Counselor​/Intermediate

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.

• Deliver school counseling guidance curriculum.
• Provide orientation sessions for parents and students.
• Provide college and career awareness activities.
• Coordinate and/or deliver required legislative awareness activities such as suicide prevention, bullying prevention, digital citizenship, fentanyl poisoning, human trafficking, and other related student safety initiatives.
• Confer with students, parents, and teachers when needed.
• Conduct individual and group counseling.
• Conduct small group counseling and/or guidance sessions for students.
• 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 reaching educational goals.
• Assist with student classroom and program placement.
• Assist with coordination of grade level transition.
• 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’s school counseling team as needed.
• Adhere to all required timelines and established procedures.
• Meet deadlines as established by the PEIMS/technology departments for scheduling and data information.
• Maintain and communicate a current calendar of school counseling activities.
• Attend required district professional development and staff meetings.
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relationships.
• Cooperate with and support faculty and staff.
• Conduct and analyze an annual needs assessment, and then implement programs based on the data.
• Maintain and improve professional competence through ongoing learning, including reading, coursework, and participation in professional development activities.
• Demonstrate self-control and exhibit an overall positive approach.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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

• Professional school counselor’s certificate
• Knowledge of school counseling procedures, student assessment, and college and career awareness
• 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
• Knowledge of academic curriculum
• Knowledge/awareness of how to access community resources

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