BES Guidance Counselor

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Elementary School Guidance Counselor

Starting Date: Immediately

Marshall KY Benton Elementary School - Benton, Kentucky Open in Google Maps

• Keeps the Principal fully informed of any activities and/or problems concerning the school counseling program.
• Promotes a positive, non-threatening school environment which actively stimulates the involvement of students, parents, teachers, administrators, and the SBDM Council.
• Promotes public relations.
• Serves as an advocate for all students.
• Assists students with academic, vocational, and personal problems.
• Serves as a teaching counselor by conducting classroom guidance activities which promote KERA units that emphasize the six learning goals.
• Assists the principal in informing students and parents of requirements, policies and procedures of the school.
• Disseminates educational and vocational information.
• Conducts individual counseling sessions and small group sessions as needed.
• Conferences with teachers, parents, and students.
• Enhances the curriculum of the school through curriculum planning, student observation, team meeting participation, SBDM Council subcommittee participation, behavior management, conflict resolution, and conferencing with all people involved in the school community for each individual student’s success.
• Coordinates services for children with outside agencies such as West Kentucky Diagnostic Center, social services, mental health services, doctors, etc.
• Serves as a resource person for specific needs of the student, teacher, parent, and administrator as well as a resource for parent education.
• Makes home visits if necessary.
• Help cultivates relationships with teachers to help one another with student problems.
• Serves as a referral agent to other state and local agencies and aids in referrals to in-school programs.
• Coordinates activities for drug education, including distribution and collection of materials and arranging for speakers.
• Assists the school administration in preparing for the opening of school and completing the records for the closing of school.
• Ensures records for students going to middle school are taken to the proper school for students to continue their education the next year.
• Provides documented follow-up after referral or assistance to ensure credibility and accountability.
• Administers and helps coordinate various assessment tools and disseminates the results.
• Acts as building coordinator for CTBS and CATS testing (organizes, counts, keeps track of materials, distributes, collects and packages to take to central office).
• After test scores are returned to school, sorts and shares results with teachers and parents.
• Evaluates individual students for Special Education.
• Compiles test results for special education students and completes written reports on individual evaluations.
• Analyzes, collects, and interprets test results to provide information for needs assessment for students and their parents.
• Screen students for ADHD.
• Be a regular member of the ARC and attend ARC in various capacities (evaluator, counselor, chairperson).
• Serve as ARC chairperson when designated by the Principal.
• Works cooperatively with classroom teachers in providing avenues and approaches to the solution of pupil problems.
• Provides general counseling for the purpose of building self-confidence, self-esteem, social skills, study skills and others.
• Interprets test results.
• Computer test statistics.
• Responsible for copying special education records to send to other schools when students transfer and for SSI claims.
• Assists in the development of I.E.P.’s.
• Assists with behavior management.
• Organizes and updates special education folders.
• Receives referrals from faculty.
• Assists in interpreting to teachers and parents psychological data concerning individual children.
• Attends professional meetings.
• Locates materials for teachers and parents concerning children (dealing with home and school problems).
• Completes 42 hours of Leadership Training every two years for professional growth and development.
• Maintains active membership in various professional organizations as they relate to counseling.
• Consults with teachers in the development of curriculum adaptations…