High School Counselor

Reports to:

Campus Principal and Director of Counseling

Wage/Hour Status:
Exempt

Dept./School:
Counseling Services/Assigned Campus

Pay Family:
Professional/Administrators

PC Assignment:
Counselor, PG/Career/SEC

Pay Grade: 03

PC Assignment Code: 31801

Minimum Salary: $69,265

Insight:
Support

Duty Days: 206 days per school year

Primary

Purpose:

Plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive school counseling program at the assigned campus. Counsel students to fully develop each student's academic, career, personal, and social abilities and address the needs of special population students. Deliver guidance curriculum in various group sizes. Educate students on the skills necessary to address troublesome circumstances, support students in challenging situations, and assist students with the resources needed to navigate crisis situations.

Qualifications:

Education and Certification

* Master's degree from an accredited college or university in school counseling

* Valid Texas School Counselor certification

Experience

* Two (2) years of teaching experience (preferred)

* Teaching experience at the secondary level (preferred)

* Counseling experience in an educational setting (preferred)

Knowledge and Skills

* Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development

* Strong organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills

* Ability to collaborate effectively with students, staff, parents, and community partners to support student success

* Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior

* Ability to present information in one-on-one, small group, and large group situations to students, parents or guardians, and district staff

* Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish (preferred)

Key Responsibilities:

Guidance Curriculum

* Plan, organize, implement, and deliver structured group lessons according to the district's guidance curriculum to improve students' interpersonal and intrapersonal effectiveness, personal health and safety, post-secondary planning and readiness, and other developmental needs.

* Teach the school guidance curriculum components using effective instructional strategies and planned structured groups, considering diverse student populations and needs for differentiated instruction.

* Work with students, staff, parents or guardians, and the community to identify priorities where students will be served through the guidance curriculum component. Collaborates across curricular areas to integrate guidance lessons into content area curriculum.

* Create a balanced curriculum by using well-planned and intentional activities and materials, incorporating guest speakers, and offering engaging delivery techniques, including technology tools.

Responsive Services

* Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance to respond to problematic or critical incidents to support students and offer services in times of need.

* Use preventive activities to remove barriers to a student's educational, career, personal, and social development.

* Implement remediation practices to assist students in coping with problem situations or unwise choices. Identify precipitating and antecedent factors, effective and ineffective approaches to dealing with the circumstances, and provide feedback to guide future decisions.

* Use specialized skills to support students in crisis situations requiring immediate response. Collaborate with district staff, parents or guardians, and local officials to maintain a healthy and safe school environment.

* Provide continued support to students in need through individual counseling, small group counseling, consultation, or referral to services outside the school or district.

* Serve as an impartial, non-reporting resource for interpersonal conflicts and discourse involving two or more students, including accusations of bullying.

Individual Planning

* Create developmental and age-appropriate school counseling services and provide information or literature that highlights related topics to students, teachers, and administrators.

* Assist individual students and their parents or guardians in monitoring their academic, career, personal, and social…