School Counselor - Elementary

School Counselor
- Elementary

Judson Independent School District All Elementary Schools
- Live Oak, Texas. Position opens for the academic year .

Job : 5699918

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

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

Starting Date: Immediately

Position Type:
Full-Time

Salary: $331.28 (Funding
- Local)

Primary

Purpose:

Advocate and support students to fully develop each student’s academic, career, personal, and social abilities and address the needs of special population students. This will be accomplished through a variety of approaches including group processing, individual consultation and classroom guidance in order to facilitate and support a student in reaching their maximum potential.

• Master’s degree in counseling from an accredited college or university
• Valid Texas SBEC School Counselor Certificate
• Valid Texas Driver’s License
• Candidate must have satisfactory outcome of fingerprinting background check. Non‑refundable fee (approximately $50.00) paid by the employee
• Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development
• Excellent organizational, communication (oral and written), and interpersonal skills
• Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior
• Ability to present information in one‑on‑one, small group, and large group situations to students, parents, and district staff
• Ability to interpret policies and procedures
• Ability to adjust and modify programs implementation to best serve students, evidenced in positive social, emotional and academic growth
• Ability to articulate and discuss the counseling department management system and the program action plans with the district and school administrator
• Minimum of two years credible experience as a classroom teacher
• Minimum of three years of experience as a high‑school counselor (for lead counselor)

Guidance

• Plan and conduct structured group lessons to deliver district’s guidance curriculum effectively and in accordance with students’ developmental needs. Collaborate with teachers who teach guidance related curriculum.
• Guide individual students, groups of students, and parents to plan, monitor, and manage the student’s own educational and career development including creating and reviewing personal graduation plans and providing information about post‑secondary opportunities.
• Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance to counsel individual students, small groups of students, and parents to plan, monitor, and manage a student’s own personal and social development. Provide preventive, remedial, and crisis counseling as needed.
• Serve as an impartial, non‑reporting resource for interpersonal conflicts and discourse involving two or more students, including accusations of bullying.

Consultation

• Coordinate school, home, and community resources and refer students, parents, and others to special programs and services as needed.
• Work collaboratively to advocate for individual students and specific groups of students.
• Maintain verbal and/or written contact with parent/guardian regarding the student’s academic, social and emotional progress and concerns of staff, student, and parent.
• Provide training, support and meetings for parents and students to foster development in social and emotional learning interventions.

Assessment

• Interpret standardized test results and assessment data to guide students in individual goal setting and planning.

Program Management and Administration

• Plan, implement, evaluate, and promote continuous improvement of a balanced comprehensive developmental guidance and counseling program that includes guidance curriculum, responsive services, individual planning, and system support…