Middle School Counselor

The job of School Counselor is done for the purpose/s of providing support to the instructional process with specific responsibility for assisting students to maximize academic and behavioral student success. School counselors create comprehensive school counseling based programs to address the 3 domains of academic, career and social/emotional development for all students. They promote the development of their programs based on the areas of The American School Counseling Model to define, manage, deliver, and assess.

School counselors utilize leadership, advocacy, consultation and collaboration within their roles. School counselors promote student academic growth and behavioral development through direct and indirect services.

Building Principal

• Provides indirect and direct services to students and caregivers for the purpose of enhancing student success in school and eliminating barriers.
• Coordinates with a variety of district stakeholders (mental health agencies, teachers, etc.) for the purpose of providing/receiving requested information and/or making recommendations.
• Assists students in accessing various applications (scholarships,work permits, special programs admissions, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring completion of application processes within designated time frames.
• Develops a variety of school wide programming for the purposes of enhancing students' academic, social-emotional, and college/career development.
• Provides intervention and support services in occurrences of inappropriate student behavior (for the purpose of educating and providing prevention counseling to students to work towards modifying student behavior and build positive interpersonal skills.
• Monitors students' academic progress for the purpose of identifying issues and taking appropriate steps to set goals for increasing student success.
• Helps to create school-wide age-appropriate advisement program around academic advising, social-emotional learning and/or preventative care for the well being of students (i.e Signs of Suicide) based on developmental needs and identified through data.
• Facilitates professional learning to faculty/staff on topics related to academic support, social-emotional learning, mental well being and crisis response.
• Presents information to students (student records, assessment data, community resources, etc.) for the purpose of providing accurate communication and to gain feedback while collaborating with students and families to establish optimal personal growth to make informed decisions about student academics and social-emotional development.
• Supervises assigned and/or counselor-created programs (i.e.mentoring program, student leadership groups, etc.) for the purpose of monitoring performance, providing for professional growth, and building collaborative relationships.
• Collaborates with caregivers and educators to assist students with academics, social-skills and interventions.
• Provides individual and group counseling (using evidenced based practices) to students with identified concerns and needs.
• Consults and collaborates effectively and professionally with caregivers and families, teachers, administrators, and other educational/community resources regarding students with identified concerns and needs.
• Provides crisis and care interventions for students (i.e. suicide protocal, threat assessment support, crisis team assistance).
• Communicates the goals of the comprehensive school counseling program to education stakeholders (i.e.: administrators, teachers, students, parents, and other educational stakeholders.
• Accurately and appropriately interprets and utilizes student data to develop and evaluate program goals.
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