ACE; Accelerating Campus Excellence Counselor – Middle School

Overview

Position Title: Counselor – Middle School

Position Type: Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE)

Date Posted: 12/16/2025

Location: To Be Determined

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Develops and implements a comprehensive developmental guidance program for all students to promote student success and school completion as specified by law in the Texas Education Code Section 33.005.

• Respects student confidentiality and the integrity of the educational process as evidenced by accurate student schedules.

• Provides (2) individual student advisory sessions as outlined in the GC Framework.

• Engages students in developing, implementing, updating, and completing their Academic Learning Plans, Six-year plans, Personal Graduation Plans (for identified students), and student interest inventories.

• Schedules students in coherent sequence of courses aligned to the students’ chosen career pathway; consults with College & Career Readiness (CCR) coordinator.

• Advocates for students, mediates and facilitates on behalf of student interests and needs.

• Engages students in the personalized education, career awareness, and college readiness activities (career day, guidance lessons, Education Go Get It Week, and so forth).

• Communicates effectively to disseminate information about students to other professionals as appropriate for follow up and disposition.

• Assists students with the completion of scholarship applications, and provides financial aid information to students and parents.

• Provides engaging student guidance lessons systematically in the 8 strands as identified in the GC Framework (topics and schedule for all students according to TEC and District Policy).

• Provides responsive, intentional counseling to students identified as needing additional support to address specific student outcomes and identified goals.

• Teaches guidance units effectively as indicated from student and teacher feedback.

• Maintains accurate professional records of counseling and Student Support Services related activities on a daily basis.

• Serves on the Trauma Response Team – Completes Suicide and Violence Risk Assessments of students in crisis.

• Responds to students individually and serves as an active participant in the Response to Intervention (RtI) process; selects and uses counselor interventions appropriate to student needs and circumstances.

• Provides group counseling with specific student outcomes and goals identified; provides referral when appropriate.

• Facilitates student referrals to school/district special programs and/or services.

• Engages parents and provides targeted parent education opportunities related to personalized education, career awareness and college readiness.

• Educates faculty, parents, community, and students about the guidance program and services through public information programs (Open House, PTO meetings, campus website, newsletters, and so forth).

• Interprets assessment data to students and parents as a student advocate to promote understanding of educational planning options.

• Interprets information and ideas effectively and participates in campus wide staff development as outline in the GC Framework.

• Develops and maintains positive working relationships with representatives from community agencies, mentors and others supporting the counseling program.

• Demonstrates an understanding of data driven decision making as it relates to student development and placement.

• Collaborates and develops data driven program objectives (CEIP/MEASURE) and monitors progress each 6 weeks throughout the year.

• Evaluates the effectiveness of individual activities and the overall program success in meeting desired student outcomes identified in the counseling CEIP/MEASURE to submit yearend report to all stakeholders (SPARC) (Quality Program Indicators).

• Collaborates in the planning and evaluation of student assessment activities.

• Interprets assessment data to school personnel as a student advocate to promote understanding of educational planning processes for individual students.

• Observes ethical standards of the Texas and the American School Counselor Associations.

• Pursues continuous professional growth and development to…