School Counselor

• Position Type:
  Student Support Services/ Guidance Counselor
  - Secondary 7-12
• Date Posted:
  11/2/2026
• Location:
  
  Moorestown High School (9-12)
• Date Available:
  
  01/01/2027
• Closing Date:
  11/16/2026

Title:

School Counselor

Building:
Moorestown High School

Date:
January 1, 2027 – June 30, 2027

Salary Guide: MEA Salary Guide

Salary Range: $58,931.00 - $

Benefits:
New Jersey Educator's Health Plan

• New Jersey Department of Education School Counselor Standard Certificate K-12.
• Skill in employing a variety of counseling strategies including individual and small group counseling, as well as group guidance techniques.
• Ability to communicate effectively, including reading, writing, speaking and listening.
• Knowledge of FERPA, IDEA, NCLB, and other federal and state laws applying to students and the delivery of educational services.
• Knowledge of current college admission and career planning trends relevant to student interests and aspirations (High School).

• To provide guidance and counseling services to students
• Provide academic counseling for students.
• Provide informational services for students.
• Provide leadership in Intervention and Referral Services.
• Work closely with the child study team to enhance the opportunities for children with special needs.
• Provide swift and efficient intervention and continued support for crisis situations.
• Assist students with college and career planning (High School Counselors).
• Make cumulative records available on all students and assist in the interpretation of the data.
• Review records of all new students and report significant information regarding placement or any other concerns to the building principal.
• Meet with individual parents to facilitate the specific needs of their child.
  
  B. School & Community Relations Foster student academic, career and personal/social development via classroom lessons, pull-out groups and individual counseling meetings.
• Deliver the district school counseling curriculum to meet student academic, social and emotional needs.
• Provide in-service training for specific needs and to present new ideas.
• Disseminate appropriate school counseling information to the broader school community.
• Assist new students in adjusting to the school and the community.
• Serve as a consultant to parents of assigned students.
• Collaborate with and serve as a resource person to faculty, staff, and administration.
• Contribute to the continual promotion of an educational climate in which individual students can grow intellectually and emotionally.
• Proficient in software applications related to role, including but not limited to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Google Suite, Frontline, and Genesis Student Information System.
• Ability to conduct meetings synchronously and asynchronously.
• Evaluation of Performance:
  Performance of this piston will be evaluated annually in accordance with the New Jersey Administrative Code and Board of Education policy.
• Physical Demand Physical demands include the ability to remain in a stationary position, when necessary, occasionally move throughout the building to access colleagues and/or supplies.
• Ability to operate a computer and/or other office machinery. Ability to communicate verbally, and in writing via technology devices or handwritten correspondence.
• The physical demands as described in this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities through an interactive process of determining essential duty task completion options.

• Physical demands include the ability to remain in a stationary position when necessary, occasionally…