Counselor - Elementary School

26-27 school year

The Counselor, Elementary School, is responsible for coordinating and implementing the school's counseling services program to include academic advisement and counseling, developmental guidance, career development, and parent/community involvement.
Provides an ongoing program of individual, small group, and large group counseling services in the areas of social/personal development, academic advisement, and career awareness per the national standards established by the American School Counselor Association.

• Consults and works collaboratively with administrators, teachers, school personnel, district personnel, parents, and various community agencies to meet the counseling and educational planning needs of elementary school students, including schoolwide needs.
• Interprets and utilizes school records, including cognitive, aptitude, and achievement tests, for educational planning. Addresses individual student needs and refers students to appropriate school and community resources as necessary.
• Provides preventive and responsive services, including crisis counseling as needed, and addresses student mental health needs as appropriate.
• Facilitates the involvement of parents in the education of their students, including assisting in parent/teacher/counselor conferences.
• Provides information about appropriate community resources.
• Responsibilities and tasks outlined in this document are not exhaustive and may change as determined by the needs of the district.

Requires minimal supervision. Planning & Organization: Prioritizes and plans work activities. Relationship Building: Builds rapport up, down, and across the organization. Develops network of professional contacts. NOTE: School Board Policy ensures equal opportunity for all in its personnel policies and practices and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender preference, political beliefs, social/family background, disability or age.
The district accords preference in selection, retention, and promotion procedures to certain veterans and spouses of veterans who are Florida residents.
Certificates/Licenses/Registrations: Language Skills: Reads, analyzes, and interprets all kinds of documents. Responds to inquiries or complaints from employees, regulatory agencies, or community. Mathematical Skills: Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Computes rate, ratio, and percent and draws and interprets bar graphs.
Solves practical problems and deals with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Computer Skills: Microsoft Office.
Physical Activities: Standing, walking, sitting, handling, keyboarding, talking, and hearing.
Environmental Conditions: This position requires traveling to various school sites, work locations and/or community organizations throughout the district.
Applications must be submitted before this deadline.
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