Secondary Counselor

Watson Chapel School District - Pine Bluff, Arkansas

• Job : 5551598
• Final date to receive applications: Mar 31, 2026 11:59 PM (UTC)
• Posted: Feb 23, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date: Jul 31, 2026

• Department: Secondary
• Job Status: Full Time
• FLSA Status: Exempt
• Reports To: Building Administrator
• Grade/Level: Certified
• Amount of
  
  Travel Required:
  
  Varies
• Job Type: Regular
• Positions Supervised: None

Work Schedule: 210‑day contract. Counselors are on duty for 8 hrs., 40 minutes per day but may periodically be required to attend after‑school or evening events as a normal expectation of their position.

Position Summary: Counsel students to help them achieve academic, personal/social/emotional, and career success.

• Counsel individuals to help them understand and overcome personal, social, or behavioral problems affecting their educational or vocational situations.
• Provide crisis intervention to students when difficult situations occur at school.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by law, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Evaluate students' or individuals' abilities, interests, and personality characteristics using tests, records, interviews, or professional sources.
• Report cases of suspected domestic abuse or other family problems and encourage students or parents to seek additional assistance from mental health professionals.
• Counsel students and parents regarding educational issues, such as course and program selection, class scheduling and registration, school adjustment, truancy, study habits, and career planning.
• Collaborate with department chairs to assist administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of school programs and in the preparation of master schedules for curriculum offerings.
• Assess needs for assistance such as rehabilitation, financial aid, or additional vocational training, and refer students to the appropriate services.
• Prepare reports on students and activities as required by the administration.
• Teach classes and present self‑help or information sessions on subjects related to education and career planning.
• Plan and conduct orientation programs and group conferences to promote the adjustment of individuals to new life experiences such as starting college.
• Attend meetings, educational conferences, and training workshops and serve on committees.
• Address community groups, faculty, and staff members to explain available counseling services.
• Review transcripts to ensure that students meet graduation or college entrance requirements and write letters of recommendation.
• Provide students with information on such topics as college degree programs and admission requirements, financial aid opportunities, trade and technical schools, and apprenticeship programs.
• Compile and study occupational, educational, and economic information to assist counselees in determining and carrying out vocational and educational objectives.
• Refer students to degree programs based on interests, aptitudes, or educational assessments.
• Plan, direct, and participate in recruitment and enrollment activities.
• Sponsor extracurricular activities such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.
• Promote an understanding and appreciation of diverse populations and cultures.
• Monitor and advise students and their parents as to progress toward promotion/graduation.
• Assist in the transition from middle school to high school and to post‑secondary high school options as well as student success plans.
• Interpret tests, student data, and other assessment results for students, parents, and staff.
• Produce, maintain, and adjust individual student schedules.
• Create evening events for parents to receive information on academic, graduation, and career opportunities for students.
• Demonstrate knowledge of child and adolescent development.
• Demonstrate knowledge of counseling theory and techniques.
• Establish goals for the counseling program according to the setting and the students served.
• Demonstrate knowledge of state and federal regulations and of resources both within and beyond the school and district.
• Plan the counseling program integrated with the…