High School Counselor

Valid Through

12/31/9999

Position Areas

Pupil Services

Description

Position Summary
The counselor promotes student success, provides preventive services, and responds to
identified students needs by implementing a comprehensive developmental school counseling
program that addresses academic, career, and personal/social development of secondary
students.

Job Responsibilities
1. Develops and manages a comprehensive school counseling program for secondary
students.
2. Delivers the counseling curriculum to all students focusing on Academic, Career, and
Personal/Social Domains.
3. Designs, delivers, evaluates and revises a planned sequential developmentally
appropriate program in accordance to district counseling standards and indicators.
4. Facilitates the infusion of counseling curriculum activities into classroom curricula to
support the developmental needs of students.
5. Facilitates instructional process in collaboration with school staff and community
resources.
6. Counsels with secondary students to promote self-awareness and positive social and
academic skills.
7. Develops, delivers, and evaluates student planning addressing academic goal setting
and transition plans.
8. Informs students and parents about pertinent test results, academic programming,
behavior intervention strategies, and their implications to the overall academic success.
9. Provides individual and group counseling to students with identified concerns and needs.

10. Implements a referral process and follow up process to outside counseling agencies and
support agencies.
11. Provides information to staff and parents to assist them in crises related issues that may
effect the school climate.
12. Condults and coordinates within district professionals and community agencies, such as
school administrators, community based counselors, service agencies, and physicians.
13. Manager activities that establish, maintain, support, and enhance the total coundeling
system.
14. Advocates for equal access to programs and services for all students.
15. Plans and coordinates programs that are an extension of the counseling program.
16. Coordinates parent programs.
17. Participates with the administration and faculty as a team member in the implementation
of the district testing program.
18. Collects and reviews evaluative data to ensure a successful counseling program which
links the school counseling program to student academic progress.
19. Measures results of the school counseling program activities and shares results as
appropriate.

Qualifications
-Master’s Degree in counseling or related field
-Must posses ability to communicate effectively and verbally and in writing
-Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
students, staff, parents, and the community
-Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with others, demonstrate self-discipline
and initiative, follow state and district guidelines