School Counselor; High School

School Counselor (High School) /

Charlotte County Public Schools, Charlotte High, 0031 - Punta Gorda, Florida

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• Job
• Final date to receive applications:
  Jul 21, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
• Posted:
  Jul 17, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date:
  Immediately

PCN CH

Calendar 215/Hrs 8

Charlotte County Public Schools boasts a competitive compensation package for employees. This package includes a robust employee benefits offering with access to plan options for supplemental and options plans. CCPS offers plan members an onsite Wellness Center. The Wellness Center provides no-cost preventative care, low-cost acute care appointments, behavioural health services, and prescription dispensing for select prescriptions at no additional cost!

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher degree from an accredited college/university
• Meets Florida Department of Education certification requirements for School Counseling (grades Pre-K through 12)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Successful experience as a teacher or counselor preferred
• Eligibility for License in Mental Health Counseling (LMHC)

* Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent may find appropriate.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Engages in mental health promotion and education for staff and students.
• Assists with the provision of resiliency education, civic and character education, and life skill education in the classroom and school setting.
• Applies counseling skills when delivering evidence-based, direct and indirect services to individual students and groups.
• Utilizes state, local school board, and governing board policies and procedures to make appropriate community-based referrals.
• Applies verbal de-escalation strategies and assist in the response and support of students in a crisis situation.
• Conducts risk and threat assessments in collaboration with other school-based mental health staff for students in crisis.
• Conducts assessments for involuntary examination if licensed through the Department of Health (DOH) under chapter 491.
• Participates as a collaborative member of the school-based threat management team.
• Provides school-based crisis intervention in collaboration with other school-based mental health professionals.
• Gathers and synthesizes data from a variety of sources to inform the School Counseling Program.
• Uses data and technology to support student learning and development.
• Applies evidence-based strategies that promote academic, career readiness, and resiliency student competencies.
• Models and supports respectful collaboration practices between school leaders, parents or guardians, students, district and school personnel and community partners.
• Maintains high visibility and accessibility, and actively listens to and respond to parents or guardians, students, district and school personnel and community partners.
• Participates as a collaborative member of the school-based MTSS team.
• Supports students who are identified as at-risk based on Early Warning Sign indicators, to include academic, attendance, and social/emotional/behavioral concerns.
• Facilitates initial, annual (as needed), and 504 re-evaluation meetings.
• Registers, schedules, and orients new students to school procedures and to the school’s varied opportunities for learning.
• Evaluates records of new and transferred students.
• Coordinates registration, orientation, and transition from middle school.
• Identifies students for promotion, retention, summer school, and administrative placement in accordance with Charlotte County Student Progression Plan.
• Assists in the identification and placement process for students eligible for alternative programs.
• Assists with the district and state testing programs.
• Applies practices for identifying and closing gaps in student achievement.
• Shares strategies that support student achievement with parents, teachers, other educators, and community organizations, advocating for the academic, career, and social-emotional development of students, as well as receiving information on student needs and identifying strategies to assist…