School Counselor

Lenoir County Public Schools Southwood Elementary School
- Kinston, North Carolina Open in Google Maps

Lenoir County Public Schools Southwood Elementary School
- Kinston, North Carolina Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Lenoir County Public Schools , and North Carolina School Jobs

Job : 4629039
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Re-Posted: Aug 20, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: To Be Determined

School Counselor

Job Description

Licensure

While serving in this role, the individual must hold a current North Carolina Professional Educators license for his/her area of assignment.
Must hold or be eligible to hold a North Carolina Professional Educators license in School Counselor Education (K-12).

General Statement of Job:

• This individual is under general supervision of the principal; serves as the center of the guidance effort of the school; is the person through whom all pertinent information regarding the student is channeled; and helps students develop skills in the areas of personal-social growth, educational planning, and career and vocational development.

Specific

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for group and individual guidance procedures associated with proper student placement in regard to graduation and beyond.
• Involvement in group and individual per-disciplinary counseling to keep the student in good standing in all classes.
• Serves as a source of information for the student with respect to the school, home, and community.
• Administers and interprets tests within the testing program.
• Collects and disseminates to students and parents information concerning school offerings, opportunities for further education, and careers and career training opportunities.
• Assists in the collection and maintenance of pertinent pupil data and to record individual student contracts.
• Assists in the follow-up student attendance irregularities when verified by the attendance office.
• Assists in establishing and coordinating student-teacher-counselor-parent-conferences.
• Provides guidance to students with academic and/or vocational problems.
• Counsels students regarding school-related personal problems.
• Provides identification and referral service for students having emotional, health, and/or learning problems which are beyond the resources of the local school.
• Refers students with exceptional abilities and needs to appropriate district personnel.
• Assists in the development and changing of curriculum to meet the needs of the student body.
• Completes random moment in time studies as required by MAC program guidelines.
• Performs other related work as required.

Minimum Training and

Experience:

• Master’s degree in Counseling.
• Certification as a School Counselor.

Minimum Qualifications or Standards Required to Perform

Essential Job Functions:

• Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, etc.
• Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally; and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics of data, people or things.
• Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants.
• Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, articles, proposals, contracts, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, policies, etc. using prescribed formats.
• Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw…