Middle School Counselor

Position Type:
Teacher/ Middle School Counselor

Date Posted: 2/24/2026

• A degree in School Counseling or related field with experience.
• Experience in coordinating services in a mental health or educational setting.
• Working knowledge of computers and word processing programs.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Building Principal

To assist students in: community involvement, school success skills, interpersonal communication skills, decision making/problem solving skills, understanding behaviors and attitudes, understanding of self and others, and understanding the school environment.

• Individual Counseling: privately and personally hold sessions with individual students in order to work on a student problem or topic of interest.
• Small Group Counseling: work with two or more students together in a structured or unstructured setting in order to discuss common issues or concerns.
• Large Group Guidance: work with large groups of students in order to facilitate unit activities for each grade level on an as needed basis.
• Consultation: work with teachers, administration, families and other community agencies so as to better serve children.
• Coordination: assist in managing indirect services which benefit students while being a liaison between the school and various community agencies.

• Assumes leadership of organizing and developing a comprehensive counseling program.
• Provides individual counseling services to students.
• Provides small group counseling services to students.
• Plans and facilitates parental education programs.
• Organizes and leads large group guidance units as needed.
• Handles daily attendance issues and makes home visits if necessary.
• Trains and coordinates student-peer facilitators.
• Consults with teachers and administrators about guidance and counseling interventions for students.
• Develops guidance units that evolve from student needs.
• Serves as a professional resource to teachers about counseling and behavior changes and is a member of the problem solving team.
• Helps identify students who have special needs or problems, and helps find alternative education or guidance services for them.
• Coordinates faculty and staff development programs related to guidance.
• Coordinates other guidance related services such as student assessment, advisement, community resources, and student records in a timely and appropriate fashion as needed.
• Aids students in course and subject selection.
• Obtains and disseminates occupational information to students and to classes studying occupations and guides them through the IPLAN process.
• Assists students in evaluating their aptitudes and abilities through the interpretation of individual standardized test scores and other pertinent data and works with students involving education and occupation plans in terms of such evaluation.
• Registers students new to the school and orients them to school procedures and the school's varied opportunities for learning.
• Works to prevent students from dropping out of school.
• Helps students evaluate career interests and choices.
• Plans guidance field trips to schools, colleges, and industry for interested students.
• Guides students in their participation in school and community activities.
• Maintains student records and protects their confidentiality.
• Supervises the preparation and processing of college, scholarship, and employment applications.
• Makes recommendations to colleges for admissions and scholarships.
• Provides student information to colleges and potential employers according to provisions of the board's policy on student records.
• Assists in the student scheduling process.
• Arranges for tutors and summer school work.
• Other duties as assigned.

Salary and length of contract to be established by the board.

Performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the board's policy on evaluation of personnel.