School Counselor-Split with Southwood & Fair Grove Elementary-Permanent with Benefits-Available

School Counselor-Split with Southwood & Fair Grove Elementary-Permanent with Benefits-Available 08/14/2026

Davidson County Schools Southwood Elementary - Lexington, North Carolina Open in Google Maps

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Job : 5886663

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Aug 14, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

School Counselor-Split with Southwood & Fair Grove Elementary-Permanent with Benefits-Available 08/14/2026

Resume Required. Please view thejob description below. For more information contact:
Dan Shamblen .us. u s

Title:

School Counselor
- Student Services

Reports to:

Principal

Terms of Employment: 10 Months

Salary:
Pay Grade - CERT
10

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

Utilizing leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, school counselors promote student success, provide preventive services, and respond to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses academic, career, and personal/social development for all students. The major functions of the school counselor job description incorporate the North Carolina State Board of Education priorities of High Student Performance, Healthy Students in Safe, Orderly and Caring Schools, Quality Teachers, Administrators and Staff, Strong Family, Community, and Business Support and Effective and Efficient Operation.

• MAJOR FUNCTION: DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM
• Discusses the comprehensive school counseling program with the school
• Develops and maintains a written plan for effective delivery of the school counseling program based on the NC Comprehensive School Counseling Standard Course of Study and current individual school
• Communicates the goals of the comprehensive school counseling program to education
• Maintains current and appropriate resources for education
• Uses 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 (National standards recommend 80% of time in Guidance Curriculum, Individual Student Planning and Preventive and Responsive Services and 20% of time in program management, system support and accountability. {American School Counselor Association (2003).
  
  The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs. Alexandria, VA})
• Uses data to develop comprehensive programs that meet student needs.

• Provides leadership and collaborates with other educators in the school-wide integration of the State Guidance Curriculum Standard Course of
• Implements developmentally appropriate and prevention-oriented group activities to meet student needs and school

• Assists all students, individually or in groups, with developing academic, career and personal/social skills, goals and
• Accurately and appropriately interprets and utilizes student
• Collaborates with parents/guardians and educators to assist students with educational and career planning.

• Provides individual and group counseling to students with identified concerns and
• Consults and collaborates effectively with parents/guardians, teachers, administrators and other educational/community resources regarding students with identified concerns and
• Implements an effective referral and follow-up
• Accurately and appropriately uses assessment procedures for determining and structuring individual and group counseling

• Provides appropriate information to staff related to the comprehensive school counseling
• Assists teachers, parents/guardians and other stakeholders in interpreting and understanding student
• Participates in professional development activities to improve knowledge and
• Uses available technology resources to enhance the school counseling
• Adheres to laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the school counseling

• Conducts a yearly…