School Counselor; Interim

Position Title:

Secondary School Counselor

Reports to: Principal, Assistant Director of Programs

FLSA: Exempt

Summary of the position: Counsels individuals and provides group educational and career guidance services by performing the following duties.

Qualifications: Appropriate certification as required by the Indiana Department of Education. Ability to plan and organize, good work habits. Ability to prepare written reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively before groups of students and parents. Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from administrators, teachers, and school staff. Other qualifications that the Administration may require.

Supervises: None

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Listen to students' concerns regarding social, academic, or personal circumstances.
• Assist students in the decision-making process, both educational and personal.
• Organizes and maintains all written/computer records for all students, grades 6-12, including special needs records.
• Responsible for student scheduling for classes each spring and for students new to the school.
• Assists with and interprets groups state testing programs.
• Actively seeks to enable students to pursue post-secondary education through information, 4-year planning sessions, newsletters, meetings, and individual conferences.
• Provides individual and group financial aid information through meetings, newsletters for parents, and individual conferences.
• Responsible for dissemination of career information related to entering the workforce.
• Conducts individual, personal counseling.
• Follows up with students and parents after grades are distributed.
• Organizes all scholarship information, publishes newsletters, and plans and conducts the honors program for seniors.
• Refers students to outside agencies when needed.
• Welfare referrals are made through the building principal.
• Assists the special education teacher in student scheduling and teacher contacts.
• Assists with homebound instructions, alternative school scheduling, and other special schedules for students who meet the criteria for these programs.
• Maintains strict confidentiality of students.
• Serves on liaison committees.
• Works closely with the student service personnel in the system.
• Other duties assigned by the principal.
• Attends professional conferences and seminars.

Special Considerations/Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions on the job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.

The employee frequently is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities and tasks outlined in this document are not exhaustive and may change as determined by the needs of the district.

Position Description Written by: Angela Vaughn, Director of Special Education and Student Services

Date Completed: 1/11/2017

Revision Dates: 7/31/2024 by Lori Slygh

It is the policy of Madison Consolidated Schools not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age, in its programs or employment policies as required by the Indiana Civil Rights Act (I.C. 1971, 22-9-1);
Public Law 218 (I.C. 1971, Title 20);
Titles VI and VII (Civil Rights Act 1964); the Equal Pay Act of 1973;
Title IX (1972 Education Amendments);
Public Law 94-142; and Public Law 93-112, Section 504.