Counselor SY

SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

We are looking for School Counselors who will provide proactive leadership that engages all stakeholders in the delivery of programs and services to help students achieve success as they progress to and through post‑secondary planning. School Counselors align and work with the school’s mission to support the academic achievement of all students. The mission is accomplished through the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive, developmental, and systematic school‑counseling program.

The following outlines what your core duties and responsibilities will be for this position and provides a sample overview of what your day‑to‑day may look like.

• Uses data to develop and implement comprehensive programs that meet student needs and discusses the data with the school administrator.
• Develop and maintain a written plan for effective delivery of the school counseling program based on current individual school data.
• Communicate the goals of the comprehensive school counseling program to education stakeholders (i.e., administrators, teachers, students, parents, and community/business leaders).
• Maintain current and appropriate resources for education stakeholders.
• Use the majority of time providing direct services through the guidance curriculum, individual student planning and preventive and responsive services, and most remaining time in program management, system support, and accountability as recommended by the American School Counselor Association.
• Other duties as assigned.

On a regular day, as School Counselor you might:

• Assist all students, individually or in groups, with developing academic, career and personal/social skills, goals, and plans.
• Collaborate with parents/guardians and educators to assist students with educational, career, and life planning.
• Assist students with academic planning including scheduling.
• Provide individual and group counseling to students with identified concerns and needs.
• Collaborate with teachers to provide classroom guidance that supports academic achievement, college and career readiness and/or social/emotional success.
• Consult and collaborate effectively with parents/guardians, teachers, administrators, and other educational/community resources regarding students with identified concerns and needs.
• Communicate with students, parents, and other staff members concerning student academic progress, attendance, behavior.
• Assist teachers, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders in interpreting and understanding student data.

• Leadership in the area of classroom guidance that supports academic achievement, college and career readiness and social emotional success.
• Accurate and appropriate use of assessment procedures for determining and structuring individual and group counseling services.
• Providing appropriate information to school personnel related to the comprehensive high school counseling program.
• Use of available technology resources to enhance the school counseling program.
• Adherence to laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the school counseling profession.

• Master’s Degree in School Counseling.
• Valid Indiana State Teacher’s school counselor license.

Exempt

Not eligible

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to find, handle, or feel.

The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job…