Secondary Guidance Counselor

St. Landry Parish School Board NORTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL - Washington, Louisiana Open in Google Maps

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Job : 5843022

Final date to receive applications: May 28, 2027 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time)

Posted: Jul 21, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Goal:

To plan, coordinate, and implement a program which allows students to create individual plans for academic and career decisions. The Secondary Guidance Counselor provides counseling services that foster the academic, social, and emotional development of students. Additionally, the counselor administers tests, interprets scores, and maintains other records pertinent to better understanding student achievement and potential.

Qualifications (minimum education, licensure, skills, and/or experience):

• Valid Louisiana Teaching Certificate.
• Louisiana Certification as a School Counselor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and implement a comprehensive counseling program effectively as measured by the Louisiana Counseling Performance Evaluation Rubric and district evaluation policy.
• Support students in meeting academic and behavioral expectations.
• Provide support for students experiencing academic and/or behavioral challenges. Assist students with setting and achieving academic and/or behavioral goals.
• Develop annual calendar of recurring guidance and counseling activities.
• Plans and assist in the orientation of new students and their parents to school environment and activities.
• Supervise the maintenance of confidential records on each student including standardized test scores, and reports of psychological evaluations.
• Implement a standard procedure for referral of children from teacher to counselor and from counselor to appropriate outside agencies.
• Coordinate the administration of all educational and vocational testing conducted in the school.
• Compile or support the compilation of assessment (standardized test) data to assist school staff in formulating instructional procedures.
• Interpret test scores needed for students, parents, and teachers.
• Administer individual evaluations, when needed.
• Assist students in evaluating their aptitudes, abilities, interests, and achievement to formulate appropriate vocational and educational plans.
• Collect and disseminate occupational-educational information to individual students, their parents, and to classes involved in vocational exploration.
• Supervise the preparation and processing of college, scholarship, and employment applications.
• Provide individual and small group counseling for students to facilitate personal social growth and development.
• Conduct guidance and counseling sessions designed to ensure students are on track to meet graduation.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Counselors shall be expected to perform the following duties, along with the completion of corresponding documents, forms, and reports.

• Complete a self‑evaluation and document the results on appropriate written forms.

• Develop a Professional Growth Plan in collaboration with the evaluation.

• Supervise students as needed when students are on campus.
• Supervise students prior to school and/or drop‑off, when assigned.
• Supervise students in the classroom, if needed.
• Supervise students as needed between classes, during recess/intermission, during lunch, assemblies.
• Supervise students after school and/or pick‑up, when assigned.

• Fulfill duties traditionally expected of those in the counseling profession.
• Accept and discharge assignments.
• Practice and model punctuality.
• Collaborate with colleagues and departments.
• Adhere to federal, state, system, and…