Elementary Counselor - SFA

Position: 26-27 Elementary Counselor - SFA
POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE:

Elementary School Counselor

FLSA:
Exempt Professional

QUALIFICATIONS:

Texas Teachers Certification

Master's Degree or its equivalent in guidance counseling

Thorough understanding of school operations

Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

Three years' experience as a classroom teacher

Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal and career development

Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, and community

MAJOR

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

* Plan and conduct structured group lessons to deliver district's guidance curriculum effectively in accordance with students' developmental needs.

* Guide students and parents to plan, monitor, and manage the student's own educational and career development.

* Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance to counsel individual students and parents to plan and manage student's personal and social development.

* Provide preventive, remedial, and crisis counseling as needed.

* Coordinate school, home, and community resources and refer students, parents, and others to special programs and services as needed.

* Consult parents, teachers, administrators, and other relevant people to enhance their work with students.

* Work with school and community personnel to bring together resources for students.

* Present a positive role model for students that supports the mission of the school district.

* Maintain a positive and effective relationship with supervisors and teachers.

* Effectively communicate with colleagues, students, and parents.

* Respond to needs related to job responsibilities.

* Use an effective referral process to assist students and others to use special programs and services.

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

* Plan school guidance and counseling programs to ensure they meet identified needs, priorities and program objectives.

* 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 components.

* Demonstrate behavior that is professional, ethical, and responsible.

* Specify and monitor student goals for behavioral change when appropriate.

* Demonstrate awareness of school-community needs and initiate activities to meet those needs.

* Comply with policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and board policy in guidance and counseling areas, district and compus routines and regulations.

* Participate in professional development to improve skills appropriate to job assignment.

* Perform other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

None

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Maintain emotional control under stress; high stress, fast-paced. Work with frequent

interruptions. Occasional district wide travel; occasional prolonged and irregular hours