School Counselor - Mesquite

School Counselor – Mesquite – 2026-27 School Year

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Goal: To help students overcome problems that impede their learning and to assist them in making educational, occupational and life plans that hold promise for their personal fulfillment as mature and responsible men and women.

• Provides individual and group counseling to help children succeed in school by accepting and understanding personal issues that may be interfering with positive educational outcomes.
• Provides individual and group counseling to help address specific problems of children (health, behavior, family, emotions, peers, academic performance and self‑esteem).
• Consults with teachers and administrators to help create a school environment that stimulates learning and growth.
• Collaborates with teachers and parents to provide support and encouragement to discover understanding and methods for effective relating and responding to children.
• Serves on the Child Study Team at each school to collaborate with parents, school and outside personnel regarding mental health, behavioral, and education concerns, and assists the team in generating educational alternatives, modifications, and referrals for assessment or community‑based interventions/services.
• Reviews psycho‑educational evaluations, reports, teachers and parent reports and aids in the development of intervention plans.
• Generates intervention plans to address students’ counseling goals and objectives.
• Assists in the development of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) for students requiring counseling services.
• Provides in‑service and other skill‑enhancement activities to school personnel, parents and others in the community regarding issues of learning, development and behavior.
• Consults and cooperates with community health and human services agencies.
• Performs other related duties as required by supervisor.

• Valid Arizona certification in counseling.
• Master’s degree.
• Preferred candidate will have Arizona certification in counseling and previous successful teaching experience.

Building Principal

Work year, salary and benefits as established by the Board.

Performance of this job shall be evaluated by the Exceptional Student Services Director in accordance with the Board’s policy on evaluation of certified personnel.