School Counseling

Location: Troy

School Counselor

Job Description for  School Year

The school counselor is responsible for providing individual and class counseling and support services for a diverse caseload of students throughout the Troy School District. They are a deeply familiar with other services and resources within the community and work closely with them to provide information and support when required.

Job Duties

* Provides confidential information to the teacher/principal when deemed to be in the student’s best interest.

* Provides consultative services to parents as necessary.

* Responsible for individual or group short-term counseling.

* Makes recommendations regarding outside counseling sources.

* Counsels parents as to how to most effectively deal with their child’s specific behavioral and emotional needs.

* Documents parent contact, counseling sessions, and classroom interventions.

* Meet with students to help them process their problems and plan goals and action.

* Mediate conflict between students and teachers when issues arise.

* Develop a plan to improve parent/teacher/student relationships.

* Develop, implement and facilitate a robust and focused school-wide counseling program.

* Organize and lead regular peer counseling programs.

* Conducts counseling of student groups and individual students regarding academic, emotional, and social problems.

* Provides counseling and guidance to students and parents in the use of test results for education planning.

* Counsels individual students who are having problems in school.

* Educates students and parents regarding the necessary course work required for grade progression and assists those students who are showing signs of having educational difficulties.

* Reviews and evaluates academic progress of students and makes recommendations for modifications as appropriate.

* Consults with the teaching staff to facilitate counseling activities into the regular educational program.

* Consults with teachers, other educational staff, and parents regarding the developmental needs of students.

* Develops and presents specific lesson plans, using a variety of means, including lectures, projects, group discussions, exhibits, field trips, audio-visual and library resources, computers, and the Internet.

* Shares with other teachers and aides lunchroom duties and responsibility for monitoring halls and recess periods.

* Consults with other professionals, where there appears to be evidence of learning disabilities or problems of social adjustment. Coordinates decisions with parents concerning any specialized intervention which appears warranted.

* Reports cases of suspected child abuse according to state law.

* Complies with Board policies, rules, regulations, and directives.

* Recommends promotion and/or placement of students in appropriate classroom situation for ensuing year.

* Participates in faculty meetings, educational conferences, professional training seminars, and workshops.

Only minimum duties are listed. Other functions may be required as given or assigned.

DESIRED

QUALIFICATIONS:

* Certified counselor.

* Valid Montana Teaching Certificate with proper endorsement.

* Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

* Ability to effectively communicate, orally and in writing, with students, parents, and staff.

* Ability to handle stressful situations.

* Ability to maintain confidentiality of student matters.

* Ability to read and analyze general counseling periodicals and professional journals.

* Ability to solve problems in a practical and workable manner.

* Ability to use age-appropriate language and accompanying techniques in one-on-one settings as well as group settings.