Counselor; GHS​/GPA

Counselor (GHS/GPA)

School: Gonzales High School, Gonzales, Texas

Job : 5698735

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: May 07, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Primary

Purpose:

Plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive program of guidance to school assigned, including counseling services. Provide a proactive, developmental guidance program to encourage all students to maximize personal growth and development. Prepare and administer all state/national testing. Enroll and schedule new students.

Education/Certification:

• Master’s degree in Guidance Counseling or related field.
• Valid Teaching Certificate.
• Counselor Certification.

Special Knowledge/

Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge and experience in counseling techniques.
• Ability to work with other professionals in collaborative roles.
• Ability to effectively consult with parents, teachers, administrators, and community members working with students.

Experience:

Three years classroom experience.

• Uses a planning process to define needs, priorities and program objectives.
• Implements a comprehensive and balanced program.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of individual activities and the overall program in meeting desired student outcomes.
• Educates the school staff, parents and the community about the guidance program through a public information program.

• Outlines, in writing, a campus guidance curriculum consistent with the district’s guidance program plan and tailored to campus needs.
• Consults with administrators and teachers regarding the teacher’s areas of responsibility in teaching the developmental guidance curriculum.
• Supports teachers in teaching TEKS identified in the SBOE Rules for Curriculum, which are guidance-related.
• Involves students in personalized educational and career awareness.
• Presents relevant information accurately and without bias.

• Provides counseling systematically.
• Responds to students individually.
• Provides counseling in groups as appropriate.
• Provides group counseling systematically.
• Uses accepted theories.
• Uses effective techniques.

• Provides professional expertise collaboratively.
• Interprets information and ideas effectively.
• Advocates for students.

• Maintains a communication system that effectively collects and disseminates information about students to other professionals as appropriate.
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with other school professionals.
• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with representatives of community resources.
• Accurately assesses students’ and their families’ needs for referral.
• Participates actively in the process for referral of students to school/district special programs and/or services.
• Uses an effective referral process for assisting students and others to use community agencies and services.

• Is knowledgeable in the principles of testing and measurement which underlie standardized testing program development.
• Collaborates in the planning and evaluation of the group standardized testing program.
• Correctly applies principles of test and measurement to test and other appraisal results interpretation.
• Interprets test and other appraisal results to school personnel.
• Interprets test and other appraisal results to students and their parents.
• Uses other sources of student data assessment tools for the purpose of educational planning.
• Maintains the confidentiality of student assessment.
• Ensures that the uses of student records are for the benefit of students and personnel working with those students.

• Schedule - new students.
• GT, ESL programs.

Participate in professional seminars, conferences, and workshops in an effort to remain aware of current trends and issues related to counseling.

None.

Computer, phone.

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Maintain emotional control and health under stress. Must be resourceful and flexible with space and availability of appropriate work area and materials. Occasional in-district and out-of-district travel.

Position Type: Full-Time

• Karen Perez, Principal
• GONZALES HIGH SCHOOL
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