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Guidance Counselor; School Counselor

Job in Safford, Graham County, Arizona, 85548, USA
Listing for: Justice, Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-12
Job specializations:
  • Education / Teaching
    Adult Education, Education Administration, Guidance Counselor: Social/Educational
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Guidance Counselor (School Counselor)

Basic Requirements:

Degree: that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours appropriate to the position to be filled in one or a combination of the areas described below. At least one course must have been from (1) or (2) below. For guidance counselor positions, a college or university-sponsored practicum in counseling is also required.

  • Test and measurement:
    Study of the selection, evaluation, administration, scoring, interpretation, and uses of group and individual aptitude, proficiency, interest, and other tests.
  • Adult education:
    Study of the adult as a learner, teaching-learning theories for adults, models and procedures for planning, designing, managing, and evaluating adult learning activities.
  • Educational program administration:
    Study of the foundation and methods in organizing for adult and continuing education programs.
  • Curriculum development or design:
    Study of the principles and techniques for development of curricula for adult or vocational education programs.
  • Teaching methods:
    Study of teaching strategies and learning styles of the adult learner.
  • Guidance and counseling:
    Study of the purposes and methods in counseling and guidance, the role of the counselor in various settings, approaches to counseling, and the uses of tests in the counseling situation.
  • Career planning:
    Study of career development, learning activities, systems, approaches, program coordination, use of educational and community resources, and vocational counseling systems.
  • Occupational information:
    Study of theories of occupational choice and vocational development and their application to the guidance process. Identification and utilization of various types of occupational information and resources.
  • Education

    Three years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

    Experience

    One year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience could be:

    • Experience in serving as a school counselor and delivering evidence-based school counseling practices to students while independently creating school counseling lesson plans, instructional materials, student worksheets, and progress monitoring charts and graphs as well as documenting all student progress for learning and social-emotional-behavioral indices.
    • Experience in serving as lead school counselor and supervising graduate practicum students in their completion of required university program assignments.
    • Experience in developing and delivering in-service training to fellow school counselors on the four sets of school counseling standards as defined by the American School Counselors Association (ASCA).
    • Experience in developing and delivering in-service training to school faculty and staff on American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Student Standards:
      Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success.
    • Experience administering, scoring and interpreting criterion-referenced and standardized academics test, followed by developing intervention strategies to address individual academic and social-emotional-behavioral needs of students.
    Combination of

    Education and Experience

    Combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements. Only graduate level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience. This experience must have equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the major duties of this position as described above.

    If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

    Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.

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