School Counselor

Position Type:
Middle School Teaching/Counselor

Date Posted:
7/17/2026

Location:
Avon Middle School West

Date Available:
07/27/2026

Closing Date:
Until Filled
Title of Position: School Counselor

Primary Job Functions : The school counselor's primary role is to build relationships with students and families.


Salary Lane: $54,000-$98,400


FLSA Status: Exempt


Assigned Workday Calendar : 185 Teacher Days, 10 Extended Days (Pro-Rated for 25-26 School Year)


Job Status: Full Time


Schedule: Monday - Friday


Benefits:
Teaching positions are eligible for medical and dental insurance as well as supplemental benefits such as vision, life insurance, disability, etc. Provided long-term disability, TRF, 401(a) Retirement.


Paid Time Off Benefits: 9 sick days/ 4 personal days (Pro-Rated for 25-26 School Year)

Holiday Pay: Not Eligible


Qualifications:

• Education: Master's Degree
• Certification: valid Indiana Student Services License
• Experience: Previous teaching and or counseling experience is preferred but not required
• Skills and Knowledge:
• Other: Ability to maintain a positive relationship with pu pils, staff, parents, and the community

Essential Functions:

• Address the academic, social/emotional, college and career needs of all students
• Follow the guidelines set by the comprehensive Avon Counselor Leadership Team (ACLT) program, which is proactive and preventive in its focus
• Working with students in the classroom, small groups and individually, appropriate to the developmental level, to help ensure wellness, maximum learning, achievement, and growth
• Can deliver individual and/or group counseling as appropriate.
• Is an active collaborative member of the district's school counseling team.
• Intentional in meeting the needs of the individual students and demonstrating progress through data driven results.
• Be an advocate for students
• Orientation and enrollment
• Testing activities and test interpretation
• Scheduling and educational program planning
• Career awareness and exploration
• Provide student evaluation and recommendations
• Provide social/emotional short-term counseling
• Crisis intervention
• Participate and or serve as the PAR for case conferences and serve as the case manager for 504s as appropriate
• Provide district and community resources to families including making referrals for special education. Maintain logs of referrals to service providers, and other counseling related activities
• Communicate with parents, teachers, and administrators on behalf of students' welfare, providing necessary resources and services
• Provide academic counseling
• Gather and communicate information regarding high school programs, graduation requirements, tests, and results, career and postsecondary educational opportunities
• Be an example of exemplary adult behavior for students. Project a genuine care and concern for all students.
• Other duties assigned by the principal and or district supervisor

Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand and use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance, vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
Avon Community School Corporation does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status, pregnancy or childbirth in admission to its programs, services, or activities, in access to them, in treatment of individuals, or in any aspect of their operations. The Avon Community School Corporation also does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices.
This notice is provided as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Questions, complaints, or requests for additional information regarding these laws may be forwarded to the designated compliance coordinator.


Ms. Kristin Williams
Director of Human Resources
7203 E. US Highway 36
Avon, IN 46123
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