Counselor​/High School

Implement the district’s comprehensive school counseling program plan to address the unique needs of each student through targeted guidance instruction, personalized advising, and responsive counseling services.

• Promote positive self-image in students.
• Provide orientation sessions for parents.
• Provide college day/night, career day/night, and financial aid workshops.
• Coordinate and/or deliver required legislative awareness activities such as suicide prevention, bullying prevention, digital citizenship, fentanyl poisoning, human trafficking, teen dating violence and other related student safety initiatives.
• Share information concerning programs available at the campus and throughout the district (e.g., Credit by Examination, Alternative School, Career and Technology Programs) with students.
• Conduct individual and group counseling.
• Confer with students, parents, and teachers when needed.
• Conduct individual personal/academic student and parent conferences.
• Assist in the referral process and educational placement of students with special needs.
• Serve as a resource for students, parents and staff members to access community resources.
• Play an active role in dropout prevention.
• Assist individual students in demonstrating self-confidence in achieving educational goals.
• Place students in appropriate instructional programs.
• Advise students of multiple academic opportunities.
• Advise students in preparing/updating their Personal Graduation Plan (PGP), four-year high school plan.
• Coordinate the school transition activities (Gr. 8 – Post-High School).
• Maintain student academic credit information.
• Maintain students’ high school Personal Graduation Plan (PGP) in accordance with state law.
• Complete student college and scholarship application information accurately and in a timely manner.
• In conjunction with the campus Lead School Counselor, plan, implement, and evaluate a campus-level Comprehensive School Counseling Program to serve all students through guidance curriculum, responsive services, individual planning and system support.
• Consult with the district school counseling team as needed.
• Adhere to all required timelines and established procedures.
• Meet deadlines as established by the Technology and PEIMS departments for scheduling and grade reporting.
• Maintain and communicate a current calendar of school counseling activities.
• Transcribe records of students transferring into the school.
• Initiate procedures to analyze and modify, as necessary, performance of duties based on self-analysis, feedback from students and interactions with colleagues.
• Maintain and improve professional competence through ongoing learning, including reading, coursework, and participation in professional development activities.
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relationships.
• Cooperate with and support faculty and staff.
• Demonstrate self-control and exhibit an overall positive approach.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Maintain confidentiality.

• Experience working with students in an educational setting or with school-aged children
• Experience supporting students/school-aged children in crisis situations

Education/Certification:

• Professional school counselor’s certificate

Special Knowledge/

Skills:

• Knowledge of school counseling procedures, student assessment, career development, and the college admissions and financial aid application process
• Excellent organization, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Serve students in accordance with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) school counseling standards
• Knowledge of and experience in the interpretation of various assessment instruments
• Knowledgeable about secondary academic curriculum
• Knowledge/awareness of how to access community resources

• Tools/Equipment Used
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  Personal computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment
• Posture
  :
  Prolonged sitting; frequent standing, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
• Motion
  :
  Frequent walking
• Lifting
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  Regular light lifting and carrying Less than 15 pounds; occasional physical restraint of students to control behavior
• Environment
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  Work inside, may work outside
• Mental Demands
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  Maintain emotional control under stress; occasional district travel; may work prolonged or irregular hours

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PAY GRADE: AE - 3 - Minimum pro‑rated salary - $74,746