Elementary School Counselor

Geary County USD 475 – School Counselor

Classification: Certified

Division/Department: Student Support

Job Category: Counselor

FLSA: Exempt

Title: School Counselor

• Current holder or eligible for Kansas school counselor certification (6‑12).
• Minimum of three years of successful teaching experience at the high‑school level.
• Strong personal commitment to promoting the effective schools program.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with students, staff, administration, and parents.
• Demonstrated knowledge of effective guidance techniques.

Building Principal

To intervene in and assist students in learning communication skills and problem‑solving techniques necessary to avoid future crises; to serve as liaison among student, teacher, parent, administrator; to organize special programs for student growth and enrichment; and to assist students with future educational and vocational plans.

The employee must frequently walk, sit, talk, hear, bend, stoop, and reach; and occasionally manually lift up to 50 lb. Interaction with staff is required and extended hours may occur. Vision requirements include close, distance, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• Ability to maintain regular and good work attendance and arrive on time.
• Ability to work constructively and cooperatively with others.
• Ability to respond to information requests in a courteous, timely and helpful manner.
• Ability to manage job responsibilities while meeting established deadlines.
• Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of student and staff information.

• Counsel students with interpersonal social adjustment problems.
• Counsel students with academic or attendance problems.
• Conduct group counseling and classroom guidance.
• Serve as liaison among student, teacher, parent, administrator, and community.
• Identify students with special needs and suggest alternatives to meet those needs.
• Assist students in orientation, course selection, and setting up programs of study.
• Conduct testing and interpret results to help students understand their aptitudes, abilities, and achievement.
• Assist students with their plans for post‑high‑school education or vocational choices.
• Maintain student record files.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the principal.

Teacher contract + 10 additional duty days.

Determined by placement on teacher salary schedule.

Job performance will be evaluated at least once per year.

Geary County USD 475 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. For disability‑related complaints, contact the USD 475 Director of Exceptional Student Services at 785‑717‑4000.