Counselor @ Columbia Middle School

Moses Lake School District 161 Columbia Middle School - Moses Lake, Washington Open in Google Maps

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Job : 5895188

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Aug 20, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate middle school counselor to join our school's student support team. The Middle School Counselor will play a pivotal role in promoting the academic, social, emotional, and personal development of our students. The ideal candidate should possess excellent communication skills, a strong understanding of adolescent psychology, and the ability to provide guidance and support to students, parents, and faculty members.

• Educational Staff Associate (ESA) counseling certification required.
• Masters Degree with emphasis in school counseling.
• Demonstrated interest, commitment, and ability to work with students, staff, and community at the middle school level.
• Demonstrated experience in working effectively with a wide range of student abilities, both academically and socially.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a counseling team.
• Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Knowledge of current high school graduation requirements for Washington State and High School and Beyond Planning.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to ethical standards in counseling.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and listening skills.
• Empathy, compassion, and a nonjudgmental approach to working with students.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Bilingual preferred.

• Successful experience as a school counselor.
• Interest in and evidence of continued professional growth in the area of school counseling.

• Strong understanding of adolescent development, psychology, and counseling techniques.
• Test administration and test result interpretation to students, parents and others.
• Community agency and community resource use.
• Individual and group counseling techniques.
• Multicultural education and counseling.
• Helping students with social and emotional needs.
• Intervention techniques common to school counseling.
• Special Education and Section 504 laws, regulations, handicapping conditions, and Individual Education Plans.
• Development of and support for programs of study for strengthening High School and Beyond planning for students.
• ASCA national model.

• Adheres to Moses Lake School District’s vision and mission, is a lifelong learner and is receptive to positive growth and change.
• Familiar with middle school level educational philosophy and scheduling including effective use of technologies and research-based methodologies.
• Aide students in course and subject selection and effectively balance classes and keep track of schedules.
• Maintain student records and protect their confidentiality.
• Initiate, assemble, maintain and interpret accurate health records, attendance records, cumulative progress records, activity records and uniform transcript records for students.
• Work to resolve students’ educational handicaps.
• Plan alternative programs and up-to-date training for all level of students.
• Remain readily available to students so as to provide counseling that will lead each student to increased personal growth, self-understanding and maturity.
• Work with students on an individual basis in the solution of personal problems related to such problems as home and family relations, health and emotional adjustment.
• Familiar with concerns of middle school level student’s parents.
• Able to meet with parents, whenever necessary, including before and after the regular workday.
• Arrange and facilitate conferences with teachers and parents as appropriate
• Provide career orientation, exploration, occupational information and educational planning to parents, staff and students
• Work with Special Education staff to provide programming for special education students.
• Actively participate in designing counseling services to facilitate the transition from…