School Counselor

School Counselor:
Secondary

Responsible for the management, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of a Comprehensive School Counseling Program. Delivers a data‑driven program that is preventative in design and developmental in nature. The program is based upon the National Model for School Counseling Programs as defined by the American School Counseling Association (ASCA). Committed to assisting every student in acquiring the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to make appropriate educational, career, and personal decisions.

Delivers a comprehensive program, devoting 80% of work time providing direct services to students, staff, and parents to ensure academic success for all students. Promotes conditions and creates opportunities that ensure educational equity, access, and academic success for all students as an assertive student advocate, educational leader, and effective team member.

• Implements a school counseling program that is data-driven, planned, sequential, and developmental.
• Provides direct services to students and families for at least 80% of time.
• Connects program outcomes to AACPS and School Improvement Plans.
• Differentiates instructional, prevention, and intervention strategies to meet the needs and issues of students.
• Delivers services in the academic, social/emotional, and career domains through a variety of modalities, including individual advising, large group guidance, and small group counseling.
• Plans activities and programs collaboratively with school-based administrators, teachers, parents, students, and student support services teams.
• Participates actively in the articulation and orientation of students.
• Assists students and families in addressing adjustment problems, including referrals as needed to other student services staff and local agencies.
• Delivers a program supporting social/emotional skill development that reduces negative behaviors and increases productive and positive behaviors between and among students.
• Provides solution-based, responsive individual counseling to provide students support for a variety of life issues.
• Facilitates crisis prevention and crisis management as a key member on the school-based crisis team.
• Reports and refers critical incidents as obligated by law, administrative regulations, and ethical standards.
• Provides educational and career planning that includes structured academic and career plans leading toward graduation and beyond, as required by MSDE and AACPS, for all senior high school students.
• Delivers programs and services through which parents of all students will acquire an understanding of expectations, roles, and procedures for monitoring students’ academic and career planning processes and progress during critical transition periods.
• Collaborates with administrators and other school staff to plan and deliver ongoing activities that ensure that students are college and career ready and meet all requirements to graduate.
• Communicates financial aid and scholarship information and resources in multiple formats, including technological tools provided by the county, to all students and parents.
• Promotes parent involvement and parent education through a variety of modalities.
• Identifies and accesses school and community resources for students and families.
• Collaborates with community, agency, and business partners to create, enhance, and extend educational and career options for students.
• Collects and uses accurate and meaningful data to plan and evaluate program effectiveness.
• Represents the school counseling department by participating in school and system-wide committees and activities, as requested by the principal or school counseling coordinator.
• Functions as a leader through advocacy, program management, and school counseling service delivery.
• Participates in designing, coordinating, and presenting professional development programs for teachers and school staff members.
• Participates in all mandatory professional development identified through the Office of School Counseling.
• Performs other related duties as assigned within the same classification or lower.

Education

• Master's Degree…