School Counselor

School Counselor 6-8 (2026/2027 School Year)

• Position Type:
  Certified Support/ School Counselor
• Date Posted: 1/20/2026
• Location:
  
  Lincoln Middle School

ROCKFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #205

Job Description

School Counselor

9620

Student Support

Assistant Principal of School Counseling Services

Exempt

$43,642 - $91,830 per year. Placement on the salary schedule is based on verified, comparable education and experience. For more information on range placement, please review the REA Collective Bargaining Agreement.

To empower students to make responsible choices about their social, scholastic and future professional lives.

• Ensure all actions are in concert with Board policies and the mission statement, beliefs, objectives and parameters found in the Board’s strategic plan.
• Carry out additional duties as required or as conditions necessitate.
• Participate in job training and professional growth opportunities to enhance ability to perform essential functions.
• Perform other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment.
• Be readily available to students to provide counseling that leads to increased personal growth, self-understanding and maturity.
• Help students evaluate career interests and choices.
• Aid students in course and subject selection.
• Work to discover and develop special abilities of students.
• Work to resolve students’ educational deficiencies.
• Work to prevent students from dropping out of school.
• Work with students individually in the solution of personal issues related to home and family relations, peer pressures, health and emotional adjustments.
• Assist students in evaluating their aptitudes and abilities through interpretation of standardized test scores and other pertinent data, and work with them to evolve educational and occupation career plans.
• Guide students in their participation in school and community activities.
• Confer with parents whenever necessary.
• Arrange for tutors and summer school, and work description.
• Assist in the preparation and processing of college, scholarship, and employment applications.
• Make recommendations to colleges for admissions and scholarship.
• Provide students’ information to colleges and potential employers according to Board policy on student records.
• Register students new to the school and orient them to school procedures and the school’s varied opportunities for learning.
• Maintain students’ records and protect their confidentiality.
• Work with teachers and other staff to familiarize them with the general range of services offered by the student support personnel services department, and to improve educational prospects of individual students being counseled.
• Work with administrators to develop the schedule for classes to meet the needs of students.
• Work with community agencies to assist students in specific concerns.
• Any other duties assigned by the building principal.

Type 73 Illinois School Personnel Certification, with endorsement for Guidance Counselor.

• Training or evidence of successful demonstration of conflict resolution and/or behavior management techniques.
• Training and/or experiences in building positive relationships with parents and staff and establishing effective lines of communication with them.
• Training in the development and use of alternative assessment methods.

• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• Voluntary life insurance
• Paid Sick and Personal time
• Paid holidays
• Board-paid TRS (Teachers' Retirement System)
• Optional 403(b) plan
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Moderate in-district travel as well as intermittent in-state and out-of-state travel. Intermittent prolonged and irregular hours of work.

• Climbing – Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Balancing – Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or…