Elementary Counselor

Position Type:
Elementary/ Elementary Counselor

Date Posted: 2/19/2026

Location:

Parks Elementary School

Reports To:

Building Administrator

FSLA Status:
Exempt

Compensation: 015 (Salary determined by education and experience.)

Work Days: 181

FTE: 100

The counselor promotes student success, provides preventive services, and responds to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive developmental school counseling program that addresses academic, career, and personal/social development of students.

• Develops and manages a comprehensive school counseling program for elementary students.
• Delivers the counseling curriculum to all students focusing on Academic, Career, and Personal/Social Domains.
• Designs, delivers, evaluates and revises a planned sequential developmentally appropriate program in accordance to district counseling standards and indicators.
• Facilitates the infusion of counseling curriculum activities into classroom curricula to support the developmental needs of students.
• Facilitates instructional process in collaboration with school staff and community resources.
• Consels with students to promote self-awareness and positive social and academic skills.
• Informs students and parents about pertinent test results, academic programming, behavior intervention strategies, and their implications to the overall academic success.
• Provides individual and group counseling to students with identified concerns and needs.
• Implements a referral process and follow-up process to outside counseling agencies and support agencies.
• Provides information to staff and parents to assist them in crisis related issues that may affect the school climate.
• Consults and coordinates within district professionals and community agencies, such as school psychologist, nurses, administrators, community-based counselors, service agencies, and physicians.
• Manages activities that establish, maintain, support, and enhance the total school counseling system.
• Advocates for equal access to programs and services for all students.
• Plans and coordinates programs that are an extension of the counseling program, i.e., Individual Education Plans, Child Study Team, red ribbon week, student of week, etc.
• Coordinates parent programs.
• Participates in school decision making.
• Adheres to laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the school counseling profession.
• Participates with the administration and faculty as a team member in the implementation of the district testing program.
• Collects and reviews evaluative data to ensure a successful counseling program which links the school counseling program to student academic progress.
• Measures results of the school counseling program activities and shares results as appropriate.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• To ensure continuity of services, alternative work site may be necessary in the event of a health crisis or disruptive situation that requires the closing of school and/or office buildings. An employee’s eligibility for alternative work site will be determined by the superintendent of schools. Expectations and guidelines for alternative work site will be distributed by the employee’s supervisor, based on his/her role and responsibilities.

• Master’s Degree in counseling or related field.
• Oklahoma Teaching Certification in Elementary Education in areas listed below or Alternative Teaching Certification as approved by Oklahoma State Department of
  
  Education:
  • Elementary Counselor (K-8), School Counselor (PK-12 or All)
• Must possess ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, parents, and the community.
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with others, demonstrate self-discipline and initiative, follow state and district guidelines.

• Must have adequate manual dexterity to write legibly and perform required duties on the computer.
• Must have adequate visual acuity to read, interpret and transcribe written material and other required duties.
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