Elementary Counselor

Elementary Counselor

Association of Charter School Education Services Peñasco Independent School District - Peñasco, New Mexico

Job : 5751193
Final date to receive applications: Jul 10, 2026 11:59 PM (Mountain Standard Time)
Posted: May 26, 2026 6:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: To Be Determined

Provides mental/behavioral health services to students and their families. Serves as a member of the diagnostic team of educational planning and placement committees, and provides psychological and sociological assessment information.

• Performs casework service with individual students to correct personal, social or emotional maladjustment related to their educational and social progress.
• Coordinate or serve as a member of diagnostic teams and educational planning and placement committees and provide psychological and sociological assessment information related to planning for children with adjustment problems.
• Consults and collaborates with other school personnel in gathering and giving information on a case, and in establishing and planning for respective roles in the modification of the student’s behavior.
• Performs casework service with parents as an integral part of helping students, to increase parents’ understanding, constructive participation in resolving their child’s problems and knowledge and use of appropriate resources.
• Makes home visits for the purpose of gathering helpful information on a student’s background.
• Assists students directly toward adjustment to school.
• Provides the following services:
  • Individual and group counseling for students with special needs
  • Support groups for students and parents
  • Crisis prevention and intervention
  • Home visits
  • Social‑development assessments
  • Functional behavioral assessments
  • Behavioral intervention plans
    
    Parent education and training
  • Professional case management
  • Information and referral
  • Collaboration with community agencies and organizations
  • Advocacy for students, parents and the school system
  • Administration and supervision of pupil services program
  • Mentoring, school‑to‑work, and peer counseling
  • Staff development
  • Policy development such as discipline and attendance policies
• Prepares social and developmental histories on children with disabilities.
• Provides group and individual counseling to children and their families.
• Works with problems in children’s living situation (home, school, and community) that affect their adjustment in school.
• Mobilizes school and community resources to optimize students’ potential to learn in their educational programs.
• Designs and implements behavior management plans, consults with mainstream and special education teachers, and provides case management for students and families requiring multiple services.
• Participates in Manifestation Determination issues of students with disabilities.
• Participates in the Medicaid in the schools program as a licensed provider.
• Works 161 days at 8 hours daily.
• Entitled to all fringe benefits as accrued by all nine month employees.
• Performs miscellaneous job‑related duties as assigned.

• Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional programs.
• Ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students assigned.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents and community.
• Ability to speak clearly and concisely in written or oral communication.
• Ability to demonstrate a positive attitude and collaboration in all work‑related activities.

Supervises students.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

New Mexico Public Education Department Counselor License or related field.

• Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
• No or very limited physical effort required.
• No or very limited exposure to physical risk.

• At least 1 year(s) of relevant experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.