Job Summary
Position is responsible for assisting students, school personnel and parents with relevant educational and personal/social goals. Develops and implement effective programs for all students while functioning as a member of a school’s multidisciplinary team.

Essential Duties

• Develops and provides an effective comprehensive school counseling program to serve the needs of all students.
• Demonstrates knowledge of national, state, and local school counseling standards.
• Provides students and families with immediate and long-range educational planning and course selection as appropriate.
• Collect, analyze, and use data to develop, implement, and evaluate the school counseling program.
• Provides individual and group counseling for students and ensure that at least 60% of time is devoted to counseling of students.
• Works cooperatively with school personnel to foster more effective learning climates for students.
• Provides workshops for parents and families to assist them in acquiring an understanding of students and techniques and strategies essential for academic and personal/social growth.
• Provides consultation and in-service to give teachers and administrators in the school information, strategies, and approaches for maximizing the total development of students.
• Makes appropriate referrals to assist parents/families and students to obtain the benefit from needed special school and/or community services.
• Maintains accurate and appropriate records.
• Provides classroom guidance for students and assist teachers with appropriate follow-up
• Coordinate the registration process for students and assist with the transitional process for students.
• Initiates career awareness activities within the school.
• Provides transitional counseling for students transferring into the school to facilitate a positive adjustment.
• Participates in faculty committees and student activities.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities.

(These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

• Develops and provides an effective comprehensive school counseling program to serve the needs of all students.
• Demonstrates knowledge of national, state, and local school counseling standards.
• Provides students and families with immediate and long-range educational planning and course selection as appropriate.
• Collect, analyze, and use data to develop, implement, and evaluate the school counseling program.
• Provides individual and group counseling for students and ensure that at least 60% of time is devoted to counseling of students.
• Works cooperatively with school personnel to foster more effective learning climates for students.
• Provides workshops for parents and families to assist them in acquiring an understanding of students and techniques and strategies essential for academic and personal/social growth.
• Provides consultation and in-service to give teachers and administrators in the school information, strategies, and approaches for maximizing the total development of students.
• Makes appropriate referrals to assist parents/families and students to obtain the benefit from needed special school and/or community services.
• Maintains accurate and appropriate records.
• Provides classroom guidance for students and assist teachers with appropriate follow-up
• Coordinate the registration process for students and assist with the transitional process for students.
• Initiates career awareness activities within the school.
• Provides transitional counseling for students transferring into the school to facilitate a positive adjustment.
• Participates in faculty committees and student activities.
• Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities