2026 - 2027 Elementary Counselor

Elementary Counselor

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.

Essential Duties:

• 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.
• Counsels 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 crises related issues that may effect 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.

Job Specifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required):

• 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.

Physical/Mental Requirements:

• 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.
• Requires normal range of hearing and clear speaking abilities to interact appropriately with others in person and on the telephone.
• Requires some stooping, bending, stretching and occasional lifting not to exceed 50 pounds. Sitting for prolonged periods of time.
• May periodically require work outside of normal business hours, including weekends, under sometimes stressful conditions in order to meet business needs and strict deadlines.

Work Environment:

Office duties will be performed in a well-lighted, climate-controlled environment.