Counselor, High School; Bilingual

Counselor, High School (Bilingual Preferred)  School Year)

Job Title: Counselor, High School

Evaluation Type: TEMPSC

Department: Designated Campus

Pay Grade: A4

FLSA: Exempt

Date Revised: May 2025

Supervisor: Principal

Collaboratively work with school faculty and staff, students, parents, and community to plan, implement, evaluate, and advocate for a comprehensive school counseling program at the assigned school. Organize and deliver services through the four components:
Guidance Curriculum, Responsive Services, Individual Planning, and System Support as specified in the Texas Model for a Comprehensive School Counseling Program. Counsel students to fully develop each student’s academic, career, personal, and social abilities and address the needs of all students.

Education/Certification:

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Valid Texas Professional School Counselor certification (or meets qualifications for Texas School Counselor Deficiency Plan).
  
  Note:
  
  As of September 1, 2023, two years of classroom teaching experience is no longer required.

Special Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge of the Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs
• Knowledge of counseling procedures, intervention strategies, and student appraisal systems
• Knowledge of academic programs, policies, and procedures
• Knowledge of state graduation plans and requirements
• Knowledge of effective dropout recovery and prevention practices
• Knowledge of community-based organizations and resources
• Knowledge of district policies and regulations
• Skill in interacting effectively with parents and community partners
• Skill in facilitating campus-level teams
• Skill in communicating effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Skill in analyzing complex information and data
• Skill in implementing long‑range and immediate plans
• Skill in operating standard computer and software applications, including electronic mail, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations
• Skill in using student information systems to access and interpret student data
• Skill in auditing student transcripts
• Skill in tracking time spent in the four components of a Comprehensive School Counseling Program
• Skill in communicating and collaborating between and among various areas of the district to support healthy students, high student achievement, and customer satisfaction
• Ability to organize and prioritize work responsibilities

Experience:

• None specified

The essential functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the characteristic duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and abilities noted herein; however, this is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by positions found in this job description.

• Consult with school staff, parents, and other community members to increase student effectiveness and promote student success.
• Provide guidance to assist all students in developing and applying skills for maximum educational, career, personal, and social growth.
• Coordinate and deliver classroom guidance, group guidance and serve as a consultant to teachers, based on assessed needs of campus.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate a balanced, comprehensive school counseling program to serve all students.
• Advocate for the school counseling program and counselors’ ethical and professional standards with school personnel, parents, students, and the community.
• Support the implementation, monitoring, and/or evaluation of assigned programs and secondary education, curriculum, and/or instructional support, and ensure that assigned programs are efficiently and effectively administered.
• Support and participate in meeting the objectives of the campus/department improvement plans.

• Advocate for all students and provide professional expertise to help staff, parents, and other community members understand individual behavior and human relationships.
• Assist all students with developing and applying skills for maximum educational, career, personal, and social growth during school years and beyond.
• Intervene with students whose…