PTHS Guidance Counselor

POSITION SUMMARY:
To assist students to develop skills in areas of personal-social growth educational planning and career and vocational development.

QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Kentucky Department of Education certification for counselor.

2. Experience and other qualifications as the superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable.

REPORTS TO: Principal

SUPERVISES: May coordinate and direct activities of clerical assistants.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Register and orient students to the school.

Aid students in course and subject selection.

Maintain student records and protect their confidentiality.

Work to resolve students educational handicaps.

Work to discover and develop special abilities of students.

Work to prevent students from dropping out of school.

Provide student information to colleges and potential employers according to provisions of the Boards policy of student records.

Make recommendations to colleges for admissions and scholarships.

Guide students in their participation in school.

Work with students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems.

Confer with parents.

Coordinate achievement testing and other special testing for the school and interpret scores to students parents and school personnel.

Evaluate students for special education placement if training requirements are met.

Demonstrate competence in the knowledge and application of Legal and Ethical Counseling Standards.

Provide individual and classroom counseling and guidance.

Provide appropriate educational career and vocational placement referral and follow-up

Gather and utilize student data for assessment appraisal and referral.

Perform related duties as assigned.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
187-day employee withten days of extended employment; salary determined by the adopted teachers salary schedule of the Public Schools Board of Education.

EVALUATION:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Boards policy on Evaluation of Certified Personnel.