustment counseling.

Collect organize and analyze student information through the use of educational historical data test results and the use of interview techniques.

Appraise student interests aptitudes and attitudes utilizing a variety of assessment strategies and techniques.

Provide information and data to students concerning educational career and vocational planning.

Assist or serve as the coordinator of testing and interpret test data to students teachers and parents as needed.

Assist in the development and monitoring of individual education plans for students with exceptional needs.

Serve as a resource person on the Special Education Admissions and Release Committee when appropriate.

Serve as a resource to site and District personnel and members of the school community.

Meet confer and counsel with parents school personnel and members of various youth serving agencies in developing alter-native solutions to student educational social and emotional problems and concerns.

Serve as a liaison with social service and youth service agencies in pursuing referral follow up activities.

Pursue evaluation and research activities to assess counseling and guidance effectiveness.

Assist in identifying school program needs and participate in developing school instructional programs geared to meet individual pupil needs.

Assist in the planning development and conduct of programs that enhance student educational career and vocational opportunities including speaker programs student visitation programs and other related activities.

Establish maintain and monitor a variety of files and records pertaining to student counseling guidance and related matters.

Maintain student cumulative folders.

Assist in dealing with student behavior management problems and in resolving welfare and attendance concerns.

Plan develop and present as requested a variety of management related reports pertaining to site counseling and guidance functions and activities.

Refer students to the proper authorities for child abuse or neglect when suspicion exists and provide support services to those students as needed.

Perform other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge of:

Principles methods techniques strategies and trends in educational vocational career social and emotional adjustment counseling;

Applicable and appropriate aptitude interest and achievement appraisal instruments techniques and procedures;

Social service and youth service agencies in the local area;

Social emotional and behavioral characteristics of elementary middle and/or high school age students.

Program evaluation and research techniques strategies and procedures; and

Appropriate curriculum and instructional programs pertaining to students with a variety of aptitudes and varying interests.

Ability to:

Assist students in effectively analyzing and developing alternative solutions to behavioral educational social and emotional problems and concerns;

Develop and build academic schedules;

Conduct analyze and effectively utilize a variety of individual and group student testing procedures and instruments;

Effectively deal with site and District personnel parents and social and youth service agencies in resolving student problems and concerns;

Effectively participate in the planning and implementation of school guidance and curricular programs;

Communicate effectively in oral and written form and as required by the assignment provide information in a second language;

Understand and carry out oral and written directions with minimal accountability controls;

Establish and maintain effective District public and community relationships; and

Lift up to 25 pounds.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Masters Degree in School Guidance Counseling.

LICENCES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

Kentucky Certification in School Guidance Counseling.

Salary Table 1
Board Approved: 10/26/2015 Order #316

CLASS TITLE:School Guidance CounselorREPORTS TO:PrincipalBASICFUNCTION:Provide a functional comprehensive program of direct services for all students utilizing the expertise gained through professional training in the area of school counseling. These services will emphasize counseling students; cons...