Ewing Middle School - Guidance Counselor

Ewing Middle School - Guidance Counselor  School Year)

Cherokee County School District Ewing Middle School - Gaffney, South Carolina

Under limited supervision, plans, supervises and provides professional guidance services designed to help each student establish a strong academic, social, emotional and physical foundation so that he may be successful in school and life in the future. Provides prevention, intervention and crisis counseling services, and personal and academic support and assistance to students as appropriate. Ensures maintenance of accurate, up-to-date and confidential student records.

• Aids students in course and subject selection; obtains and disseminates occupational information to students and to classes studying occupations.
• Assists students in evaluating their aptitudes and abilities through interpretation of individual standardized test scores and other pertinent data, and works with students in evolving educational and occupational plans based on such evaluation. Helps students evaluate career interests and choices.
• Supervises the preparation and processing of college, scholarship and employment applications.
• Plans guidance field trips to schools, colleges and industries.
• Guides students in their participation in school and community activities.
• Conducts individual, small- and large-group, and classroom guidance counseling sessions as needed.
• Works to discover and develop special abilities of students.
• Works to resolve students' educational handicaps.
• Works with students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related to home and family relations, health and emotional adjustment, etc.
• Provides crisis intervention for students in immediate need.
• Consults with parents, principals, nursing staff, teachers, school psychologists, special service personnel, and outside experts on individual cases as necessary.
• Makes referrals to other agencies and service providers as appropriate.
• Plans and/or participates in staff orientation and staff development activities.
• Provides in-service training in guidance for teachers and familiarizes the staff with the range of services offered by the student personnel services department.
• Advises administrators and faculty on matters of student discipline.
• Takes an active role in interpreting the school's objectives to students, parents and the community at large; interprets the guidance program to the community.
• Organizes and conducts an annual "career day."
• Ensures the maintenance of accurate, up-to-date and confidential student records; documents all counseling services and referrals performed; maintains confidentiality as required.
• Provides necessary student information to colleges and potential employers; makes recommendations to colleges for admissions and scholarships.
• Plans and administers the department budget; monitors expenditures and maintains financial records as required.
• Coordinates special events, projects or programs as assigned.
• Performs general administrative/office duties as required, including but not limited to composing reports and correspondence, entering data into the computer, compiling data for reports, copying and filing documents, conducting and attending meetings, responding to mail and telephone calls, etc.
• Operates various types of machinery and equipment including a computer, printer, typewriter, copier, fax machine, telephone, calculator, audio‑visual equipment, etc.

• Performs related duties as required.

Physical Requirements: Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (up to 10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.

Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communications: Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving assignments and/or direction from supervisors.

Language Ability: Requires ability to read a variety of reports and documentation, policy and procedure manuals, guidance texts, professional journals, etc. Requires the ability to prepare reports, records, recommendations, correspondence, etc., with proper format, punctuation, spelling and grammar, using all parts of speech. Requires the ability to speak with and before others with poise, voice control and confidence.

Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; to deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Requires the ability to learn and understand relatively complex principles and techniques; to make independent judgments in absence of supervision; to acquire knowledge of topics related to primary…