Guidance Counselor

Guidance Counselor

Red Mesa Unified District, Red Mesa High School – Teec Nos Pos, Arizona.

Job : 5534505

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Feb 11, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

TITLE: Guidance Counselor—High School

EMPLOYMENT

TERMS:

Eleven (11) months. Salary and work year are to be established by the board.

SALARY CLASSIFICATION: Teacher's Salary's Schedule

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES: To assist students to overcome problems that impede learning and to assist them in making educational, occupational, and life plans that hold promise for personal fulfillment as mature men and women.

• Assists in the registration of new students and orients them to school procedures and the school's varied opportunities for learning.
• Prepare the Master Schedule for each school year.
• Aids students in course/subject selection while conducting the scheduling of the student body.
• Maintains student records and protects their confidentiality.
• Works to resolve students' educational handicaps.
• Works to discover and develop special abilities of students.
• Assists in Special Education, Reading, and LAU Compliance activities.
• Works to prevent students from dropping out of school.
• Helps prepare students for entry into an appropriate high school course of study.
• Assists in the placement in appropriate Summer School Programs.
• Guides students in their participation in school and community activities.
• Obtains and disseminates occupational information to students and to classes studying occupations.
• Helps students evaluate career interests and choices.
• Organizes and conducts an annual "Career Day".
• Works with students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related to such things as home-family relations, peer group problems, health, and emotional adjustment.
• Confers with parents whenever necessary.
• Interprets the Guidance/Counseling Program to the community and makes Chapter House visitations.
• Assist in providing In-Service training in guidance and related fields to teachers and student teachers.
• Assist administrators and teachers in matters of student discipline/attendance.
• Assists in the orientation of new faculty members.
• Organize and present one (1) seminar each semester concerning topics such as Drugs/Alcohol, Family Planning etc.
• Will demonstrate competency in use of the computer.
• Will assist in the preparation and distribution of Student Progress Reports and Report Cards.
• Will prepare and submit to the Principal before leaving school at the end of the school year, a list indicating what class each student will be place into according to school policies and list of students according to class rank. A log of counseling session data will be submitted at the end of each month.
• Will compile and publish an Honor Roll in accordance with school policies.
• Will prepare and present to the Principal a list of the students graduating or promoting as requested by the administration.
• Will prepare and maintain a Counseling Service Handbook.
• Organizes and administers and tabulates those standardized tests required by the state and/or district and any accompanying reports as needed.
• Maintains accurate inventory records and faithfully submits budget requests, requisitions, and work orders according to school and district policies/regulations/procedures.
• Assists the administrators in implementing all policies/rules governing student life and conduct.
• Faithfully performs all special duty and extra duty assignments as required. (Ex. lunch, duty, half duty, class/club assignments.)
• Attend all staff meetings as required and serve on all staff committees as required.
• Strives to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Performs other such tasks and assumes responsibilities as the Superintendent and Board may require.
• Faithfully follow those procedures and comply with those requirements as stated in the District and handbook.

• Certification: Secondary/Elementary Certification, Teaching credential and counseling endorsement, Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card.
• Experience: Kind and amount prior job experience required and such alternatives to the above…