2026-2027 School Counselor - Audubon Baton Rouge

Job Description

Job Description

Title: School Counselor 

Purpose of Position: To provide counseling and support services to students Employment Status: Full-time Reporting 

Reports to: Principal

Location: Assigned Campus 

Essential Functions: 

Coordinates activities related to students’ individual plans for academic, personal/social, and career goals. 

• Works with students to identify and evaluate their social/emotional abilities, interests, skills and achievement, individually and in small groups
• Provide short and long-term therapeutic counseling based on need
• Lead specific and general small groups of students to work on social skills
• Collaborate and participate in Tier 1 school SEL programming
• Advocate for students' needs with team leaders and teachers
• Attend/participate in all requested IEP/IAP/SAT meetings
• Work with Social Worker to schedule long-term services
• Provide parent resources for internal/external therapeutic services and appraisal
• Direct mental health services for students and families individually and group
• Provide staff resources for external mental health services
• Maintain communication/collaboration with parents and outside service providers
• Prompt attendance and active participation in all scheduled duty and event roles/assignments as directed by administration
• Participate in bimonthly principal/administrative meeting to update on all aspects of job
• Track student data & maintain detailed, compliant records and files
• Meet weekly with Principal/Administration to review strategies, population, & needs
• Work in tandem with school nurse to monitor/manage student medications
• Participate in Student Assistance Team (SAT) & IEP meetings as requested
• Perform all school duty/roles as scheduled
• Advise 8th graders on high school applications/transition processes

Engages in broader school improvement efforts and engages with external resources to ensure the school has access to the most current trends and resources in counseling.

• Works with colleagues to provide professional development that will enhance their understanding of how to support students’ social-emotional growth and development.
• Maintains professional certifications, memberships, and training to enhance ability to support the school community. 
• Adheres to a professional work schedule created collaboratively with or directly by administration.
• Transparent communication with principal regarding all important and/or emergency situations or incidents arising on a daily basis.
• Prompt attendance and active participation in all scheduled duty and event roles/assignments as directed by administration.
• Participate in bimonthly principal/administrative meetings to update on all aspects of the job.
• Regularly consults with parents, teachers, students, and external networks to provide information and supports that will benefit all students. 
• Designs programs as needed to address emerging and identified student needs. 
• Works with Curriculum Directors and lead teachers to plan and coordinate promotional and transitional activities/celebrations (high school information and application processes; if applicable)
• Other duties as assigned by the Site Administrator(s) 

Responds to urgent needs and enables others in the school community to respond efficiently and effectively to changing student needs.

• Serves as a student advocate by consulting with parents or guardians, teachers, other educators, and community agencies regarding strategies to help students and families.
• Adheres to professional work schedule created collaboratively with or directly by administration
• Transparent communication with principal regarding all important and/or emergency situations or incidents arising on daily basis
• Conduct individual and small group counseling sessions to help students identify problems, causes, alternatives, and possible consequences as they confront challenges in relationships. 
• Makes appropriate referrals to outside agencies as necessary. 
• Provides crisis counseling which includes prevention, intervention and follow up 
• Train students to serve as peer mediators, conflict managers, tutors, and mentors. 

Proactively plans a curriculum of activities aligned with data and school specific needs 

• Collaborates with other educators to deliver elements of the curriculum through infusion in other classroom disciplines. 
• Conducts planned small group activities outside the classroom to respond to students’ identified needs or interests. 
• Plans and delivers workshops and information sessions aligned with the counseling curriculum for staff, parents, and guardians. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

This position requires a creative and inspiring individual with school counseling experience, high energy, excellent organizational abilities, and a talent for creating a warm and supportive environment for children and their parents. Applicants must demonstrate: 

• Interest in providing only the highest quality educational, social and emotional experiences for students and their families 
• Superior grasp of effective, research-based behavioral methods and strategies for a diverse youth, including a restorative justice model 
• Proven ability to influence and enhance cooperative working relationships within a team environment 
• Ability to lead within a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly-changing environment ∙ Exemplary instructional and classroom management skills
• High level of personal organization and planning 
• Excellent communication skills with diverse constituents (teachers, parents, children, board members); clear writer, facilitator and public speaker 
• Proven ability to proactively lead by example, effectively manage adults, and respond positively to feedback. 
• Team player: maturity, humility, grit, flexibility, follow-through, sense of humor, open to feedback and a “roll-up-my-sleeves” attitude. 

Education, Training and Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years of elementary school counseling experience ∙ Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree counseling, education or related field preferr