Utilizing leadership, advocacy, and collaboration, this class is accountable for promoting student success, providing preventative services, and responding to identified student needs by implementing a comprehensive school counseling program that addresses academic, career, and personal/social development for all students.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of laws and policies for student counseling;
- Skill in
- dealing with parent and student concerns;
- communicating with school counselors and administrators;
- Ability to
- assist with credit transfers;
- gather information from teachers on student progress;
- have a flexible schedule to consistently accommodate phone and email inquiries;
- work with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Essential Functions
- Discusses the comprehensive school counseling program with the school administrator;
- Provides advice, guidance and support to students, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders;
- Develops and maintains a written plan for effective delivery of the school counseling program based on State standards and current individual school data;
- Discusses credit requirements and enrollment processes with local school counselors;
- Communicates the goals of the comprehensive school counseling program to education stakeholders;
- Maintains current and appropriate resources for education stakeholders;
- Provides leadership and collaborates with other educators in the school-wide integration of the State approved curriculum;
- Implements developmentally appropriate and prevention-oriented group activities to meet student needs and school goals;
- Assists all students, individually or in groups, with developing academic, career, personal, and social skills, goals, and plans;
- Accurately and appropriately interprets and utilizes student data;
- Collaborates with parents/guardians and educators to assist students with educational and career planning;
- Provides individual and group counseling to students with identified concerns and needs;
- Consults and collaborates effectively with parents/guardians, teachers, administrators, and other educational/community resources regarding students with identified concerns and needs;
- Implements an effective referral and follow-up process;
- Accurately and appropriately uses assessment procedures for determining and structuring individual and group counseling services;
- Provides appropriate information to staff related to the comprehensive school counseling program;
- Assists teachers, parents/guardians, and other stakeholders in interpreting and understanding student data;
- Participates in professional development activities to improve knowledge and skills;
- Uses available technology resources to enhance the school counseling program;
- Adheres to laws, policies, procedures, and ethical standards of the school counseling profession;
- Conducts a yearly program audit to review extent of program implementation;
- Collects and analyzes data to guide program direction and emphasis;
- Measures results of the school counseling program activities and shares results as appropriate;
- Monitors student academic performance, behavior, and attendance and assists with appropriate interventions;
- Reports to teachers and administrators on feedback from students;
- Assists students in grade inquiries;
- Follows up with students working on incomplete coursework;
- May communicate with special education case managers and teachers regarding specific accommodations;
- Works with many different school districts to communicate student progress;
- Works with students that are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or health related issues.
- All employees should regard coming to work on time, working as scheduled, and leaving at the end of the workday as an essential function of their job.